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Come and help us in a Farm in Ressen

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The experience

Good day! My name is Rein, the farm lead for Casa Foresta Farm. What do we do? We supply high end restaurants with edible flowers, herbs and greens grown here on the farm. Throughout the season we grow around 40 different crops for sale. We also supply herbs and mushrooms foraged out in the Dutch 'wilderness.' In addition to this, we host workshops in plant, mushroom, and shellfish foraging. There is a lot going on!

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are happy to teach you all that you need to know. Farming experience is not necessary! We like to work with people that have a positive attitude, and are willing to learn and develop their farming skills. We work mostly outside, rain or sunshine, you just never know what the day will bring here in the Netherlands. You will harvest lots of flowers and herbs, help us stop weeds from taking over, tend to the animals, plant seedlings, clear beds that we have finished cropping, cook some of the staff lunches, preserve farm-grown produce and help with odd-jobs whenever they arise around the farm.

Activities & Shift

We have a morning coffee break, and serve a fantastic farm lunch with eggs from our chooks, great bread and farm-fresh veg and herbs. Accommodation is an old wagon converted into living quarters, whereas the kitchen, toilet, and shower are located in the main barn where we host our workshops. In the evenings you can take a dip in a phenomenal swimming lake nearby, or test your hand at cooking up some good stuff with what is around on the farm. In the weekends you get to explore the Netherlands!

Rules

Towards the end of your stay, you will be able to join Edwin on one of the delivery runs to see the amazing restaurants where our food ends up (and have a little taste if chefs are feeling generous), you will also be able to join Edwin on one or more of the foraging workshops, depending on spaces available.