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Beschreibung
A small commercial goat farm seeks helping to manage a small herd of goats. We offer a humble farm life experience but you must be physically capable of doing farm labor. Animals must be fed 365 days per year, even in the rain !
ABOUT US - I immigrated to Portugal in 2019 after living in Thailand for 3 years. I have worked with farmers all over the world including Afghanistan, Kenya, Rwanda, and S.E. Asia. In Thailand, i design and finance sustainable agriculture and forestry projects. The core dream of our Farm is land REGENERATION. The farm is SUPER ethical but not yet BIO (Organic) certified. In 2022, we survived a drought, followed by 10 forest fires and now heavy rains and flooding.
In February 2023, we will host a public consultation for the forestry and carbon project in the local community and publish the project scope.
THE WORK - Farm chores average 4-6 hours per day including grazing, mucking or feeding hay! Our kidding season starts in February 2023. W
SKILLS - I need workaways with practical skills - Animal Care, Farm Work Fencing, Carpentry etc....
LOCAL TRANSPORT - The farm has a mountain bike you are welcome to use to visit the local villages or go into the countryside. We live on the Douro river and there are lots of cafes and free swimming places.
PAYMENT - For full time help, I offer a salary of €800/month + housing, electricity, wifi and vegetarian dinners 4 or 5 nights per week. YOU NEED TO BUY THE REST OF YOUR OWN FOOD
HOUSING - A private caravan including a hot shower. You will live on the side of a mountain with trees, stunning views and a chilling plunge pool !
DOGS - For those with dogs, we already have 6 dogs .... YOU REALLY NEED TO LOVE DOGS ! But with 6 dogs, we don't need more dogs on the farm so if you are travelling with one, we are not a good match.
COUPLES - As a small family farm, there is not enough work to pay 2 people to work. If you offer to come as a couple and volunteer your time, realize I am still paying 1 of you to work and this schedule is not negotiable.
VEGANS - We are a MEAT producing farm. We love our animals but we do slaughter them. I understand this may be offensive to you but please do not apply. We will not change our lifestyle or business model.
RachelArten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
The Farm is on a beautiful place while learning about ethical livestock management, animal welfare, family farming, agriculture economics (business model), food safety and trade
Die vom Gastgeber angebotene Vergütung entspricht dem Mindestlohn
Dieser Host bietet Unterkunft und Bezahlung.
Der Gastgeber gibt an, dass er den gesetzlichen Stundenlohn seines Landes für jede gearbeitete Stunde zahlt und zudem die Unterkunft zur Verfügung stellt. Er sucht Mithilfe an seinem Unternehmen bzw. bei seiner Geschäftstätigkeit. Nutze bitte die Messaging-Funktion der Website, um mehr Informationen und Details zum gezahlten Lohn zu erhalten. Du solltest alle Absprachen im Vorfeld direkt mit deinem Gastgeber treffen.
Arbeit
Average of 30 hours per week Monday - Saturday 1/2 day) BUT THE SALARY IS FOR A FULL 40 HOURS PER WEEK + you must be willing to work full time.
Herding the goats
Feeding hay
Mucking out old hay and animal poop
Cleaning water feeders
Refilling water feeders
Installing electric fencing
Maintaining - repairing fencing
Health checks with the herd or individual animals
Helping with other farm chores as needed
Cutting old - burned plant material + this is a critical activity if you aren´t working with the animals
Rebuilding old stone walls with stones
Stripping paint from old doors to refurbish for the house
IF YOU HAVE BUILDING EXPERIENCE, PLEASE nightlight these skills !Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Unterkunft
A carvan with bed, storage, eco toilet, full equipped kitchen, gas cooker, small fridge and hot shower
Was noch ...
WE live on the Douro river .. an amazing place for site seeing, nature and water activities.
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
i can accommodate a van
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
The farm has 6 dogs so your animal needs to be incredibly well adjusted and passive.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
eine(n)
Arbeitszeiten
40
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I volunteered at the farm for two weeks.
The work was mostly cleaning the property from the woods and bushed around, and also working and walking around with the goats at the meadows.
I also really liked the cute dogs visiting us at our RV all the time!
Every night rachel made for us the best dinner and we had a chance to get to know… read more
We learned much about boar goats and how to treat them. If we had questions Rachel was always happy to answer them.
Also the property is very beautiful. It's up on the hill and you have a great view on the river.
They have a small cosy home and provide a caravan for the workawayers.
At the… read more
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I volunteered at the farm for two weeks.
The work was mostly cleaning the property from the woods and bushed around, and also working and walking around with the goats at the meadows.
I also really liked the cute dogs visiting us at our RV all the time!
Every night rachel made for us the best dinner and we had a chance to get to know… read more
We learned much about boar goats and how to treat them. If we had questions Rachel was always happy to answer them.
Also the property is very beautiful. It's up on the hill and you have a great view on the river.
They have a small cosy home and provide a caravan for the workawayers.
At the… read more