📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SUMMARY: The Harvest and Threshing Feasts give a chance to involve the volunteers, the community and the farmers to prepare an agricultural festival. Don apos;t miss this opportunity which blends different cultures around rural traditions, ancient seeds, music, workshops and...more festival ecology TeamSpirit lunarcamp 100YearsOfWorkcampsPARTNER: Colle Berardino is a 10 hectares organic farm producing vegetables, cereals, fruits, olive oil, and honey. The farm is experimenting with biodynamic and eco-friendly production for several years, supporting a more sustainable way of consumerism. The farm is located on the Route of San Benedetto, a famous 300km path which is crossing the central part of Italy. For that reason, each year a lot of pilgrims stay at the farm. https://www.colleberardino.it/By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities -SDG11, SustainableConsuption amp;Production-SDG12 and LifeOnLand-SDG15 PROJECT: The workcamp provides activities in favor of the Community, this camp is running since 3 years. Volunteers will be involved in agricultural work (harvesting aromatic herbs and vegetables). Alongside with the local community will also support the preparation of the Harvest Festival, an event organized in collaboration with the Tularu Agricultural Farm.
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamps activities will be divided between farming and auto construction works for Colle Berardino (Local Host) and work for the Rocca Sinibalda community. Volunteers will collect vegetables, cereals and fruit, build sustainable structures and participate in activities supporting the community (cleaning nature trails). Volunteers will support the organization of the Harvest Fest (Festa della Mietitura) on the 19th of July, in collaboration with the Tularu Farm. Like every year, the volunteers will work side by side with the volunteers of Tularu. Indeed, the volunteers will spend the 2 last days of the workcamp in the Tularu farm for the Harvest Fest organize by Tularu.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The Rocca Sinibalda community provides spaces for setting up a campsite. The volunteers will sleep in tents, provided by the local host. The meals will be cooked by the local host but the volunteers will participate actively to the preparation. The products used for cooking will be biological and locals. The menu will be mainly vegetarian. However, the volunteers will have to bring their own sleeping bags and air mattress to sleep in the tents.
📍 About the location
Rocca Sinibalda is a small village surrounded by woods, with a beautiful medieval center. We can also find one of the most beautiful and infamous castle in Italy, built in the XIIe century. The municipality is located in the middle of the natural reserve of Monti Navegna e Cervia, famous for its Turano lake, where the volunteers could spend a relaxing free day. Volunteers will have relaxing moments (swim in Turano Lake, excursion to a reserve, visit of the city of Rieti) and also some time with the local community (typical Rocca Sinibalda handcrafted pasta workshop).TERMINAL: Roma ( Fiumicino and Ciampino Airport). Train Station: Roma Tiburtina. Bus Station: Rieti. You can arrive in Rieti by bus from Roma Tiburtina station (1 hour and a half of travel, one bus every 30 minutes).