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Learn Off-Grid Living & Self-Sufficiency on a Family Homestead

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The experience

Develop hands-on self sufficiency skills on a small, family run, off-grid homestead.
Learn how to work with nature instead of against it, using wisdom from past generations combined with modern progressive developments.
Get stuck in with animal husbandry, organic veg production, preservation and basic DIY skills.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 120 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers

Description: Volunteers contribute to cover collection, meals and accommodation

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.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

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.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English

Between 18 and 65 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

So... there are the daily chores of feeding the animals, tending to their varying needs, like trimming the rabbit's claws, moving the cows and collecting eggs.
No one is forced to do anything they are uncomfortable with but bear in mind it is a working farm.
Then there is the market garden and food forest to attend to, along with the nursery, worm farm, compost etc. Depending on the season, we have work to do in the apery (bee hives)
We also have several larger projects in the pipeline, like building a "no smell piggery", establishing a hiking trail and developing a syntropic agro-forestry system.
Not the ideal environment for a vegan.

Activities & Shift

We start the day fairly early, depending on the season between 5:30 & 6:30 tending to the animals.
Then we stop for breakfast after about an hour's work.
The morning session is followed by a nice 2h siesta for lunch and a snooze, then finishing off in the afternoon.
If the weather is nice we will take the dogs and a surfboard and head to the beach for a swim and to watch the sun go down.

Rules

No smoking or vaping
No drugs
No excessive alcohol or drunkenness
No drugs
No visitors without prior approval
Any violation of the above will result in termination of agreement