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Hello, We try to produce as many things as possible that allow us to be almost food self-sufficient: lambs, vegetables, cereals then flour with our astriated mouin then bread, vegetables, fruit, goat cheese, poultry, mushrooms, honey, fish and recently a small citrus and banana plantation under our new building at an altitude of 800m in the Alps). We are self-sufficient (except tractors) in energy with solar panels, hydraulic turbine, Jean Pain reactor and biogas which allows us to run our car on CNG (JeanPhilippe has written a book "biogas-practical manual" to explain the operation and the techniques to achieve it in self-construction) There are many different things, so you will have to touch on many areas if you feel like it. We like to take the time to eat well. Lunch together, morning and evening to be decided together. We need motivated and autonomous people! It is almost essential to have already used DIY or construction tools. In any case have a minimum of the habit of using your hands To avoid spam, please put the phrase "SUNFLOWER" in your message if you write to us. Don't forget otherwise the message may not arrive. See you soon, jeanPhilippe, Sandrine, Elio (10 years old), Prunelle (8 years old)
Bonjour,
Nous essayons de produire un maximum de choses qui nous permettent d'être en quasi autonomie alimentaire : agneaux, légumes, céréales puis farine avec notre mouin astrié puis du pain, légumes,fruitiers, fromage de chèvre, volailles, champignons, miel, poissons et depuis peu une petite plantation d'agrumes et de bananier sous notre nouveau batiment de notre petite ferme à 800m d'altitude dans les alpes.
Nous sommes autonome (sauf tracteurs) en énergie avec des panneaux solaires, turbine hydraulique, réacteur Jean Pain et du biogaz qui nous permet(tait, (en cours de remise en route) de faire rouler notre voiture au GNV (JeanPhilippe a écrit un livre "biogaz-manuel pratique" pour expliquer le fonctionnement et les techniques pour le réaliser en autoconstruction)
Il y a beaucoup d'actigvités différentes, aussi vous serez amené à toucher à beaucoup de domaines si vous vous le sentez.
On aime bien prendre le temps de bien manger. Repas du midi ensemble, matin et soir à décider ensemble.
On a besoin de gens motivés et autonomes !
Pour éviter les spams, merci de mettre la phrase "TOURNESOL " dans votre message si vous nous écrivez. N'oubliez pas sinon le message risque de ne pas arriver.
A bientôt,
jeanPhilippe, Sandine, Elio (11 ans), Prunelle (9 ans)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will probably work a lot but you will also learn a lot because we have many activities and several projects in progress (biogas, silvopastoralism, caravan, walipini greenhouse...). We are energy and food self-sufficient (we can live in good health without buying anything but we like chocolate, coffee...).
Languages you speak
Vous travaillerez probablement beaucoup mais vous apprendrez aussi beaucoup car nous avons de nombreuses activités et plusieurs projets en cours (biogaz, sylvopastoralisme, roulotte, serre walipini ...). Nous sommes en autonomie énergétique et alimentaire (nous pouvons vivre en bonne santé sans rien acheter mais on aime le chocolat, le café ...).
Help
You will help on all aspects that allow us to be self-sufficient. There is a lot of construction work. for example this summer 2022, trailer construction, low-cost biogas digester construction for developing countries, solar ovens, stone wall
Vous aiderez sur tous les aspects qui nous permettent d'être en autosuffisance. Il y a beaucoup de travail de construction mais aussi tous ce qui concerne directement laproduction agricole : jardin, vissite brebis alpage, faire du pain ou des fromages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
Accommodation
Several places such as a cabin, a trailer, a room by our lake, a caravan. The cloths are dry
Plusieurs lieux comme une cabane, une roulotte, une pièce au bord de notre lac, une caravane. Les toilelles sont sèches
What else ...
Lots of mountains around, a large lake 20 minutes away, a small private lake on the farm. Grenoble is 30 minutes away.
