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Francesco and Daniela run a 5th-generation organic farm in Puglia's Alta Murgia National Park; olive trees, almonds, cows, chickens, and a vegetable garden worked with care.
You join the morning rhythm: feeding animals, harvesting, pruning, planting. Afternoons are yours to explore.
Private room, home-cooked meals from what we grow, gym on site. Come for honest work, real nature, and authentic Puglia.
32 hours of help per week
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
1 day off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
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.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish
Between 23 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We are Francesco and Daniela, and we manage a family farm that has been on this land for five generations. The farm sits in the heart of Puglia's Alta Murgia National Park — one of the most unspoiled natural areas in southern Italy.
We grow olives, almonds, cereals, and vegetables. We raise cows, chickens, ducks, and share the space with our dogs and cats. No pesticides. We try to be stewards of the land, not just users of it.
You work alongside us and Francesco's father Mimmo, who was born on this masseria and has spent his whole life raising these animals. There is real knowledge here — the kind that doesn't come from a book.
Afternoons are yours. Explore the Alta Murgia, visit Matera (40 min away), Alberobello, or Gravina. Use the farm gym. Rest. Read. We only ask you show up for the mornings.
Francesco runs a YouTube channel about honest travel and life in southern Italy. Daniela works in theatre, circus, and runs creative retreats. We're not a conventional farm — we're curious people who love meeting other curious people.
We offer a shared room and bathroom. Meals are shared — we cook together from what the farm produces and what the season allows.
Minimum stay: 1 week.
Morning shifts: approximately 8am–1pm, flexible with season and weather. Afternoons are free.
Activities rotate with the season:
- Feeding, watering, and caring for animals (cows, chickens, ducks)
- Vegetable garden: planting, weeding, harvesting
- Olive and almond harvest (October–November)
- Pruning (February–March)
- General farm maintenance, repairs, fencing
No prior experience needed — we teach you. What matters: reliability, curiosity, and willingness to get your hands dirty.
- Minimum stay: 1 week
- Be on time for morning activities — the animals don't wait
- Treat all animals with care and patience
- No smoking inside the house
- Respect shared tools and spaces; put things back where you found them
- Contribute to shared meals when you can
- If something breaks or goes wrong, tell us — we're people, not a hotel
- We host 1–2 volunteers at a time. Expect to actually know your hosts.
