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    12 Opportunities for area : Farming & Seeds

    Bamboo Construction and garden work
    Bamboo Construction and garden work
    at Bamboo Center Auroville
    Daily tasks: Volunteers will take part in all aspects of developing the housing and garden. They will take part in the construction of bamboo huts, in collaboration with experienced workers of the Bamboo center. They will work on the development of the garden, using permaculture principles. After a period of time, a committed volunteer could take over the coordination of the project.
    Development and Support
    Development and Support
    at Annapurna Farm
    Daily tasks: The activities at the farm is diverse. The following are the main activities where the volunteer could potentially get involved. Rice cultivation- manual field work and machine use; Dairy-animal husbandry and cow shed maintenance; Food processing-Dairy, cheese-making & fruit ; Farm infrastructure- repair, maintenance and development ; Farm management- Coordinating and supporting the daily tasks at the farm; Forest and related activities; Farm public relations- communication, social media, marketing and fund-raising.
    Farm and activity Manager
    at Green Leaf
    Daily tasks:

    -Farm work , which includes planting , weeding , nursery work, seed saving, harvesting ,food processing
    -Helping in planing and conducting workshops and tours.
    -Help with Video filming and editing for the youtube channel.
    -Designing a website and flyers.
    -helping with technical things like extending and perfectioning the irrigation system.

    Farm Work & Forestry- Aurogreen
    at
    Daily tasks: All work varies according to the season. Activities linked to agriculture: preparing nurseries, planting, weeding, harvesting, seed collecting, composting beds and trees and making new compost, processing fruits (solar dryer) Activities linked to dairy: cleaning sheds & animals, cutting fodder, mixing feed, feeding adult animals and calves, making cheese, distributing milk, helping with medical treatment of animals Activities linked to farm maintenance: repairing fences and bunds and internal roads Activities linked to forest plots: pruning, harvesting dead trees, planting new trees
    Food growing for self-sufficiency
    Food growing for self-sufficiency
    at Buddha Garden
    Daily tasks: Although more closely associated with the work in the kitchen garden, the volunteer will, like everyone else who lives in Buddha Garden, participate in the morning work sessions 6.15 – 9.00am every morning Monday to Friday. Work takes place in the kitchen garden at this time only if there are enough volunteers for the other farm work. For the kitchen garden there are two or three extra sessions either 10.00 – 12.30pm or 4.00 – 5.30pm according to need. Volunteers sign up for two extra sessions in addition to the morning work sessions.
    Farming activities Organization
    Food products farming
    at AuroAnnam
    Daily tasks: Planting, land cleaning, preparing beds, contributing in the design based on Auroville symbol (12 petals of the qualities of the Mother).
    Food growing for self-sufficiency
    Organic Farming
    at Buddha Garden
    Daily tasks: All aspects of food growing : cleaning, composting, mulching, planting, weeding, harvesting. Once the volunteer has gained some experience in these activities, she/he might move on to more elaborate work like seed saving or nursery.
    Organic Farming
    at Terrasoul
    Daily tasks: Composting, mulching , harvesting and all/any task related to the farm or maintenance of the farm.
    Organic Gardener
    at Verite
    Daily tasks:

    Meet with Verite core group and kitchen staff; substantial hands-on work (planting, watering, harvesting, etc.); coordinate garden workers/volunteers; research and documentation