Come WWOOF with us!

You and your family can come and learn about raising horses and goats.  Come help with various farm projects like cleaning animal pens, building fences, brushing animals and more.  In exchange, we teach you and offer you free time to enjoy the goats or horses.

Be prepared to work and get dirty.  This is not a suitable activity for younger children, and all minors must be supervised by a parent or guardian at all times.  If your child is too young to do chores at home, your child is too young for the volunteer program.  Anyone present on the volunteer day should be there to participate; we ask that parents not entertain younger children by visiting animals while the rest of the family works.  This is for your and our and our animals’ safety.

Plan on a half hour meeting and orientation to determine if the volunteer program is a good fit for you.  After that, we do a trial work session together.  If all goes well, you will be invited into the volunteer program and given access to the volunteer google calendar of available dates/times.

We were previously a small sustainable regenerative grazing self-sufficiency agritourism farm. With our move to South Carolina we have scaled back and focused in on our key projects as follows: -heritage rare Golden Guernsey and Fainting goats -ancient farming techniques like tree hay, pollarding & coppicing -natural horse care and riding -educational agritourism -internships and teaching Our goal is to have a volunteer or volunteers turn into interns, and then into paid partners in the business. Volunteers are not required to enter the partnership path, but please tell us if you have interest. We are also interested in hearing about any farm-related startup business that might be a good addition to the farm. We are currently based on a 250 acre farm, shared with a conventional farmer and a hunting club. Our portion of the farm is managed with sustainable and regenerative principles. Our gardens and rabbits have been moved to our private home, but could potentially be included in an internship if there was interest. We breed and sell Fainting Goats and Golden Guernsey goats, and offer educational and fun agritourism activities with the goats. In addition, we do very small-scale Arabian horse breeding with some old bloodlines, and focus on humane conscious horsemanship, treating the horses as sentient co-workers while working with the public to teach about horse language and horsemanship. We do not provide housing, but can accommodate someone bringing their own camper/tent, and can suggest nearby campgrounds. Your primary host and teacher will be Carrie Eastman, author of The Energetic Goat and The Healing Of Horses, published by Acres USA. Carrie is a lifelong horsewoman, and has been raising heritage goats for 15 years. Please see the farm website at barakah.farm for the full history of the farm. Note: You MUST be in the USA to apply, either a citizen or with correct paperwork already in place. We do not offer any paperwork assistance for overseas volunteers. WHO WE ARE A GOOD FIT FOR: We are looking for volunteers and partners who: – are motivated and honest – have a generally positive attitude – pay attention to detail and can follow directions – are committed to finishing what they start – are respectful of others’ views, religion and culture and able to comfortably work with other volunteers and the public – are willing to learn, and share what they know (every day we try to learn something new) We are always looking for motivated, self-starting, organized people to help design, run, and improve different sustainable purposeful projects! WHAT WE OFFER: We offer a variety of projects such as short and long term volunteer positions.

Steps to apply:

1) Create your free WWOOF profile and message us with your plans and goals

2) We will together schedule an in-person, Skype or WhatsApp meeting for further discussion

3) Onsite meeting plus farm tour to discuss details and make final decision We are always open to additional ideas for projects- so don’t hesitate email us to discuss further possibilities.

4) Confirm dates in the WWOOF app and start volunteering!

Organic methods: Our private gardens are being developed upon biointensive agriculture methods along with broader permaculture methods. We practice intensive rotational regenerative grazing for the goats. Paddock/track system for equines. Animals are as chemical-free as is practically possible. We work with goats and horses at the farm, and maintain rabbits and gardens at our nearby private home.

No unaccompanied minors, no pets, service animals by prior arrangements only.

No smoking, drinking, drugs, music (for safety reasons, earbuds are not a workaround), profanity. No strong perfume or aftershave.

We require modest dress.  We ask that tops cover the shoulders, shorts reach the knees, no bare midriffs.  No political/social statements on your clothing please.

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