Threshold Farm - Philmont, NY Philmont - Volunteers Base - Free Volunteering and Work Exchange Opportunities.

Location: Philmont, NY, United States

Help needed From May till Oct

We are a 45 acre biodynamic farm in the beautiful Upper Hudson Valley, 120 miles north of New York City & 35 miles South of Albany, NY, with a rolling landscape. Closest public transportation is Hudson (8 m west of us) via Amtrak trains. We have a very diverse farm and what makes us special is our biodynamic orchard (5 acres, mostly apples, peaches & pears) and our cowherd. We also grow vegetables (CSA & other), have other farm animals incl. pigs, chickens, 2 dogs and cats, and we're doing a bit of research in organic/biodynamic orchardry. We also planted some berries in 2007. The farm is off the grid and has no running water. Therefore we have lots of work and welcome honest, fun loving & hardworking folks who love to get their hands dirty. The farm is protected through a land conservancy and the farm house is 1.5 miles away in the very cool village of Philmont, which has one organic restaurant and a fun pub with live music and organic food as well. We offer plenty of camping space or our guestroom, wonderful org./biodynamic food and lots of it and 5+ hours/labor a day, 5 days a week & 3 hours on Saturdays (if you stay a whole week).
Lots of learning possibilities in agriculture, food preservation, bread baking, etc.
Bicycle available. Kids and pets negotiable. No smoking, no drugs! We're fluent in australian and german with a bit of french and spanish. Even if you don't speak any of these languages & only a bit of english, you're still welcome. With two small children and the farm we can't travel much anymore, so we'd like the world to come to us. Call us at least 2 days ahead or email/call us in advance. Stay just for a few days or as long as we all get along with each other.
Our food might not be suitable for vegans, great though for vegetarians and carnivores and everybody in between.
We don't check our emails on a daily basis. We will get back to you, you might just have to wait 5 days or so, but we always respond! (Unless there's a computer crash).