One of my bizarre dreams is to create a community location with almost a religious calling to become cultivators of the forest and plants to sustain animals and people. A zeal for holistic plant healing as a starting place for healthy development would be the nucleus to prevent toxic diseases. My thought was that this type of organization would require some sort of agricultural profit-making system, or the funding from donors willing to support the creation of a financial trust to sustain it into the future.

The focus should not be on expanding profits, but to become a hotspot of overflowing free resources. A place with the capabilities to regenerate growth and healing.

This plan of yours seems to fit in well with already existing churches. Some churches lose sight of the base things, as you described, as they might feel that outreach and expansion of the congregation and building outweighs the importance of being active stewards over creation.

With a wise pastor who sees the future in much the same way, perhaps you can make it work.