Hello dear wwoofer and thank you for your interest in our lovely farm Stengården (The Stone Farm).
Stengården has been run by the Rasmussen family since 1997 and is now a very diverse organic-mekka in the region. Here we have 5 hectares (with over 100 kinds of vegetables), 3000 chickens, 50 grass-fed beef cattle, around 60 hectares of grain and clover, bee hives + our sweet and energetic dog Ronja and the barn cats.
Everything we produce at the farm is sold either through our own organic supermarket and café or to catering/restaurants. We believe in biodiversity, nature-conservation and a self sufficient on-farm cycle. We don't use any external fertilizer, only the compost from our own animals and almost no external animal feed. That way we try our best to create a sustainable and high quality food-production.
Coming here as a wwoofer, we will share our knowledge with you and give you a hands-on experience on how to run a small-scale farm with focus on giving you an understanding on how to grow vegetables.. The tasks at the farm vary from day to day and you'll get to experience lots of different and interesting things!
Examples of tasks:
Vegetables: Seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting and packing everything for the shop. The tasks depend on the season :)
Animals: Feeding the cows, spreading straw in the cow barn or henhouse. The job changes throughout the season because the cows are only in the barn from around November - April. During the summer they are out grazing on pastures, and there is therefore no work with the cows during the summer months for the wwoofers.
Wwoof schedule:
Usually you'll help 5 days and have 2 days off, and since the farm shop is open all days of the week, the days off can be spread out onto any day of the week.
We always start at 8am in the morning and have a coffee break at 10am. The day ends for the wwoofers by helping clean up after our communal lunch at 1pm.
Accommodation:
Located right above the farm shop we have an apartment just for the wwoofers, with 6 private rooms and a shared kitchen/living room and a shared bathroom. We have rooms for both singles and couples. It's a nice community space that the wwoofers help each other keep clean. You can have dinner together or play boardgames and it's a nice opportunity to get to know people from all over the world!
Food:
We provide the coffee break at 10am, with tea/coffee and bread with cheese or homemade jam. Lunch is at 1pm, usually with bread, eggs, potatoes and vegetables. Some meals, like dinner and lunch on your days off, you prepare yourself. You can take all basic vegetarian foods you need from our organic farm shop and of course all our delicious vegetables we grow at the farm! Wwoofers usually eat together, therefore it's important that if you decide to come here, you must be willing to help with cooking and cleaning! :)
In the spare time there's tons to do! There are nice forrests nearby for a good run or a nice walk. There are two lakes close by, great for swimming in the summer. Copenhagen is 30min by s-train, and Farum or Birkerød are a 15min bike ride away. There you can find thrift shops/ grocery stores and much more. The famous museum Louisiana is close by as well.
We also have bikes that you can borrow :)
We're very much looking forward to hearing from you!
Certifications: Certified organic by the Danish state authorities
Internet access available
* you can also find us on Instagram or Facebook, just look for "Stengaardenoko" :))
‼️BOOKING UPDATE: FULLY BOOKED UNTIL OCTOBER‼️
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Cattle farming
Beekeeping
Flower farming
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Community-supported agriculture (CSA)
Holistic management
Host type
Production farm
Certified organic
100
Hectares
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247.1
Acres
