JJ126-en-(jeju-do)

✔️ Registered 2024

✔️ Host Gender Male

✔️ About us

We are not an ordinary farm but a village cooperative with the largest number of members in Korea at the village level, consisting of 494 members. Most of our members are farmers cultivating carrots, potatoes, and radishes, providing an opportunity to meet various farmer members. In addition, we operate a hub center, with the first floor serving as the village office, the second floor as a village cafe, the third floor as a shared office, and the fourth floor as accommodation for visitors. Especially, the third-floor shared office is a popular destination for employees of major Seoul companies for workations.

We also sell carrot juice and carrot rice bread using Gujo carrots, which account for 60-70% of carrot production nationwide. We offer washed carrots and soil-grown carrots to consumers across the country. In addition, we operate activities such as haenyeo (women divers) tours and Darangshi Oreum wellness programs, striving to allow travelers to enjoy the village’s resources. With the unity of the villagers and efforts to protect and utilize local resources through organized programs, we have been recognized as the Best Village in the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 2023 Tourism Village awards. This is a place where you can have diverse experiences.

✔️ Farming Experience since2020

✔️ Farm Type Field vegetables (carrots, potatoes, radishes, buckwheat)

✔️ Main Crop Carrots, potatoes, radishes, buckwheat

✔️ Farming Method

Jeju Island, being an island, considers groundwater to be crucial. To ensure proper nutrition and healthy drinking water, we pay special attention to organic farming. We regularly undergo certifications through authorized organizations for our commitment to organic farming.

✔️ Organic Lifestyle

First! Install milk carton collection boxes in 15 locations throughout the village, collect them, and transform them into recycled paper.
Second! Collect bottle caps and transform discarded plastic into new products as part of a recycling project

✔️ Family / Member

Haenyeo (female divers), farmers, village head, village PD etc

✔️ Animal

✔️ English

not good, but planning to have a conversation through a translation tool.

✔️ Other Language

✔️ Works

December ~ March: Carrot and radish harvesting

March ~ June: Buckwheat harvesting

June ~ July: Seaweed gathering experience for foreigners

July ~ August: Carrot and radish sowing

August ~ November: Seaweed gathering experience for foreigners, weeding carrot fields

Assisting in farm work such as carrots, potatoes, and radishes
Operating a village cafe
Conducting village tours
Managing accommodations for a working vacation
Assisting with village events and more.

✔️ Working Hours

5~6 hours per day/ two days off per week, subject to farm conditions

✔️ WWOOFing Season

None

✔️ Knowledge / Skills WWOOFers can learn

The technology of gathering with haenyeo (listed by FAO)

✔️ Experiences WWOOFers can expect

Experiencing diving with haenyeo in Jeju’s sea, exploring Jeju culture with village PD, and wellness tour to Daraengshi Oreum with a natural environment guide

✔️ Preferred WWOOFer

Bright, kind, and honest wwoofers

✔️ Message to WWOOFers

You will never regret it. I am confident

✔️ Type

Shared use of the living room and bathroom with the host or farm staff.

✔️ Room Sharing

A WWOOFer can share a room with the same sex
(but this will be requested in advance)

✔️ Internet Possible Wifi

✔️ Drink & Smoke

Intermittent outdoor smoking and drinking are allowed.

✔️ Distance from house to farm

more than 10 minutes by car

✔️ Sharing a Meal

We’ll eat together for one or two meals a day, and for the rest, you’ll need to handle them on your own.

✔️ Organic Ingredients Farm and Garden

Carrots, potatoes, and radishes are abundant in the village, and you can easily find organic ingredients at nearby markets.

✔️ Vegetarian Impossible

Unavailable

✔️ Preferred Length of Stay 2 weeks, 2 weeks to 1 month, 1 month or longer

✔️ Capacity 5 people

✔️ Accept Short Stay No

✔️ WWOOFers with Children(under 15 yrs) No

✔️ inor(16~18 yrs) No