Natural grazing with goats, horses, cows and sheep

Central Jutland

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Welcome to Folk & Fæ! Littarily translated, it means People and Ruminants, and is a way of showing that what we do is for humans, animals and the nature around us. We believe in an agriculture system that does not compromise biodiversity or climate. We do sustainable grazing with our horses, cows, goats and sheep, they graze in small herds on different fields or nature areas, in our “neighbourhood”. We have traditional Danish breeds of animals, because in our experience, these are the ones who handle our way of farming the best. Their immune system is stronger, their mother instincts are better, and their herd connection is solid. In 2022 we started a little tiny house community with Amalie, Jeppe (the couple), Poul and our cat Chewie (short for Chewbacca!). On our community farm, we have a community house where we cook and eat all our meals together, hang out and wash our clothes. This house will be restored, sustainably with wood, hay and clay materials, during the next few years. We live debt free, have some solar panels and collect our rainwater for the garden, green houses, the animals and our wilderness hot tub, and hopefully soon for us, as well. We also have hens and ducks at the farm. On fields in the area, we have goats, horses, cows and sheep. There’s also always some of them at home, but throughout the year, it varies which animals and how many. Our instagram is @folk.og.fae Our farming activities always involve checking up on all the animals, making sure there is enough gras on the fields and enough water and minerals. But also the necessary maintenance of machinery and fences. The average farming day varies with the seasons. In the winter, we might move animals more often, to make sure they always have enough to eat. We also usually refill their water with rainwater more often, due to the dryness in the grass. In spring, our animals give birth to their babies, so in the spring, we check up on them very often, making sure the births are going well. In the summer, we again fill their water troughs more frequently, and move animals so that the bull can mate the cows, and when the ram lambs and billy goats are old enough, we remove them from their mothers (so as not to get inbred animals). In the fall, we move sheep and goats around, so the rams and billy goats can mate the sheep and goats, and we send the excess animals to slaughter. The days on the farm in general, always includes repairs and maintenance, improving systems (fx our rain water collection system or the system for feeding hens and duck), building things we need for the animals or our community (fx bird houses), planting or taking care of trees on our fields, digging holes for insects, finding and reporting rare flowers, insects or butterflies, making firewood, keeping the garden and greenhouses. We would love to teach the WWOOFers about our way of sustainable farming, where we combine nature and agriculture, without compromising the biodiversity or climate. We would also love to teach you about life on a debt-free, low cost, sustainable community farm. On our little farm, we have a guest tiny house on wheels, it contains a king size bed and a wood stove, cupboards to store your belongings and a view of the fields where you can wake up to the grazing animals. We have community dinners seven days a week, and we expect you to eat with us, and share the responsibility of making dinners with us - we each have certain days we make dinner for everyone. We also have other duties in the community that we expect you to fulfill while you are here. This is to make everyone feel like a part of the community, and to share the household’s responsibilities among us. One of the duties is to dumpster dive, and we usually make food based on what we find - so most of our meals are vegetarian, with the occasional addition of meat, usually from our own animals. Another of our duties is to empty our kitchen compost, so nothing goes to waste. We like spending time outside, and all of what we do is also our hobbies. But in addition to that, we also like to work in our two workshops, the wood workshop and wool workshop. Here we, among other things, make things for our house or the garden, we spin yarn, weave or felt wool, and Amalie sows. Jeppe loves walking around on our fields to find and report our rare species and make new habitats for them. Amalie loves bathing in the ocean all year, can and juice our fruits and vegetables, and also attends a choir in Ebeltoft. Poul loves making and fixing small things, building things for his house, or maintaining his small, electrical cars. The immediate area around us is atypically hilly for Denmark, with small wavy hills, and is very beautiful. There are a lot of hiking routes, both in the forest and by the coast. From our farm, we have the coast two kilometers away, both to the east and west. There is also an MTB-track in the forest near-by. The beautiful, little city Ebeltoft, with its traditional Danish half-timbered houses, is a ten minute bike ride away. In the city there are great cafes, second hand stores, a cinema in the winter months, and some museums. Though, the best cafe is only one kilometer away, Cafe Boeslum Bakker, where our animals also graze around. Both of our workshops are a part of the community Grobund, a working and living community based on values like debt-free, off-grid and no-waste. Here there are community dinners every Tuesday and one Thursday a month, a tiny climbing hall, and different activities, parties and courses. This is a great place to hang out, be creative and make friends.

Learning opportunities

Poultry farming

Cattle farming

Horse or donkey farming

Sheep or goat farming

Forestry

Seed saving or production

Vegetable or fruit preservation

Beer, cider, wine, or juice making

Traditional crafts

Green Building

Methods or systems

Biological pest control

Host type

Production farm

Certified organic

65 Hectares | 160.6 Acres

Accommodation

2 WWOOFers

Yurt / Tipi

Cabin / Mobile-home

Children not accepted

Pets not accepted

Meals

Omnivore

Vegetarian

Length of stay

3-4 weeks

Over a month

Folk og

Member since 2025

Languages spoken: Danish, English, Norwegian Response rate: 88% Response time: typically within 2 days

November 2025

Open

Planned visit

Closed

Central Jutland

Ebeltoft

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