Family farm
Finland
We are a family of seven (mum, dad, children 12, 10, 8, 5 and 3). Volunteers are welcome all year round :)
Wwoofer accommodation is in a separate house which has an unlimited 4G/wi-fi internet connection. At our farm we grow gluten-free products (fava bean and peas) and potato, and sell them direct to customers. We don't use pesticides or herbicides. We also take care of surroundings of our fields, to keep them open and diverse. That means pasturing with sheep at summertime and doing work with clearing saw and chainsaw at summer/wintertime. We also have 10 chickens.
Year 2025 is full.
1-3 people at a time can be accommodated at our wwoofer house in shared bedroom, with own bathroom. Also members of host family sleep there occasionally.
We are LGBTQ friendly. We are also polyamorous ourselves. We live in really countryside, nearest shop is 19km away, railway station 25km (Vilppula). A beach and our local cafe/pub is located 6km away. Here you can enjoy nature, go jogging or bike around, or walk or hike at forest. In Mänttä (40km) there are Serlachius art museums.
Organic methods: Crop rotation, weeding.
Certifications: We don't use pesticides or herbicides.
Current projects: At wintertime we have some tasks at forest: cut undergrow with clearing saw, cut trees with chainsaw. At edges of fields we enhance diversity, so there we save decayed wood and make more space for different kind of species (birds, elk, different plants).
At spring we make fences for sheep, and plant seeds with or without tractor.
At summertime we pull up weeds from the fields, harvest hay etc.
At autumn we cut potato leaves with secateurs/machete, harvest potatoes, beans&peas and sell them at markets.
All year round we sort beans, peas and oats with machine and by hand, make stone-milled flour and crushed grain. Then we pack the products to be sold for customers. Once in a while we also make different kinds of bakery, and sell them in markets.
Cleaning our chickenhouse is a monthly task for wwoofers. Other tasks vary, and what work we need depends a lot of the time of the year, the markets to come and first of all, which task is the most urgent.
One wwoofer task is to cook lunch for 2-8 people, or something to eat with coffee, on most weekdays. We expect daily help also with cleaning the table after food. Wwoofers usually work Mon-Fri from 9-16, including lunch break for 30minutes at 11 and coffee break for 30minutes at 14 with the family. So then it's 6 hours per day and 30 hours per week. But we're flexible, also agreeing for other times are possible, as long as the weekly 30 hours gets done :) Your working as a wwoofer is often quite independent, as Saku is working in his own job Mon-Fri and Anne has to be with kids a lot.
Lunch and coffee are eaten with hosts on working days, and breakfast and dinner you'll have at your own house with your own schedule. Also on weekends you'll have your own schedule and cook your own food at your house.
Internet access (4g wi-fi) available at wwoofer's house and at host's house.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Grain farming
Poultry farming
Forestry
Bakery
Host type
Production farm
Certified organic
12
Hectares
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29.7
Acres
Anne
Member since 2020
Languages spoken:
English, Finnish
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Response rate: 100%
Response time: typically within 3 days
Finland
Vilppula train station, Mänttä, Virrat or Ruovesi bus station. You can reach these from Helsinki or Tampere airport.
Reviews
Alessandro
Italy
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February 2026
Spending my days on this farm was an incredible experience.
Anne, Temu, Saku, the kids — everyone is extremely kind, friendly, and welcoming.
During my stay, I sorted large amounts of oats, used the grain cleaning machine, did some forest work, and used the log splitter to cut firewood. I also cleaned the chicken coop and brought firewood to the house as a daily task. In addition, I helped with snow work when needed.
The daily schedule was very well organized, but I could choose to start working earlier or later, which I really appreciated. I enjoyed talking with the family during daily breaks and going skiing on the weekends.
I also appreciated having time alone in the house, but I always felt very comfortable and happy when Anne and Temu were there as well. This balance between independence and shared time made the experience even better.
I would highly recommend this experience to people who are not afraid of working independently, enjoy physical work, and also appreciate spending meaningful time with the people who live and work on the farm.
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Antony
France
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October 2025
Anne and Saku are such interesting people. They give you a lot of knowledges about what they are doing in work.
This was a very good experience there, the place is so cool and also people.
If you want to discover some more about Finlande and try to fish on the lac, this is your place :)
And dont Forget, Woofing is not hollidays :)
Thanks again !
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Kai
Spain
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August 2025
I volunteered at this farm for 4 weeks in July 2025 through WWOOF. While I’m grateful for the opportunity, I think it’s important to share an honest review.
