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This is an organic farm and a training center situated in Kandıra, near Kerpe (a small coast on the Black Sea), 2 hours from Istanbul.
We are experimenting a natural life, with organic farming, animals, vegetation and people, all in their natural cycle. For 10 years now we have been living on the site and working together with and in nature. In our farm, we have an educational center and ecological hotel related to our training and consultancy company but the volunteers work only in the farm part.
In the training centre, we offer an alternative type of training to people and host it in the nature and we share with them our philosophy of “ecological thinking”. For our hotel and training centre guests, we organize entertaining and educational events, workshops and trainings, we sell our products and we are constantly trying to create a demonstration of how people can create great things by respecting the nature.
So we are willing to work with volunteers who will share our motivation to create a sustainable life in our farm.
----------Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareFarmstay helpGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Most of the people working in the farm are from the villages around the farm. They are open minded and fun and this naturally generates a cultural exchange.
Help
The help includes mostly organic farming, some animal care, cooking, and sometimes application of permaculture and eco architecture.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Turkish: FluentAccommodation
Volunteers can stay either in the traditional big sleeping tent of 80 m2 or in their own tent. We have conventional wc and showers with hot water, as well as a compost toilet.
We offer natural high quality food, mostly from the farm.
The food is suitable for vegetarians but please ask (if the meal includes meat) to be sure before eating :) We can also cook vegan food if you ask for it.What else ...
Volunteers will have the chance to experiment the farm life: they will see the local agricultural techniques and the local way of living , they can learn how to make cheese, butter and bread and they can simply enjoy the animals, forest and the sea...
And we ll share all together the delicious organic turkish food directly from the farm :)A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours per day (max 25hours/week)
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To know some basic turkish is helpful to be able to Talk with the workers, but Not neccessary. It also works… read more
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To know some basic turkish is helpful to be able to Talk with the workers, but Not neccessary. It also works… read more
The food was super delicious and fresh from the… read more
I came very last-minute, not really sure what to expect, and having had very little farming experience and only a month's time of picking up some Turkish from adventures in Istanbul. What I found was a very welcoming group of people, including local farmers and owners as well as… read more
All the people are friendly Especially
Nar"anne " she has a huge heart and an extremely kind and sweet soul / Huriye "abla" she is the big boss LoL… read more
Volunteers work for 6 hours per day (9am - 12pm and 2pm - 5pm) from Monday to Friday. The work was hard when we worked on the field under the hot sun picking onions, garlics and digging potatoes.
We asked Hurriye (she is the coordinator of all work) to allow us work from 5am to 12pm. But we worked only one day like… read more
We all would love to see him again in the farm and I would definitely recommend him as volunteer - and friend :)
The time passed very quickly, especially that i was surrounded with amazing people and served amazing food !!. Although we work 6 hours a day, but there wasn't too much work to do in the farm due to the… read more
When it gets colder in autumn it also rains a lot and at this time we… read more
I went on workaway.net applied for the position and was accepted the same day, took the bus over the next afternoon.
Arriving I was under the impression that people spoke English. A select few… read more
I enjoyed very much spending time with the local workers, and I am glad I got to learn a lot of Turkish trying to interact with them. The tasks were sometimes hard but always fun and rewarding thanks to the good working atmosphere. And I must say that the food… read more
He has a very admirable relation with his kids, he's teaching them a lot through experience and love.
It was a lovely and inspiring experience to work with him and we all hope to see him again in the farm!
Nar (the owner) is the soul of the place there. She loves everyone.
Huriye (the team leader) is well organized and she has the spirit of happiness all the time.
Şahin is a very calm and lovely person.
I… read more
We are two french sisters who went here last winter !!
We stayed for 5 weeks and helped in the kitchen of the beautiful restaurant ! The team was very welcoming and fun, we learnt a lot with Yaryah and Merve (we know everything about baklava making) :)
The Turkish culture is a very strong and beautiful one !
Staying in the… read more
It's a really good place.
Well programmed working time. The work is not easy, but is really cool. I learnt a LOT.
Huriye is the best and ny good friend Şahin and everyone else, I liked it so much.
Want to learn, work, meet nice people and people with deep… read more
Good people, place and also good food.
It could have been more fun if I could speak some more turkish though, I am filled with a lot of good vibes.
Thank you all.
x
Lots of love
J
I stayed here for 3 weeks and I felt it like a gift. You work close to friendly people who only speak Turkish (which is a great opportunity to learn some!), you enjoy amazing (really, awesome!) food, you get to understand how a totally organic and well organised farm works!!
Such an experience worths at least a visit!… read more
from the first day i was welcomed by the whole family, consisting of nar and ahmed, the workers as well as the volunteers and during my stay it felt like home.
the work was not too hard and usually varied a lot: gardening, cutting wood, going out with goats and sheep, feeding the dogs or… read more
Hope to be back soon! All the best!
My 1st experience of living in a farm with fruits, vegetable, cow, sheep, donkey, horse and cats! My 1st experience of the Turkey breakfast, lunch and dinner, DELICIOUS!… read more
This is place is absolutely magnificent!
We throughly enjoyed our time here; the work was typical farm work but always accompanied with other volunteers and family members and finished off with an incredible meal! Can I just say, that the food is amazing and organic!
We harvested varying vegetables and fruits, maintaining the land, feeding… read more
The people are wonderful, there is variety in the work, the food is Plentiful and Wholesome and Delicious. But only come here if you like people, vegetables and… read more
There is a lot of work to do, but also a lot of volunteers and workers to do it. The workers from a… read more
It was a wonderful place with wonderful people.
Hearing from other volunteers we realized that the farm is run very professionally and that they are very considerate about the safety and comfort of their volunteers.
We had a big sleeping tent and enough… read more
7:45 set table for breakfast, then free
9:00-12:00 or 12:30 work, set up for lunch, then free
14:00-17:00 work, then free
20:00 set up for dinner, then free (we had later dinners due to ramadan)
Depending on the number of volunteers on the farm at any given time, people take turns doing dinnertime dishes after dinner.
It was very… read more
We enjoyed long conversations with her about lots of different things , during three weeks. We also… read more
We learnt about principles of permaculture and how to put them in place. worked on the mud brick house which was great to learn. i look forward to… read more
I have enjoy take care for the horses!..
you are a so friendly familly , butiful area, farm and so lovely food!!
all the best for the future!
People in the farm are really lovely: the owners, the employees and the volunteers too!
The work changes depending on needs. Volunteers work in the morning and in the afternoon have free time. But you're always together enjoying whatever: little trips to… read more
There's so much to be fascinated by and to indulge in at their farm - food is ridiculously amazing (fresh veg & fruits, vegetable patties,… read more