New wave farming near Lake Bled, Bohinjska Bela, Slovenia

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  Description

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  OPEN (full season) POSITIONS FOR YEAR 2024:
  - "Market garden" take over (nursery, planting, watering, weeding, harvest)
  
  - Animal care (polutry, goat): MOB grazing, moving fences for animals daily...
  
  - Infrastructure renovation (wood work, construction work, landscaping, building electronics, water systems etc.)
  
  - IT help: social media, setting up web page, translating information from farm projects to online diary...
  
  You can also write for short time help (14 days as minimum)
  
  
  {NOW ABOUT US}
  We are Juš and Kim (27, 29), an engineer and a designer by education, farmers by profession. Founders of dobrine.goods regenerative farm operation.
  Currently living the life in Bohinjska Bela, Slovenia. We established dobrine.goods operation.
  In a valley carved by the river and glacier, on the periphery of the only national park, both river banks are suitable for cultivation and settlements. On the west-side bank, surrounded by densely forested plateau and the easternmost parts of the Julian Alps, we are regenerating a “sleeping” farm back to life.
  
  We started with the knowledge from modern techniques of regenerative agriculture and upgraded the model to adapt it to new standards of not starting from zero, but starting from too much and moving towards zero - making it easier for future generations to start similar projects on their own.
  In the four years of the project we have established a market garden, composting station, integrated MOB grazing, pastured meat birds, perennial lines and landscaping. Along side we are renovating the infrastructure, the house, barn, and other structures the farm includes. In 2023 we have started with forest work, basic forest maintenance, firewood and slow renovation of forest cabins. The progress is slow - but constant.
  The terrain here is hard to cultivate and being a farmer is not yet profitable or respected. With our projects and lifestyle we are improving the stigmatisation of farming life and hopefully encouraging people around us to understand the new paradigm. Our goal is being a good model others can adapt, enjoying farming that allows harvesting not just organic crops, but also other amenities of modern life, without overexploitation.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We live next to Bled lake, which is always full of new interesting people on the go. So it is amazing place for cultural exchange, exploring nature, live in the comfortable Slovenian wilderness.
  Every day on our farm is a new story, so you can easily learn lots of new stuff. Landscaping, gardening, wood making, stone house renovating, alternative living, art projects, etc.

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  Aide

  -general help on farm. We are setting up no till farm and renovating old infrastructure step by step, learning from surroundings and creating future proof farm.
  We do a lot of forest related work, renovating house and farm facilities and maintaining/creating garden.
  - art projects. We want to connect as many like minded people as possible, connect art and cultivating land in something special, so we can set up a showcase for future youngsters looking for inspiration.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Slovenian: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  We can offer:
  
  -barn next to our house, converted to studio for 1-4 persons.
  
  - shared common spaces for cooking, eating and hanging out in the house
  
  - shared bathroom in the house
  
  - stand alone house in the woods, 10-15min driving from our farm or 40min walking. House has its own water spring, 12v solar power supply, gas cooker and room warmer, lights, place to sleep for 2-4 people. Outside, there's a big fireplace.
  
  *since the project is in an ever evolving state, changes and upgrades of the environment are a possibility.

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  Autres infos...

  We provide main meal of the day. Things that we cultivate in the season are avaliable anytime (eggs, vegetables, fruits...). For anything extra there is small store in the village and more options in Bled.
  
  From our village, there's bus directly to Bled, Ljubljana every hour. So you can be in the capital in an hour. There's a lot to explore around us, we live just by the national park, between two lakes, there's a river 10min walk from the farm, rocks for climbing above us...

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have WiFi in our house and enhancers around the house and barn, and places to use it.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There's a lot of space dedicated for working on the field, and you can park on the plot as well.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  We have two farm dogs, Nerinni (croatian shepherd, 1.5 year) and Tippi (border collie, 1 year). In 2023 we have hosted 4 WW dogs, without any problems.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week, daily tasks on weekends

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