Upon arrival, there was no proper welcome or orientation—just a book we were told to read ourselves. The food provided was very limited, often expired, and repetitive (e.g., boiled potatoes several times a week), while the children had more variety and better meals.
Accommodation was shared with the hosts, who used the house for storage and occasionally slept there, leaving little privacy or comfort. Much of the work was repetitive (sorting oats, weeding under the sun) with little explanation. We were also asked to clean the hosts’ private home, which didn’t feel appropriate for a WWOOF placement focused on learning about organic farming.
Free time options were limited, and useful information (like the availability of a canoe) wasn’t offered unless we asked. The biggest disappointment was the lack of cultural exchange—we barely saw the hosts outside of brief lunches and coffee breaks.
One positive highlight was being invited to a birthday party, where we finally felt welcomed and part of the community.
In summary, the experience didn’t meet my expectations in terms of learning or exchange. I recommend future volunteers clarify work and living conditions in advance.
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Reply from Anne
Thanks for the feedback, I'm sorry to hear that the experience was bad. At the same time with this period our kids had their summer holiday from school and daycare. We divided our time between kids, wwoofers, work in the farm&outside the farm. Kids (age 2&5) needed constant childcare. But we tried to make wwoofers stay comfortable. We took them to waffle cafe,art exhibition,to lunch at pub, &to event with old machines. My dad also took them to a hike in a national park and other trips.
We had made ready a variety of gluten free cooking ingredients for gluten free person (beans,flours,nuts and seeds) to wwoofer's kitchen. Also we bought the things they wanted from the shop, so I disagree the food was limited. We want to reduce food waste, so if the best before date of a product is on the same day, we use it. Potatoes we eat a lot also normally,as a main ingredient in Finnish kitchen.
We agreed with wwoofers that they can start day earlier, so it's cooler to do the work in the field and when the sun was at its hottest, then there was always work inside, oat sorting, maintaining tractors and other machinery, or packing products. Cleaning the house and preparing the yard for the party was done together with family, due to the host's birthday party. Our idea was that it would be a nice thing to connect wwoofers with the family and do the party together for us all.We learn from this that we'll pay attention to make wwoofers feel more welcome. Thanks for comments and all the be
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Chiharu
Japan
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July 2025
I had such a warm and homely experience during my stay with you.
You both always welcomed me with such energy, kindness, and positivity, and that warmth truly supported me and made my time with you very special.
Although farm work is limited in the Finnish winter, you manage a large forest, so I mostly helped with forestry tasks and packing gluten-free grains that you cultivate.
You also have wonderful children, and I was lucky to spend time playing and being with them. They are all so sweet and kind, and I already miss them. The time I spent with them is one of my most cherished memories. Thank you for letting me be a part of that.
I stayed during the transition from winter to spring, and watching the snow slowly melt and feeling the change of seasons was deeply moving.
There is no need to worry about daily routines.
Here they have thoughtfully created a WWOOFer guidebook that made every part of life—work, rest, and daily routines—clear and easy to follow.
Anne usually gave us instructions for each day’s tasks, and sometimes we worked together, while other times we worked independently.
Because the farm is far from town, the winter days were incredibly quiet and peaceful—sometimes I could hear nothing but my own footsteps.
Life moved slowly and meaningfully. Preparing dinner over the fireplace, getting the sauna ready, and walking through the forest were all precious moments for me.
I also took a few longer walks, including to a small village and a viewing tower about 6 km
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Antonia
Germany
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April 2025
I stayed with Anne and Saku for a month last winter and it was honestly such a great experience!
They welcomed me warmly and were overall wonderful hosts! I did a variety of tasks, sorting oats and peas, doing woodwork, baking, cooking, snow shoveling and babysitting the children sometimes. In my free time I went for lots of walks, played cards with the other woofers, enjoyed the sauna and of course played floorball with Saku :)
The nature surrounding the farm is beautiful and as well as the place itself, I can only recommend staying here!
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Maéla
France
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November 2024
We spent 4 weeks on the farm, and for a first experience it was fantastic. We would like to thank Anne and her family for the warm welcome. We did the woodwork, repaired the sheep's fence, sorted the oats, babysat the children sometimes, cooked, baked and helped Anne and her family with the daily chores. Anne is very patient, caring and diplomatic. It's great to share meals with the family and to be independent in the evenings and at weekends. We also talked to the grandparents, who are very kind and welcoming. Everyone made us feel at home on the farm and the scenery was magnificent, with lots of lakes. A big thank you to them for sharing this first experience with us and above all for trusting us. All the best for the future :)
Maéla & Kévin
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