🌿 Volunteer Opportunity at a Nature-First Permaculture Farm

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The experience

About Us

We are a Nature 1st Permaculture Farm with goats, chickens, bees, cats and working dogs, located in a beautiful rural area surrounded by forests and terraced land with almond, olive and hazel trees.
Our farm is almost self-sufficient in water, food and electricity, following a low-impact, sustainable lifestyle.


What you offer

25 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


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.

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


Requirements

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

🌿Volunteers stay in a self-contained casita that offers more independence and freedom.
Please note that water is extremely limited, so you must adapt to eco-friendly systems such as composting toilets, which work very well.

You will get the chance to learn about animal care, cheese making, organic farming, humanure systems, horticulture, permaculture and ecology.
This experience is perfect for people who truly care about the planet and want to embrace a simple, meaningful rural lifestyle.


Activities & Shift

🌱 What You Will Do

👣 Walk and milk the goats daily
🐓 Help with chickens, cats, dogs and rescued animals
🌿 Support gardening and horticulture tasks
🍃 Assist with general farm maintenance
🧀 Learn cheese making (when available)
🌱 Participate in permaculture and ecological projects


🧘 What You Get

🛖 Independent accommodation in the casita
🌿 Immersion in off-grid sustainable living
📶 Mobile network coverage
🥕 Vegetarian-friendly environment
🐾 Daily interaction with farm animals
🎓 Learning about organic farming, permaculture and animal care


🌍 Cultural Exchange

🤝 Enjoy meeting new people
🗣️ Practice languages
🌄 Experience authentic Spanish rural life
💬 Learn about sustainability and eco-living



🎓 Educational Experiences Offered

Horticulture
Cheese making
Animal welfare
Organic farming & humanure systems
Permaculture & ecology


Rules

⚠️ Important Information

This is not a holiday-style placement.
You must be ready to work hard when needed, respect the natural environment and adapt to the farm’s routines.
Water use is limited, and eco-living requires awareness and responsibility.