Join our family has been farming in the Eastern Townships since 1973, producing high quality maple syrup, Quebec, Canada

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Última atividade : 14 abr. 2025

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Our family has been farming in the Eastern Townships since 1973, producing high quality maple syrup. We use modern organic agricultural methods but keep tradition alive by collecting maple sap with our work horses. We live off of the land by growing most of our own food. Our cows and goats graze in green pastures, producing delicious milk, which we transform into cheeses, yogurt, butter, and sometimes, ice cream. We have room for you in our house.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Jardinagem
Ajuda em fazenda
Cuidar de animais
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
Travelers can practice their English or French, enjoy preparing and eating meals from farm produce, make cheese, milk cows and goats, participate in ecological forestry, and ski and hike nearby mountains.
Projetos que envolvem crianças
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Ajuda
Tasks vary with the seasons : tapping maple trees, stoking the fire to boil the sap into syrup, stacking firewood, fixing pasture fences, milking cows and goats, planting, weeding, and harvesting the garden, helping with construction projects.
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Francês: Fluente
Acomodação
Room in house, family meals.
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There is a bus from Sherbrooke to Lac-Megantic on Friday evening and one on Sunday afternoon. We can pick you up in Lac-Megantic.
Leisure activities include Nordic skiing, hiking, biking, swimming, canoeing.
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- Acesso à internet
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Comentário (11)

1 fev. 2025

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Nicolas) para o anfitrião

J'ai passé une excellente semaine dans cette ferme. J'ai eu l'occasion de passer du temps avec Julia, Ruthy et Abraham. Ils m'ont chacun transmis des savoir faire précieux et richement intéressant. J'ai apprécié découvrir ce monde de l'acericulture, le monde de la ferme, le fonctionnement de la récolte, la compréhension des érables, ce mode de… read more

(Excelente )

14 mar. 2022

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Tom & Mélanie)

Tom and Melanie were terrific, both as house guests and workers - intelligent, engaged and engaging, eager to learn, nuanced, quick to master new tasks, ever helpful and respectful. They helped with myriad operations in the sugarbush in a very cold month of January. We would be glad to have them back any time and wish them all the best in days and… read more

(Excelente )

8 fev. 2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Tom & Mélanie) para o anfitrião

We spent 3 weeks with the family. It was an amazing experience, where we learnt so much about the farm life, the forest, the nature, the food, and a different way of living really connected to the nature.
It was definitely a place of sharing, in peace and kindness. We met (almost) all the family and everyone has their own experience and knowledge… read more

(Excelente )

21 mai. 2021

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Justin) para o anfitrião

I spent almost a month on the farm helping out Troad and her her family. This was my first Workaway experience, and I could have hardly hoped for better hosts. Unfortunately I arrived just as the syrup boiling was finished, but I got to experience plenty else on the farm including de-tapping, gardening, milking, some general farm maintenance and… read more

(Excelente )

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1 fev. 2025

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Nicolas) para o anfitrião

(Excelente)

14 mar. 2022

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Tom & Mélanie)

(Excelente)

8 fev. 2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Tom & Mélanie) para o anfitrião

(Excelente)

21 mai. 2021

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Justin) para o anfitrião

(Excelente)

31 mar. 2020

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Annaick) para o anfitrião

J'ai vécu une très belle expérience chez Troad et Ruth. En peu de temps j'ai énormément appris, que ce soit sur la production de sirop d'érable ou sur la vie à la ferme. Fabrication de produits dérivés du lait (fromage, beurre,...), s'occuper des animaux, manger de bons produits, ce sont le genre de choses que j'ai pu experimenter. Et bien sûr la… read more

(Excelente)

21 mai. 2019

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Alexiane) para o anfitrião

It was a pleasure to stay at Troad's and Ruthy's place. I learn a lot about the production of mapple sirup, for sure, but a lot of other things too : animals of the farm, wild animals, different culture, cooking, knit and purl, drive a quad and a skidoo, skiing, ... You'll learn a lot with this family, about all this stuff but also you will learn… read more

(Excelente)

20 mai. 2019

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Alexiane)

Alexiane was a pleasure to host. She was a quick learner and very good with the barnyard animals, especially the kid goats and horses. She brought enthusiasm and cheerfulness to each day.

(Excelente)

20 mai. 2019

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (akalinsky)

It was a real pleasure to have Alexander volunteer on our maple farms in February and March. A very interesting and intelligent young man with a broad background, he was always eager to help and applied himself to every task.

(Excelente)

12 mai. 2019

Deixado pelo Workawayer (akalinsky) para o anfitrião

An excellent place to learn the syrup trade! The entire family is incredibly warm, welcoming, hard-working and knowledgeable. During sugar season, expect plenty of work out in the sun and snow but also many an opportunity to explore the area and experience Québécois and New England culture first hand. The setting is beautiful, with plenty of… read more

(Excelente)

16 jan. 2019

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Robin)

Robin is an excellent worker and housemate, very intelligent and fun to be around. He gladly took up every task from cooking and household and barnyard chores to working in the maple woods or on construction projects. He is an extremely talented and capable young man, mature beyond his years, a pleasure to have around and a great worker.

