WORKING HOLIDAYS

VOLUNTARY WORK (WWOOFing)

A mixture of learning by active participation and free time. 
Gain hands-on experience of sustainable agriculture in the flesh!

We offer you the opportunities for exploring the area and relaxing, learning new skills and sharing an environmentally-friendly lifestyle. You can gain experience in organic gardening, forest management, tree care and propagation, biodynamic techniques, permaculture design, bread-baking and making fruit and vegetable conserves. We'll take you to visit the neighbouring farms and swim nearby in our favourite plunge pool below a waterfall. >>>

You join in the daily farm tasks 3 days a week, and spend your time as you please for the other 4 days, for a weekly charge of 25,000 ptas (£100) for full board and lodging.

Accommodation is in double or single rooms, or those who wish to can camp in our forest. Facilities are basic, with an open-air bathroom and composting toilet. Food is mostly vegetarian, and we can cater for vegans. Most of our fruit and vegetables are organically grown on our farm, we have our own free-range eggs, and we eat locally-produced food in season.

Please see our page How to Visit Finca La Mohea for information on working holidays, 
and for an Application form for booking your stay with us.

"Staying at La Mohea made me realise what's important for me in life - eating good food, living a natural life and sharing good company" - Sue Torlach, Australian visitor.

If you have a month or more to spare you can apply to join our volunteer programme, working on the farm and gaining hands-on experience, and in exchange you'll be accommodated and well fed. Although working in the country can be physically tiring, it is very rewarding, and you'll have some spare time too.

Working volunteers harvesting potatoes >

We have a few places available for long-term working volunteers (WWOOFers). Volunteers are involved in all the daily tasks of running the farm and in exchange for your help we provide you with food and accommodation, and teach you about the theory and practice of sustainable agriculture.

Volunteers generally stay for a period of one month, working around 6-7 hours a day, Monday to Saturday. Our daily timetable is flexible, and is based around jobs to be completed rather than hours to be worked. As volunteers get the feel of the place they can take more responsibility for specific jobs and become involved in the day-to-day planning of jobs to be done. The work can be physically demanding, and varies seasonally: garden work mostly early spring - late autumn; harvesting late summer - early winter; fruit tree care early winter - early spring; forest management autumn - early spring. Volunteers also help with the day-to-day domestic chores, such as collecting firewood, general cleanliness, and helping prepare meals.

Accommodation is in single or double rooms in converted stables, or a dormitory in the farmhouse, depending on available space. Facilities are basic, but slowly improving!: outdoor compost toilet, outdoor bathroom, with solar hot water from April - October and water heated on the fire in wintertime. Meals are eaten communally and are vegetarian, though we can also cater for vegans.

Learning is gained though hands-on experience. Our particular interests are tree care and propagation, sustainable forest management, agroforestry and permaculture gardening, and we can teach you about any of these and more general techniques of sustainable agriculture.

For information about other farms running a working volunteer programme, contact the following addresses:

• WWOOF (Willing Workers On Organic Farms),
  Box No. 2675, Lewes, Sussex BN7 1RB, England.
  WWOOF publishes lists of organic farms where volunteers can work in England and worldwide.
• WWOOF International: a growing list of WWOOF farms is available on the net: www.phd.com/wwoof
• Dinah Faehre, Apdo 15, 43570 Santa Barbara, Tarragona, Spain. tel. +34.77.261159 to obtain a booklet of alternative projects in Spain (Vida Alternativa en España).

If you wish to apply for a place in our volunteer programme, 
please write to us direct at the farm:
Finca La Mohea, Genalguacil, 29492 Málaga, Spain.
or use our enquiry form...

Tell us the following details about yourself:

• Name, age and sex
• Relevant experience in sustainable agriculture, forestry or other outdoor work
• What related skills do you have?
• What aspects of sustainable agriculture are you most interested in?
• Do you have any special dietary requirements?
• When would you like to come?