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Would you like to participate and experience actively during the olive harvest from October - November 2025
in sicily and taste the self-made organic olive oil?
I offer during the following dates this cultural exchange and give you learning opportunities about
- visit the olive mill
- hiking tour in the neighborhood of the town
- Visiting a cow milk farm which produces milk for mozzarella
- olive oil tasting with three olive oils
- Information about the possibility to visit the Anti-Mafia Museum in the famous city of Corleone
- insides of the beautiful rural landscape island sicily
- the sicilian culture
- the sicilian food & specialities
- the history of the town & neighborhood
- local stories from the town
- being part of an motivated team of international volunteers
Arrival and depature dates or day is regulary on Saturdays.
If you arrive earlier at Palermo I recommend to visit this beautiful city and stay in a hostel or other appropriate accommodations.
Pls. specify your stay of duration with the below mentioned defined weeks and periods.
About myself: My name is Pietro and I live and work in germany close to Frankfurt am Main and I travel two times during the year to sicily to my olive grove of my ancestors in order to continue in the fourth generation to cultivate, manage the olive harvest in october and pruning in march.
I'm not harvesting for my living. My main job is in the automotive industry. The limited produced is only for family and friend consumption. I'm not a dealer I hobby farmer who is trying to keep alive a 100 year old ancient organic natural olive while living abroud from a distance of app. 2400 KM
Since 2020 I hosted app. more then 100 international unpaid volunteers and made a lot of amazing and positive experiences.
During this experience you are part of a team between 2-4 volunteers or bigger team depends on the week. So you will join other workawayers from all over the world and make also friendships, connections and cultural exchanges & experience.
In the past years I have hosted only unpaid volunteers and organized big teams of 8-12 international volunteers with sharing free accommodation and free vegetarian meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) for great motivated team with a workout spirit in the beautiful nature of my olive grove.
Each participant took with them an unforgettable memory.
Finally after this experience every participant who joined will understand how much effort is needed to produce an organic olive oil and how it should smell & taste. You will see and learn the complete cycle from the tree to the oil.
I'm looking for motivated and capable volunteers to help and support me harvesting olive trees and make a nice and friendly experience with my project "olive grove".
Believe me that the harvest tasks is physically challenging because harvesting olives is a manual task and physically demanding and not everybody is capable to do it.
We use during the harvest in october electrical harvesting equipment with a battery (back mounted or car battery on a portable carrier). They are called in italian "abbacchiatore"
If you are interested in participating in the olive harvest, then I recommend to do a quick search in google or youtube & watch a video of this harvesting method with keywords "abbacchiatore/Pellenc/Campagnola."
And if you are convinced that you can handle the usage of this tools and the harvesting work, then start your application message with “I checked the harvesting method on YouTube with these manual electric harvesting tools".
The expectation is that volunteers are motivated and are willing physically ready to do tasks together in a team and help and support each other.
Locally paid worker will do the transport of the olives from the olive grove to the mill with a Pick-up.
Free accommodation is given in my private house in a double bed or if available a single bed (optional/exception).
As requested from the workaway administration since this year 2025 food/meals expenses are under responsibility of the guests or volunteers.
Volunteers are allowed to use my kitchen and prepare and cook their own food & meals and take care about the cleaning of the kitchen equipments, table, wash & clean dishes and kitchen equipments (not paid) and the cleaning of their bathroom (not paid).
You can also choose to go to the local restaurant or bar (closed 1-2 days a week).
In case you are looking for paid position only pls. mention and write to me "looking for paid position only".
Date: October/November 2025
Region = Sicily (Italy)
City = Campofiorito ( close to Corleone )
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Technology
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Charity work
Farming
Culture
Plant care
Music
Languages
History
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Participate and be part of this international team event in order to see, explore and understand a how a natural olive grove is producing very good and healthy italian organic olive oil.
You are free to explore the area in the town in your free time.
We will visit only in october and the end of the harvest the olive oil mill in the neighbourtown. Permission of the owner of the mill need to be given.
Sightseeing in the town of Corleone & Campofiorito on sunday is possible if there is interest and in addition get in contact with local Sicilian people, food, culture.
Transportation to Corleone is limited to 3-4 persons and voluntarily gesture from the host. bus transportation are always possible for all volunteers.Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
As requested by the Workaway administration since 2025 I added the payment of a wage and I pay for every selected workawayer invited to my place for every hour worked 7€.
The sum of the renumeration will be transferred to your indicated IBAN and need to be declared as an income for your local tax declaration.
With payment of the wage the helpers are responsible for their own food / meals and drinking/beverage expenses and for preparing and cooking their own food/meals and cleaning the used kitchen, their cooking equipments and used and dishes and other stuff neeed.
Damaged or destroyed utensils in the house need to be replaced or paid by the volunteers.
Before beeing invited to my house I'll select volunteers based on their application, their profile and their individual motivation why you would like to come to my place.
I'll kindly ask to schedule a video call via WhatsApp and this is the prerequisite to be selected and invited.
The usage of hard alcohol is not allowed. But a glass of wine or a beer is okay for me.
If harvest work is not possible due to heavy rain/ weather condition there will be no payment of a wage.
We harvest with electric harvest tools / lay and move large tends on the ground / remove & lift tends and put olives in baskets and jute bags or other receipients / lifting baskets and jute bags / prepare lunch & dinner together
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I'd like to share my italian, english and german language. My Italian is fluent
Accommodation
Private House with bright and well-kept bedrooms and shared bathroom WC /shower for 4-5 person. Separate bathrooms for women and men. I offer overnight stay in the seperate bedrooms with double or single bed.
I do not have WIFI in my house.
Ironing not allowed.
No heating in the house available, but a nice and warmly fireplace inside in the big living room.
Possibilty of sleeping in a tent inside the groundfloor/basement or outside in front of the house in tents brought by volunteers is possibile.
If you have read carefully all my profile pls. finish your application message to me with following word: Casa rurale
What else ...
Public bus transportation from Palermo main rail way central station to Campofiorito is given a take app. 1,5 hour.
During your free time you can visit the town and do some shopping in the small supermarkets and get a drink or coffee in the local bar.
In the evening we sit on the terrace. Guitar available. We play also sicilian card games like scopa or briscola or other board games.
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Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
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More than two
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The family owns property in Gallarate. Pietro lives in Germany with his wife and children. He… read more
During the main days of the harvest we spent many hours at the olive grove (around 9:30 am to 4 pm), as also the… read more
Dorottya is a very friendly person and with a lot of happiness. She supported and helped me during the pruning work and enjoyed a lot the week together with a great international team. I can recommend Dorottya for other host and wish her a lot of… read more
you to meet. The olive grove itself is lovely and he took us on very nice tours around the country
I can recommend Dominik for other host.
Originally, the plan was to harvest the olives close to the house but it was raining a lot at that time so that we could not start the harvest. Although I mainly came for the olives, I had a lot of fun without being able to help with the harvest. We cleaned the house, cut firewood and went… read more
