An organic mushroom farm growing quickly in Brazil’s wine valley

Brazil

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02/06/2021
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2021

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Hello! Thank you for reading our profile.

We are two friends, Ricardo and Guinter, who decided to start growing mushrooms in the south of Brazil. We live in a lovely city called Bento Gonçalves, the capital of wine in Brazil.

We began our project in January, and have a lot of work to do. Our business is growing fast, and we are currently delivering mushrooms to restaurants and various clients in our region.

Volunteers are welcome to support wherever help is needed and will learn the mushroom growing and selling process from top to bottom.

Volunteers will have a private room and enjoy access to a full kitchen and a fresh fruit and vegetable garden. We live in the countryside, ten minutes from the city center, and nearby hiking trails and many wineries.

We love meeting people from around the world! Ricardo traveled for the past six years, many times through Workaway, and is excited to bring the experience back to his hometown.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Animal Care
Language practice
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have some interesting projects that we are working on, and we try to maintain a relaxed flow throughout our work.

Come have fun with us! We love making campfires, hosting or attending Brazilian bbqs, exchanging ideas and having conversations and discussions.
Help
We have many different jobs on the farm ranging from general maintenance and gardening to helping with mushroom cultivation, packaging, and delivery
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We provide you your own private room with internet access. Lunches are provided, but volunteers will prepare their own breakfast and lunch. We have a kitchen that you are able to use whenever needed
What else ...
You can enjoy walking in the forest and countryside, visiting waterfalls, camping on the weekend, and meeting our friends. We have a lot of fun things to do here.
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.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Photos

The start of a new mushroom cultivation building we are creating

Us! Ricardo (left) and Guinter (right)

Bagging our mushrooms before we make deliveries

The growth process - these mushrooms will be ready to harvest in no time!

Harvested mushrooms ready for cleaning and deliveries

Ricardo cleaning some shrooms

Our salmon mushrooms, some of the most beautiful fungi we've seen

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Guinter holding up some of his first mushrooms

Newly bagged compost - we create our compost out of wine vines, sugarcane, and hay, all donated from nearby farms and friends

The scenic views from near our farm

Scenic views part II, they really take our breath away

We love our dogs, and they are very friendly!

Feedback left by and about host (10)

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(4.7)

Cultural exchange:
(4.8)

Communication:
(4.8)

04/02/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Will)

What to talk about Will. He is great, polite, friendly, good energy. He helped us with a lot different tasks. He made the best hand made south africa sausage of his grand mother recipe. Also he became a big friend of us. A family friend. We definitely miss this guy. We wish all the best to him.

(Excellent )

30/12/2020

Left by Workawayer (Will) for host

Wow, what a wonderful experience with Ricardo and Guinter, from the moment I met them they made me feel welcome and comfortable and opened their home, family, and friends to me.
Work was activities surrounding the mushroom farm and was a fantastic opportunity to learn and experience all aspects of growing fungus from the funguys.

The… read more

(Excellent )

20/10/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Hristina)

Wowww. What to say about Hristina, she is a such nice person, she staied a shortly time but we already miss her. She is polite, smart and really cool. She brought joy to our farm. She helped us with the mushroom tasks, and the painting for the new cultivation mushroom room, also take care of the dogs. She really loves the animals and we saw that… read more

(Excellent )

17/10/2020

Left by Workawayer (Hristina) for host

Guinter and Ricardo are the definition of amazing hosts. I could say that never before in my life did I feel that taken care of. Seriously. From the moment Guinter met me at the bus station till the moment Ricardo dropped me off at 3 AM without the tiniest complaint, I felt at home with these brothers from different mothers (and fathers haha). I… read more

(Excellent )

16/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (margot)

Margot and Dante are lovely people. They are polite and always ready to help in all the tasks. We had a good talks and good time together. They help us a lot, for sure they gonna be friends for life. We wish all the best for you two.
Thank you for everything
Cheers

(Excellent )

16/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (margot) for host

One of my favourite workaway experience so far at the place'! Guinter and Ricardo, their friends and family are wonderful people. Dante and I stayed with them for 2 weeks and had a realy good time in the beautiful region of Bento Goncalves. The mushroomproject they have is amazing! If you want to know everything from A to Z this is the place to… read more

(Excellent )

02/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (gamze) for host

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(Neutral )

30/07/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Malcolm )

Malcolm is a wonderful guy, polite, proactive. We spend a lot of time speaking, he is very intelligent and visionary. Good energy as well. He became a member of our family and a friend for the life.

(Excellent )

29/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Malcolm ) for host

My stay with Ricardo and Guinter was fantastic. I stayed at Ricardo's house, complete with a fresh fruit and vegetable garden, and was very comfortable throughout my time. After breakfast, we would drive approximately 25 minutes to the farm itself and worked on various tasks including land clearing (for the farm's expansion) to mushroom production… read more

(Excellent )

20/05/2019

Left by Workawayer (JEROME) for host

Great experience ! Spending time with Ricardo & Guinter was fun & interesting. I was hosted at Ricardo's house and we used to eat with local farmers.

(Excellent )

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