1. Describe your project, your place, and its inhabitants (including animals):
"Estancia Río Penitente" dates back to the late 19th century, when scottish family of Mr. Alexander Morrison and his wife Mrs. Hellen McCall arrived to the region of Magallanes in 1891. They were one of the many european settlers who migrated to the region with the dream of establishing sheepfarming in the area.
The ranch has trascended five generations and the original facilities are still preserved, such as the main house and the shearing shed. We incorporated tourism in 1990 as a complement of animal (sheep, cows, horses, lamas) farming, which has helped to keep the history alive and be able to show the typical activities of one of the first farms of Patagonia.
We start growing different vegetables by regenerative and organic ways, by using the organic matter that we can obtain in the place and mixing with the manure of the animal to produce healthy food.
2. List the activities that WWOOFers will participate in and what you want to teach them:
the wooffers can help in different tasks depending the moment of the year.
- Guide of turism.
- working with the vegetable production
- Helping in animal movements.
- Construction
- Pinting
- Attention to turists.
- Helping with some events.
3. What could a WWOOFer's day look like at your site (time slot for participation in activities, expectations...)?
Helping with the tasks of the day and then there are different activities to do, we have trekking routs, a river to fish and different interesting books if want to read.
4. Play the guide! Talk about your own hobbies (music, cooking, etc.) and those possible around (hiking, swimming, etc.):
My best hobbi is farming, I like to practice sports as swimming in open waters.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Cattle farming
Sheep or goat farming
Flower farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Seed saving or production
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Renewable energy production
Food justice / sovereignty
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Production farm
10,000
Hectares
|
24,710.5
Acres
