📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
TularE is a cultural and agricultural project which rose to a start-up after a few years. As a center of sustainable production, their main goal is to use the cultural value of the traditional production techniques in order to create participation. According to them, the bread produced in their farm is not their bread. It is the bread of the territory because everyone has been involved in the production. For that, they use sustainable practices in agriculture and organize events connected to them. Through the work produced on the work-camp, the volunteers and the locals are going to prepare everything for the feast (a small festival organized around the farmers work). In 4 years they have created a local network and for the second time, in 2019 another farm in the territory, named Colle Berardino, will organize another harvest party, in Rocca Sinibalda (30 km from TularE), on the 14th july. One of the tasks of this year camp in TularE, will be to help the friends in Rocca Sinibalda. In the same way, they will help during the harvest party in TularE. After the parties in Colle Berardino and TularE, there will be other activities with local associations in Cittaducale, like cleaning rural walks or others.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The Feast is an event around the agricultural activities going along with a small festival, with music, workshops and events. All the following tasks will be done by the volunteers: - Helping for the harvest in Rocca Sinibalda on the 14h July(transportation to and from Rocca Sinibalda will be in the same day)- Preparation of the interior and external spaces in TularE- Assistance in the kitchen, reaping and harvesting by hand during and after the party.- Public reception.- Collaboration with other local associations for social works like cleaning rural walks or others.Being an agricultural activity, the dates of the Feasts should be 19th,, 20th, 21st july, but they are not fixed in advance since they mostly depend on the weather. In case of bad weather, other tasks will be performed.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: the volunteers will be accommodated in the tents provided by the host or by the volunteers if preferred, close to the farmhouse where the local staff live. There is a compost toilet and a shower outside with hot water (from thermocompost), but in case of need is possible to use the internal bathrooms. The meals, vegetarian and not, will be cooked together with volunteers. The meals are mostly prepared with the local ingredients, and the base is pasta, rice, vegetables, spelt, eggs, potats, chicken and meat of the local cows.
📍 About the location
LOCATION: TularE is located on the top of Mount Ponzano, in a hilly/mountain (850 m, asl) area, quite wild. The nearest village is Calcariola, a 200 inhabitants countryside, at 5km away from the farm. Nevetheless, the nearest village where it is possible to find a bar and a small supermarket is Grotti, at 6km and 350 metres of height difference from TularE.TERMINAL: Rome Fiumicino o Roma Ciampino.