Community farm
A working regenerative farm and 501(c)(3) community campus in Farmersville, Texas. 2026 EarthShot Prize nominee.
The farm is the campus. The land is the classroom. The work is the curriculum.
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Who we are
🐌 Who we are
Helical Healing Habitat is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a working community farm on 20 acres in Farmersville, Texas (45 miles northeast of Dallas). We restore soil through regenerative practice, and pilot EscarGrow — an escargot-farming innovation nominated for the 2026 EarthShot Prize.
Whether you arrive curious about regenerative agriculture, looking for a different kind of weekend, ready to apprentice a trade, building a business that fits inside our system, or supporting the work from a distance — there is a pathway in.
The three paths
Volunteer
For the curious. For people who want to learn farming by doing it. No experience required.
Day-based. 1 week minimum. Five hours per day. Meals at the farm.
Apprenticeship
For the skilled. For tradespeople and artisans whose craft can serve a working farm in exchange for rare agricultural knowledge.
Project is scoped together before you arrive. Meals at the farm.
Zone Partner: $650/mo (tax deductible)
For the entrepreneurial. For people ready to launch a business on working farmland.
Privileges:
Program fees are tax-deductible
Co-applicant for funding opportunities
You keep every dollar your zone earns
Resources: Compost, mulch, water, electricity, wifi
Online store placement
Skill-sharing
Marketing and Blog features
Zone Partners. . .
A Zone Partner is an entrepreneur who builds a business at the community farm. You bring your craft — herbs, mushrooms, honey, flowers, retreats, food, skincare, or another fit. You use our compost, our water, our network, and our infrastructure. The farm benefits from a complementary operation alongside it. You keep every dollar your business earns.
Below are the roles we are actively recruiting. If your craft is not listed but fits the model, apply anyway.
The Yoga or Wellness Retreat Leader
Use the farm as venue for half-day, weekend, or week-long retreats. We host the land; you bring the practice and the practitioners. Revenue is yours.
The Aquaculture Steward
Three ponds on-site. A partner who can run a small aquaculture operation (catfish, duckweed, tilapia, water chestnut, watercress, or aquatic herbs) completes the closed-loop nutrient cycle.
The Cut Flower Grower
Our compost is microbially active — perfect for growing specialty flowers extraordinarily well. Lisianthus, dahlia, peony, ranunculus — for event florists, wedding designers, and premium farmers market customers.
The Medicinal Herbalist
Calendula, echinacea, tulsi, chamomile, lemon balm, motherwort. Our compost builds the beds; you build the apothecary. Tinctures, salves, dried herbs, blended teas — direct to wellness-conscious customers across DFW.
The Mucin Skincare Formulator
Snail mucin is the heart of Korean skincare, and the supply chain is almost entirely overseas. A formulator who can take our harvested mucin and turn it into serums, creams, and eye gels has an open market and a story most brands cannot tell.
The Chef or Specialty Food Producer
Premium positioning, direct relationships with DFW restaurants and farmers markets, and a product line no one else in North Texas can offer.
The Microgreens & Specialty Vegetable Grower
Compost-amended beds. Fast cycles. Chef-direct accounts already in our network. You bring the technique, the seeds, and the work.
The Mushroom Cultivator
Spent substrates from the farm (straw, coffee grounds, sawdust) become the medium for shiitake, lion's mane, oyster, and chestnut mushrooms. High-margin, fast-cycle, with restaurant accounts already in our network.
The Beekeeper
Pollinators for a working farm and medicinal herb landscape; honey, beeswax, and propolis for direct sale. The bees thrive in a regenerative system free of agricultural chemicals.
What is required before you arrive
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A brief portfolio or documentation of your trade before the vetting process begins.
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Completion of an online Nonviolent Communication (NVC) prerequisite course.
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Clearance of an extensive background check administered by HHH
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The vetting process is thorough and unhurried. It is not the right process for someone in a hurry.
What the program is not:
Employment. No wages are paid and no employment relationship is created.
A rental or tenancy. No property rights of any kind.
A campground.
The right fit for everyone (and we mean that generously, not harshly). The vetting process exists to protect the land, the work, and the people.
Community programming is operated by Helical Healing Habitat (HHH), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nominated for the 2026 EarthShot Prize.
Donations are tax-deductible and directly fund the farm, the escargot program, and the people who learn alongside us.
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