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Description
My name is Gio and I am based in southern Tuscany close to the seaside village called Castiglione della Pescaia in Italy.
I am working on creating a sustainable farm with a western style ranch
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learning new skills, being in nature with beautiful animals, networking, local food and cooking, language practices, meeting fellow workaways, team building, horseback riding and physical excercise.
Help
We like to create a friendly and creative environment and offer free meals and accommodations in exchange for 4 - 5 hours a day (5 days a week) help on various farm projects.
Projects include sustainable development, solar energy, gardening, harvest, fencing, pruning, taking care of horses, holistic approach to animals, old fashioned building practices, various workshops in nature as well as artist in residence.
We will not ask workaways to help with any workshops along side paying guests. Our workaway help will be concentrated during off season periods so the workaways could stay in actual guest accommodations and participate in programs when there are no paying guests. All our programs will always be led by one of the actual specialists working in the farm and will not include physically dangerous tasks. We will always provide supervision, safety train and if necessary safety equipment (such as gloves and protection glasses for such as gardening).
We are not a profit oriented business. We love this land and we are re-investing every thing into the land to operate with best farming practices, maintain a healthy land, care for animals, and give back to our community. Workaways will not be required to participate in any commercial activity that would benefit the farm owners directly.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
Russian: Intermediate
Accommodation
We have fully furnished cottages of various sizes laid out as a independent apartments.
All bedrooms have king size beds and their own bathrooms.
What else ...
We are located within 15-20 minutes driving distance from charming old villages and cities as well as the best wild beaches of Tuscany. Major train stations are within 30 minutes driving distance.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have reliable internet and mobile phone connections. We are only 25 minutes (20km) from the city of Grosseto for support.
Space for parking camper vans
We have 45 hectares of land so we can provide a designated spot to park the van. We can not provide any electricity, water or connection to a sewage system during the parking position. We are a new farm so infrastructure is currently limited to the accommodation area.
Can possibly accept pets
Only if the pets are comfortable with other animals, especially dogs and the horses of the farm. Gardens and pool side are limited to dogs. We can not accept barking dogs as we have riders and customers everyday. We can not accept any responsibility (we work with horses, they are used to our dogs but we can not guarantee that the horses will behave with other dogs).
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (2)
Patrick and Gio are truly wonderful and special people.
They carry out their project with love and dedication, they know very well what they want and how they want it, they are very organized and their direction is clear. They gave us absolute freedom and confidence to organize ourselves in our… read more
Both Valeria and Mark are super hard working people. They have helped us out with wide variety of small projects to upgrade our farm. Excellent team working… read more
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Patrick and Gio are truly wonderful and special people.
They carry out their project with love and dedication, they know very well what they want and how they want it, they are very organized and their direction is clear. They gave us absolute freedom and confidence to organize ourselves in our… read more
Both Valeria and Mark are super hard working people. They have helped us out with wide variety of small projects to upgrade our farm. Excellent team working… read more
