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Wwoof stands for Willing workers on Organic Farms Wwoof Organization is a World-Wide Organization that allows individuals from all walks of life from all over the world to participate in an exchange program. The exchange is quite simple, the participant in the Woof program commits his/her self for a specific time to go and work on a farm, gaining knowledge from the variety of types of produce to the different management methods used on a particular farm. The host farm provides food and shelter in exchange for this help. At Silverstreams Farm, we participate in the Wwoof program, as a Host Farm and provide Wwoofers with the experience of working with goats, sheep, cows, waterfowl and chickens. We provide a free-style home atmosphere, where the Woofer is part of the family, and as such, attend many events and social activities with us. We also take trips to museums, the Wye Marsh, Lecock Home etc. We want your experience not only to be on the farm, but to include all the many places of interest in our locale. If you would like to join us at Siverstreams Farm for a Work experience exchange, you can apply through Wwoof http://www.wwoof.ca/canada/homecanada.html or contact us directly.at brenda@silverstreamsfarm.ca
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Basic Info for Wwoofers who will live and work with us. We would appreciate your full name, home address, phone number and woofer number, on first contact. We
are a working goat farm. The jobs we will have for you are related to
goat farming and property maintenance. Smoking is allowed on our farm, drinking alcohol, however is not. No drugs are permitted. You will be expected to work aprox. 6 hours a day, in broken shifts. Your work hours cannot always be in consecutive order, milking 12 hours apart, prevents this. You will have one day a week off, during the week days, please let me know which day you prefer. We live very close to Orillia and it's wonderful park and beach and will take you to the city of Orillia for shopping and swimming, on your day off, if you would like to do this. There are no telephone priveleges, however, if you have a calling card, you are able to use the phone for your calls. I also have the internet for sending emails to family. Please let us know whether you have allergies or other conditions that limit your work abilities or your diet, on your first contact with us. We are very flexible in regards of food. Please let us know your preferences. Sometimes we will cook together or for each other. Sometimes you will have to cook for yourself. If you use the kitchen, you are expected to clean it up right after your meal. We have a variety of accomodation. Please talk to us about this point before your arrival. - You are expected to keep your room tidy and yourself clean and tidy, when not at work. This farm is a business, and you will often meet customers and other breeders to whom you must show courtesy and helpfulness. We live out in the country. Please be prepared that there is not much entertainment close-by. However, we are prepared to drive you into town on occassion and pick you back up. We also have a couple of old bikes you can use. We have a large library of movies and both a VCR and DVD player. We have satilite TV and the afternoons are generally our rest time, with the exception of unforseen circumstances and show competition days, when we will take the goats to a fair and compete in the competions and visit the fair in progress. The town of Washago has a few churches and if you wish to go to church, please let us know and arrangements can be made. There will be NO financial compensation for your work. We will gladly teach you all the tasks on our farm farm, such as controlled breeding, birthing, vacinations of vitamins, etc, milking, showing, clipping, trimming hooves, daily health assessments and so much more. We also use movable penning and you will learn how to utilize this penning for breeding and birthing purposes. Farm maintence is very important and we look forward to Wwoofers who have some carpentry skills and any other specialty skills. However, a willing worker is the best worker. If we find a woofer not suitable during the stay, you will have 48 hours to make alternative arrangemments Having a sense of humor will go far in working here, as we like to joke and make our own fun. We hope to make your experience on the farm, enjoyable for both of us.
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