📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Podere Onorate is a family run farm that follows the principles of organic and bio-dynamic agriculture. The majority of the production is for self consumption yet the family produces also high quality olive oil. The farm is composed by 9hectars of land with a beautiful view on the seaside and on the Tuscany hills. Within the property of the land there is as well a wood and many different trees: chetnuts trees, olive trees, grapes. There is a kitchen garden and various animals like rabbits, ducks, gooses, honey bees, dogs, cats. The owners are artisans and work both wood and iron. They try to be self-sufficient as much as possible taking care of the production of they own food, the construction and renovation of buildings and home schooling of the children
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will mainly help picking olives which is a very beautiful and calm work yet long. In the farm they don t use machines to pick the olives and everything is made by hand. Be ready to start early in teh morning after a short breakfast (normally between 8am and 10 am according to the weather). If it rains of course you will stop and wait for the weather to improve. Lunch will be served under the olive trees and then we will continue to pick the olives untin the sunset. We will then go back to the farm, check the quality of the olives while someone (in chores) will light the fires to cook. The morning after one person (in chores) will accompany the farmer to the press to make olive oil and learn the procedure. Then you will go back to the farm with fresh olive oil ready to be eaten with local bread.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accomodation will be in shared rooms in the farm. Three or four persons will sleep in the same room. Bed sheets and blankets will be provided. To cook there are an indoor and one outdoor kitchen, one outdoor fire place and one outdoor typical owen to bake bread, pizzas...Lunch will be organized outdoor as a pic nic under the olive trees while dinner will be eaten all together with the staff of the family. Hot water showers are available both indoor and outdoor. A compost toilet is available outdoor as well.
📍 About the location
The farm is located in Roccatederighi a small town in the countryside of Tuscany where you can find a bar, restaurant, post office, bank office, small shops, doctor..It takes 15 minutes to walk to Roccatederighi. At 40 minutes walking distance you can find an acient and abandoned castle (Castle of Sassoforte). At 30 minutes walking distance you can reach a dam where to swim during summer time. At 45 minutes distance the little town and castle of Montemassi. The hosts are available to provide all information to reach the newrby town with public transportation but be aware that public transportation can be not always available. Your free days will be the arrival and departure days, the 23rd and the 30th of October.
⚠️ Requirements
Please be mindful while taking showers. In the countryside water is available but limited especially during the summer Please note that electricity in the farm is limited therefore you will not be able to use hair drier, washing machine or electric shavers. You will be able to charge your phones, tablets etc. There is a wireless connection available eventhough it is not real fast.