📝 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
The help of volunteers is needed for cleaning a field of acient olive trees from the brambles. Doing this we will try to mantain the nature of the place, cutting only what is necessary and preserving the endemic varieties of bushes and plants. The plants that we will cut will be used partially as wood for the winter season, to make natural fences and also to make wood compost according to methodologies of bio-dynamic gardening. Volunteers can also be involved in the reconstruction of small walls made in stones that are typical of the Italian countryside. Also, they will help to build protections for the wild fruit trees.Volunteers will be organized in small groups to do the cleaning and cooking chores. In this way every person will have indicatively one day each dedicated to preparation of food (together with the staff of the farm) and cleaning the common spaces.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accomodation will be in shared camping tents (you will prepare them on the first day also choosing where to place yours), inflatable mats will be provided. If you don t want to share a tent you have to bring your own camping tent. A bid common tent will be there as common place for volunteers to gather and to store their belongings. Food will be prepared together with the hosts. To cook there are an indoor and one outdoor kitchen, one outdoor fire place and one outdoor typical owen to bake bread, pizzas...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 host 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 19th and the 26th of June.
⚠️ Requirements
Please be mindful while taking showers. In the countryside water is available but limites especially during the summer Be ready to adapt to camp style life 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.