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Community Farm in a Historic Piedmont Farmhouse, Italy

The experience

We are a community farm in a traditional 19th-century Piedmont farmhouse. Since 2014, we’ve been restoring it using natural and recycled materials with the help of volunteers. We offer natural farming courses, permaculture, and eco-building experiences, while promoting sustainable agriculture and local collaboration.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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

What you get

2 days off per week

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

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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.

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 Italian or Intermediate English

Over 20 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

A typical Piedmontese farmhouse of about 1200 square meters built between the late '800 and early '900 and always intended as a farm for the cultivation of hazelnuts and wine production. You can find us in Albugnano, on the hills of Monferrato, in the province of Asti. The renovation work, which began in 2014, followed the practices and principles of self-construction with the use of natural materials or the reuse of recycled materials and involved several volunteers, enthusiasts and students who wanted to learn participatory construction methods. In addition to the food and wine we offer the restaurant and the hospitality of the B&B, - in collaboration with the SAN Scuola di Agricoltura Naturale - which organizes during the year courses on natural agriculture, permaculture and new agricultural practices oriented to the protection of the environment and the reduction of the use of chemicals; it hosts meetings and book presentations with experts and disseminators, collaborates with universities, the territory and other farms.

Activities & Shift

Minimum stay: 15 days.

The volunteer house can host up to 6 people, with a maximum of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and a fully equipped kitchen with a sofa bed, washing machine, and dryer.

30 hours per week, 5 days a week, from Tuesday to Sunday.

Volunteers will receive training in bread and pizza making, as well as a bit of Italian cooking.

Rules

no pets
no kids
No vegan meals available, but we do offer vegetarian and omnivorous options (no pork if preferred).

Smoking is not allowed inside the house.