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Come help us! If you’re interested in permaculture, organic food, vegan cooking, self-sufficiency, sustainability, nutrition, natural healing - and volunteering in a beautiful location - you have come to the right place.
My name is Fabio I live in our family's villa on a hill overlooking the city of Florence. We are lucky to live in beautiful Tuscan countryside with the historic centre of Florence just 7km away. Here we really have the best of both worlds.
Several people live here, family, housemates, long terms volunteers, often some guest and lovely Barney, the dog plus some cats. You are welcome to join us. We can accommodate 3 helpers, short or long term - minimum two weeks unless specially arranged. Accommodation is in the villa, with all normal facilities.
You will volunteer mostly with me, as I am looking after the projects on the land. We produce our own wine and olive oil, so depending on the season, you may also have the opportunity to learn more about viticulture, wine making, and olive cultivation (work varies, of course, depending on the season and running projects). I also have a permaculture garden where we are growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs.
Tasks are varied and may include big or small projects and any of the following: weeding, sowing, cultivating, harvesting, making ‘rolls’ to reduce land erosion, working the land in accordance with permaculture principles, construction projects, making homemade cleaning materials, etc.
We make our own compost and like to recycle as much as possible with an aim to reduce waste and be self-sufficient. We try to avoid the use of manufactured chemicals and petroleum products as much as possible. If you are interested, I can show you how essential oils can be used for healing and as everyday chemical replacements.
I am especially interested in enthusiastic hardworking people who can bring their own permaculture knowledge, or have construction skills, can fix and repair and know how to give a good mantainance to the house. Also web developers and designers are welcome as I’m creating a big project between Italy and Mexico .
Food is very important to me, and nutrition has a fundamental role in the project, here we do our best to provide healthy organic vegan food for every meal ( but we occasionally make little vegetarian exceptions for who wants to try some traditional Italian recipe with cheese or eggs).
In the kitchen you will typically find: seeds, real extra virgin olive oil, organic vegetables, coffee, vegetable milk, different kinds of lettuce, pasta, rice, cereals, fresh bread baked in a wood oven, marmelade, honey, beans, fresh fruit, himalayan salt, curcuma, flour, olives, herbs, etc... the garden also is providing us some very nice veg or fruit that are a luxury to bring to the table!
In order to keep this variety of fresh, local, organic, high quality ingredients in the kitchen, a voluntary contribution of €25 per week is requested for the grocery. This allows us to try many different recipes and accommodate special requests.
We will cook 2-3 meals together, sharing recipes and tips. Like in a little community everyone will be active part of the group to make things work, and the daily life comfortable and enjoyable for everyone even if sometimes challenging! That's how we like it: deserve to celebrate!
*️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️NOT ONLY FARMERS...VOLUNTEERS WITH WEB DESIGN SKILLS ARE ALSO VERY WELCOME IN, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU WISH TO BE PART OF A GREAT PROJECT*️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️
FIRMLY AGAINST ODS AND AGENDA 2030...please MAKE YOUR OWN RESEARCH -
DON'T FOLLOW THE PROPAGANDA! The carbon they want to reduce is you: DEPOPULATION is their admitted goal!
I'm environmental engineer, expert in "climate change" and working since 10 years for sustainability, but not for THEIR sustainability, for humans and nature! NOT for transhumanism and NOT for keep safe the 1% who control us!
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Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
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
In addition to all of the above will also have the opportunity to learn some delicious vegan Italian recipes, eat very healthily and learn about healing and living with essential oils. I am interested in philosophies and the awakening world. I will be happy to share with you my craziest visions on science, religion, human history, astronomy. I also like to play the djembe (bongo) and listen to vinyl records. I started sustainable and environmental projects in Mexico where I used to spend half of the year.
Help
Tasks are varied and might include big or small projects and any of the following: weeding, sowing, cultivating, harvesting, watering, making ‘rolls’ to reduce land erosion and retain water, pruning, working the land in accordance with permaculture principles, construction work, making homemade cleaning materials, house maintenance. Cleaning and organizing the house is also expected to be a daily habit.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
All the volunteers will sleep in a big shared room. There is a bathroom for their exclusive use.
What else ...
Last but not least, Florence. This beautiful city is very close, it is easy to go by yourself walking and with buses and trams only takes one hour. This city is famous for it’s museums, artworks, architecture, the amazing Duomo, Uffizzi Gallery and Ponte Vecchio and much more. We are also not far from the popular sites such as Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Lucca and the coast. Florence and Tuscany in general are very active with projects on permaculture, organic markets, communities and ecovillages, the Renaissance seems to be here...again!
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
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If you are looking for a place where to learn about permaculture, cooking amazing vegan food, relaxing in the beautiful Tuscany hills and sharing some genuine human smiles, this place if for you.
Fabio can teach you lots of things and you are also able to propose your own ideas - own projects… read more
Very dangerous multiskilled volunteer...on your own risk to host her.
You will miss her power, positivity, semplicity, kindness, beauty... yes, also her furry friend Odie!
Marina lived at my place for 2 months...in her van, with her dog, parked just outside the house.
Independent and concrete, she schedule and completed every… read more
The quietness and beauty of the Tuscan hills is restoring, the work with the earth enlightening.
It has been a joy to share a small part of Fabio's path towards sustainability, he has been a great teacher without being patronizing.
During my stay I learned about permaculture,… read more
She was shy and reserved at the beginning, but I trust her immediatly trying to let her share her knowledge, wisdom and passion for nature. She helped me a lot in many ways being a moral support, sharing her knowledge and also contributed economically with the grocery… read more
Some of my favorite things:
*drinking water infused with carefully prepared rose petals
*making arches to transfer water from one part of the garden to another (rainbow arches?)
*culling the bamboo forest
*sitting under… read more
I spent really good time with them, after a while we felt like a family together with Elizabeth (the other volunteer) and everything flows so nice. It’s very easy to deal with Alice and Ash, they are clever, sensitive good hearted. I like their enthusiasm in learning new things as well… read more
Life changing just about begins to cover our stay with Fabio.
We learned so much about permaculture and living more consciously with a greener footprint. Permaculture in every aspect of our lives, not just in the garden, and it was invaluable and eye opening. Fabio coached us when undertaking inspiring projects in his beautiful… read more
