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Live and Work on an Organic Family Farm on the Big Island, Hawaii

The experience

Aloha!
We are looking for 1 to 2 people who would like to stay on our farm and help us maintain and cultivate our land.

Farm Work: Weeding/mulching garden beds, pruning/cutting and hauling, harvesting fruit for our fruit stand, picking coffee, building rock walls, possibility of using heavier machinery such as lawn mowers, weed eaters, wood chippers, or chainsaws

Household: Cleaning and organizing, Cooking, Help with Marketing

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Shack: While you are here you will be living in a makeshift house called the "Mac Shack" built and named after our first traveler. I recommend taking a look at the pictures if you haven't yet. The Shack has a bunkbed and can only hold two travelers at a time. The shack doesn't have hot water, so the showers are cold. There is no plumbing, we have an attached outhouse with a compositing bucket. We will provide staple foods such as oatmeal, rice, and pasta for you. We also have fruit from our farm that you are welcome to enjoy.

Recommend to bring for farm work: big water bottle, hat, long sleeve tshirts and pants (pineapple and macnut leaves can be sharp and irritate the skin if poked). Safety glasses and work gloves can be provided if needed.

Activities & Shift

- Work hours are usually Monday - Friday 8am-2pm with an hour lunch break from 12pm-1pm.
- You will always have weekends off. The only exception to this is if we travel for the weekend, we may ask you to take care of a couple of daily chores for us such as watering plants and feeding the animals

Rules

- You cannot have any guest on the farm without first gaining our permission.
- No pets