Beaucoup de montagnes autour, un grand lac à 20mn, un petit lac privé sur la ferme. Grenoble est à 30mn.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Même si mon séjour n’était que de 3 jours, il restera encré dans ma mémoire. Et sans aucun doute, j’essayerais d’y revenir.
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Même si mon séjour n’était que de 3 jours, il restera encré dans ma mémoire. Et sans aucun doute, j’essayerais d’y revenir.
Sincèrement… read more
Et bravo d'avoir essayé de parler et comprendre le francais, meme si parfois c'était pas simple !
I appreciated the time spent with her, we had interesting conversations together. I recommend her if you need someone nice to help you.
You learn A LOT on the farm, on how to be self-sufficent, ingeneering stuff, looking after animals, making bread, milking the goats and even making cheese ! I also had the opportunity to learn more about construction which wasn't an easy one for me but Jean… read more
I speak only a little French, so it was sometimes hard to interact and sometimes I… read more
Ibtissam did a wonderful job, she cooked so good food from her country. She really want to improve her skills like for cheese and yogurt. She had also very good ideas to improve the running of the farm.
Hope you will come again !
That experience is diverse. Work in the field with plants, cooking, making cheese and yogurt.
It is also characterized by Beautiful activities. Beautiful evenings with friends and going to the nearby lake and barbecue.
He… read more
I showed him how to milk the goats, he then did it all the days !
He was very interesting and always want to improve his skills.
He was not scared of… read more
After reading some of the feedbacks here, I was expecting long and strenuous days of work. But it is not actually true. Jean-Philippe doesn’t expect Workawayers to work more than 5 hours and the work takes place in the morning, so that you have all the… read more
to process all the things that i lived in three month as volunteer.
Is really impossible to put everything here but the first thing that i
would like to express is how much i admire Sophie et Jean Phillip.
Their capacity to work and creat things is amazing, always thinking… read more
when it comes to working he learns quickly and is efficient.
He can work independently.
Max is familiar with most of the working tools used for metal and wood but he also like to work in the garden.
He is a fun person to… read more
the work is fair and well balanced.
in my opinion all kinds of skill levels concerning building and gardening are welcome.
He explained everything very carefully and is patient with beginners.
the working hours are fair and you will have enough time to relax after… read more
there was always good food and good company including many other workawayers.
the work was varied and interesting and it was very nice to see both the sheep herding, goats and garden while also helping with the big construction projects they had going on at the… read more
You can count on us for next year for whatever you need my friends, and for a longer time for sure.
Everyhing will be alright very soon!!!
A huge hug from the brazilian couple.
Laysa and… read more
We went there with our 2 little girls (1 and 3 years old) and we were welcomed by a nice family. The children had good fun together and we had the opportunity to enjoy the Tournesol farm and a way of life different from our every day life :-) We were quite unlucky with the… read more
I felt very welcome from the start and as i don't know a lot about farming , there were enough things to do.
It is very cool to see how everything is self sufficient and the place is a very nice location too.
Right between the mountains, i also enjoyed doing the walk with all the… read more
Jean Phi and Sophie are really friendly.
We stayed only 3 days but we saw the multitude of things they do: bread, organic farming, sheeps caring etc!
We slept in a big and beautiful hut.
We left the farm the head full of ideas and dreams.
Hope to see you again, and thanks for everything!
Margaux… read more
sorry for our late response and thanks for your long message, let's give an answer :
- all the meals you should cook by yourself or with the help of another voluntiers (from the food you'll find on the farm);
>>> Normally we cook in turns but we were so happy to do that so we let you do it the 2 days you've stayed here
- the… read more
Jean Philippe is a very talented inventor if you're looking for a place where you can learn a lot about bio-gas, solar panels, bio-products and reproducing, you're on the right way. This place is perfectly suites the enthuziastics who involved in eco-projects. Sofi bakes super tasty bread… read more
And the people are nice!
Merci de m'avoir montré la vie d'une ferme tourne-sol!
