Your tasks will depend on your experience and motivations, as well as what your host needs at the time (depending on season, type of farm etc.). In general, you’ll undertake a mix of indoor and outdoor work, helping with the animals/horses, feeding, cleaning and caring for animals, helping to look after the children, helping tend a vegetable garden, and [...]
After you apply for the Ranchstay Program, one of our local partners will hold a Zoom consultation with you to assess what sort of placement would suit you best. Following this we will contact suitable farm hosts to see whether they’d like to host you. You may have an interview with a potential host family at this stage. Once [...]
Between 4 and 20 weeks. Please speak to us if you would like to stay longer.
The basic farm types we offer are: farms with horses, livestock farms, and general/mixed farms. You can read more about each of these types in the farm program outline.
Our Ranchstay Program is an opportunity to live on a working farm and gain a sense of farming life. For 4-20 weeks, you become a member of a local farming family, working together, sharing meals, and socialising.
Very easily! Start your application here and we'll look forward to meeting you on Zoom!
You’ll have time off each day and week, but most of that time will still be spent at the farm, as most farms are quite some distance from the local town. However, you will get the chance to do things like help with the grocery shopping and go to family events, so you’ll get out and about! We recommend [...]
Generally, you should help out for about 5-7 hours per day, not including basic activities like cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping. Some participants prefer to help out more when it’s busy on the farm and have more free time when it’s quiet.
Your tasks will depend on your experience and motivations, as well as what your host needs at the time (depending on season, type of farm etc.). In general, you’ll undertake a mix of indoor and outdoor work, including helping with animals, cleaning, feeding, odd jobs around the farm, helping tend a vegetable garden, helping with the children and general [...]
After you apply for the Farmstay Program, one of our Placement Supervisors will hold a Zoom consultation with you to assess what sort of placement would suit you best. Following this we will contact suitable families to see whether they’d like to host you. You may have an interview with a potential host family at this stage. Once we’ve [...]