(Excelente)

22 dez. 2018

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Robin) para o anfitrião

J'ai passé un super séjour d'un mois et demi à la ferme de sirop d'érable avec Julia, Ruthy, Abe, Elijah et Tequiya ! J'ai appris tellement de choses pendant mon séjour avec eux. Notamment la fonctionnement d'une ferme de sirop d'érable. J'ai adoré toutes les tâches que j'ai effectué à la ferme: le travail en forêt dans le froid (dans lequel on… read more

(Excelente)

3 jul. 2018

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Erin & Alex) para o anfitrião

My time spent with Ruthy, Troad and their family was great; they are creative, dedicated, hardworking and generous in sharing the work of their hands and their experience.

Be ready to:
- spend time outside
- take the initiative
- sing :)
- quiet down by 9pm
- and appreciate the wonderful bounty of the farm in all it's seasons

I learned a lot… read more

(Excelente)

13 mai. 2018

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (teresa0709)

Teresa was a joy to have at our farm in mid winter. She was so excited about learning and loved being in this quiet land of snow. She is responsible and pleasant and always gives her best effort.

(Excelente)

15 fev. 2018

Deixado pelo Workawayer (teresa0709) para o anfitrião

Three weeks on the Farm passed by real quick but the memories will stay for a lifetime:
The day on the farm starts early in the morning with doing the chores in the barn. It's a wonderful feeling to see all those happy animals who give us milk, eggs, meat and a lot of joy. During the day there are different tasks to do, always depending on the… read more

(Muito Bom)

13 mai. 2018

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Tabea)

Tabea was a pleasure to have at our farm - curious, quick to learn, and helpful. She came at an opportune time when we had a good sap run, so she was lucky to see many stages of production.

(Muito Bom)

12 mai. 2018

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Tabea) para o anfitrião

I only stayed 10 days at the Maple Farm, but nevertheless it was an amazing experience.
Within those 10 days, I learned so much and did so many things I haven´t done before.
I spend most of my time helping Abe in the Garage or with Ruthy- she learned so many things about all different kind of things!
The day started early around 8 am. Then I was… read more

(Muito Bom)

27 mai. 2017

Feito pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer (Emilie)

Emilie is a treasure! Always eager and cheerful, she is a positive force to every endeavor. She learns quickly and follows instructions well, putting people and farm animals at ease. She has a good sense of how to be most helpful.
We soon were able to trust her with the milking and barn chores. She covered many of the tasks of sugar making,… read more

(Excelente)

3 abr. 2017

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Emilie) para o anfitrião

Memorable stay with this family, surrounded by peaceful forest and farm. I left thoroughly impressed and inspired by their self-sufficient lifestyle, care and wisdom in what goes into their bodies, and the physical strength it takes to own and operate a maple farm :) Troad (Julia) and daughter Ruthy were the members of the family I spent most of… read more my time with, lots of good conversation, laughs, singing, and learning through these 2 wise and strong women. Did I say they are both excellent cooks? I also met and spent time with sons Elija & Abraham-thanks for the wild Ski-Doo rides!

I arrived in mid-January, right in time to start working in the woods preparing maple tubing for the season. During the following month and a half, I stayed busy tending to the cows, goats, and chickens daily (milking, feeding, watering, cleaning), and working in the woods (fixing tubing, and later tapping tapping tapping- you will feel very comfortable handling a drill after this!). I was lucky enough to work through most of the maple season jobs and got to experience canning, tapping, and syrup making. There were also many more opportunities to learn new skills such as cheese/yogurt making, bread making, sauerkraut making (lots of food-related making!), peppered with cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the woods with friendly border collie Quinoa by my side :) Troad and Ruthy are great at including you in their activities- there is always something interesting to do.

Working on a maple farm is hard, physical work. You will come home tired, you will be cold and uncomfortable at times. You will build muscle navigating the woods in your snowshoes. But it is a wonderful & authentic experience. For me, the mix of working in the woods and getting to take care of animals/cheese making was perfect. Long days- it was my choice to maybe work more- but I really felt like I was living as they are, and experiencing what it takes to live self-sufficiently.

I stayed in a room in their house with a comfortable futon bed, but there is also a little separate house (no running water/internet there) where volunteers can stay. It may be helpful for future volunteers to note that Troad likes quiet/lights out in the common living space by 9PM. You may be tired by then anyway, but good to know in case.

All in all, I highly recommend volunteering here. You will be joining the many volunteers who have spent time on the maple farm, and can read all about them in the WWOOFer books the family has kept over the years with sweet parting messages.

Thanks again Troad, Ruthy, Elija, and Abe for sharing your lovely lifestyle and wisdom- memories I will always cherish. And perhaps to another time!

(Excelente)

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Join our family has been farming in the Eastern Townships since 1973, producing high quality maple syrup, Quebec, Canada

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