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Tony and Linda are a young senior couple who have spent the last 10 years working and loving the land, growing and raising much of our food using organic and permaculture principles learned through our earlier travels around the world. We moved our family from Toronto to the country in 2014 to live a more peaceful and fulfilling lifestyle, closing the gap between field and table. We had Workawayers for six years, helping us to get our farm up and running. Then we took a break as we no longer needed the extra labour. We are now moving into another phase of life. Our kids are grown up and off on their own adventures. We've sold a portion of our property to our tenant vegetable farmers. And we've reduced our farming and agri-tourism ventures so that we could do more traveling and visits with our far-flung family.
Our 80 acre property is a mixture of field, forest, meadow and wetland with a beautiful view of Lake Ontario. We have a large "kitchen" vegetable garden which is run as a community cooperative. We also raise goats, chickens, and bees, one horse, 3 dogs and 2 cats. And Tony bakes and sells his famous "Montreal-style" bagels. Our farm has a communal atmosphere with our near neighbours getting together one night a week for dinner and our garden volunteers meeting three mornings a week. We host groups for tours, cooking classes and foraging walks. And we also share our property with a forest school and a wilderness therapy program for autistic children.
We have recently added a new barn to house our animals, a new garage and workshop, and a self-sufficient 2-bedroom apartment above our garage. Now that our building projects are complete, we want to focus on cleaning up the remnants of years of accumulated construction materials and old farm equipment and beautify the property. We have many unfinished projects and others that haven't been started. But we need help!
When we traveled, we loved working as volunteers side by side with people from all over the world. Now that we are hosts we can relive our experiences all over again! We like to gather together for some of our meals to cook, share stories and ideas and get to know one another. We hope that our volunteers leave us fit and happy and passionate about growing and eating good food!Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicosJardineríaConstrucción y bricolajeCuidado de animalesCocinar para toda la familiaMantenimiento generalIntercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
We work together as a respecful community in this peaceful and beautiful part of the world and do our best to model the tolerance and diversity which Canada is known for. We also love to show off southern Ontario's forests and lakes when we can as well as our sophisticated cities. We are happy to assist workers with planning trips away from the farm.
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Farm work is very physical work and requires strength and stamina in all kinds of weather. Weather in Canada is extreme. The spring can be cool and wet during the day and cold during the night. The summers are mainly hot, dry and very humid. Black flies and mosquitoes are bothersome in the spring and during sundown but our property is breezy so the bugs aren't too bad. You will need to be reasonably fit for digging, carrying heavy loads, weeding, throwing hay bales, carrying water, mucking stalls, cutting wood and building fences. You will be around livestock that can be intimidating and dangerous if not treated knowledgeably and with respect.
Construction never ends here. We are always looking for help with ongoing maintenance and repairs. Some of our projects this year include constructing split-rail fences, helping build a deck, fixing up the garage and workshop area, clearing away old lumber and construction materials. We are also cutting trails through our forest and doing some landscaping around our straw-bale home.
The working day starts at 9:00 and ends at 2:00. Workawayers work Monday to Friday, 5 hours a day, 25 hours a week. Days off are negotiable. You will stay in a 2 bedroom apartment above the garage and use the small kitchen for breakfast and lunch and the occasional dinner. All groceries will be provided including farm-fresh veggies, eggs, herbs and honey, plus chicken and goat meat. Many dinners will be with the hosts in the main house. After work volunteers tend to go hiking, running, cycling, swimming at the beach, playing games, journaling, drawing and playing music. On your days off we can help you plan trips to see what Ontario has to offer and help you book activities and transportation. We encourage a healthy lifestyle. Smoking cigarettes or drinking to excess is discouraged.Idiomas hablados
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2 bedroom apartment with kitchen and bathroom with shower.
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We are a 15 minute drive or a 40 minute bike ride to some great restaurants, shops, a lovely swimming beach. Train and bus transportation is quite close and Toronto is just over an hour away. Our beautiful lake-filled cottage country, just north of us, is a favourite destination.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
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25 hours a week
Comentarios (30)
During our stay we helped with the animals and some kitchen work but our most exciting task was helping to get everything together for their very first Homestead Harvest Festival!! We had so much fun to prepare,… read more
My friend Caro and I spent 3 wonderful weeks with the family and had so much fun. The work variates every day and the family supports you with all your travel plans. We had great food and a lovely accommodation. There was another workawayer, a few interns and another farming family so that you meet a lot of different people… read more
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During our stay we helped with the animals and some kitchen work but our most exciting task was helping to get everything together for their very first Homestead Harvest Festival!! We had so much fun to prepare,… read more
My friend Caro and I spent 3 wonderful weeks with the family and had so much fun. The work variates every day and the family supports you with all your travel plans. We had great food and a lovely accommodation. There was another workawayer, a few interns and another farming family so that you meet a lot of different people… read more
Originally, I spent about three weeks at Linda and Tony’s farm in the summer of 2016. As farmers, they were practical and organized about their work. Outside of work, they were generous, open, and never took things too seriously!
There… read more
The work is varied with no two days being the same, there is always something… read more
I stayed here for 3 weeks in Aug/Sept and had more than a great time.
I loved feeding the animals every morning, selling at the farmers market and spending time with all of the fa(r)mily.
I was really lucky to be able to go to two of the cottages in the area and to spend… read more
Thank you Tony and Linda for this great… read more
The work isn't hard at all and you're always involved in different projects. It's so satisfying to see the final results!
Thanks Linda, Tony and all the family for this… read more
Linda
Thank you very very much for having me :)
I highly recommend this workaway opportunity. Volunteers are vital to the work Tony and Linda do in the farm, as a result I felt useful and welcome. Tony and Linda know… read more
Linda
Taylor and Erin are a lovely couple working with Linda and Tonny, loved their project, share their routine at the market and the yoga… read more
I stayed tree incredible weeks with this beautiful family and in the nice place.
I love the farm's story about passion, sharing and solidarity, it's just wonderful !
The house, the work, the activities, the family, the animals ( even hodini) , the volunteers, all were just so cool and… read more
You were such a bright spark and offered so much while you were here, despite the teasing you may have been given about Rio's ability to host the Olympics (which are going extremely well by the way!). We loved your enthusiasm for all the tasks at hand, even in this extreme heat. And your good-natured way of bringing… read more
Awesome hosts! I could not have asked for a better workaway experience.
There were 3 other volunteers at any given time during my stay to work and play with, we were housed in excellent accommodation, and well provided for. The work load was fair and diverse, although sometimes hard work in the heat of the Ontario… read more
Linda and Tony were… read more
This… read more
from the first moment we enjoyed a very warm welcome in this vividly colourfull family life... there are many different projects going on such as construction and gardening/ harvesting connected with a wide space of… read more