This month's highlighted WWOOF farm
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North Fork, California |
We’re a small diverse
family farm located in the foothills of the Sierra
Nevada. We’re on a total of 80 acres of which
5 are currently being farmed, along with 3 greenhouses
and barns for goats and chickens. We produce a variety
of seasonal vegetables all farmed organically though
we are not yet certified organic, and all of our electricity
comes from solar, hydro or wind with occasional generator
back-up. We are working to produce healthy food for
our local community as sustainably as possible. Chores
include planting, weeding, harvesting, occasional
farm construction and if interested, tending to the
animals, milking goats, collecting eggs, etc. We’d
suggest a two-week trial period for compatibility
assessment; after that we’re open to negotiation.
Some interns have stayed for most of a year.
We currently have a two bedroom trailer
with hot and cold water, propane stove and electricity
available for WWOOFers to use. Interns are expected
to prepare their own meals except for lunch on work
days, and can eat any of the produce or dairy available
on the farm, as well as purchase their own supplies
in town.
We are in a beautiful forest where
interns can hike, swim in creeks (or our doughboy
pool during the summer), and we’re less than
an hour from Yosemite National Park. There is a Vipassana
Meditation Center several miles from the farm for
anyone interested in meditation. North Fork is a small
town with a strong sense of community, and there’s
a local cultural center (the Studio) where there are
music and yoga lessons offered and musical and cultural
events are held. We also run the local school garden
and WWOOFers are welcome to help with that.
We ask WWOOFers to contribute a minimum
of 25 hours/week to help on the farm. We do most of
the planting and harvesting in the morning and they’re
free the rest of the day and most weekends to do what
they want.
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