Content Creator
Capture daily farm life — filming, photographing, and sharing stories from our kitchen and food forest on Instagram and YouTube. Authentic, unhurried, and full of meaning.
Come live with us
Work exchange on a farm in Tamil Nadu.
Give 20 hours of your skills each week. In return — a tent on our eco-farm, three farm-fresh meals a day, and a life lived at nature's pace.
Open Positions · Shoolagiri, Tamil Nadu
Three ways to contribute
Each position has its own page with the full details. Open one to read more and apply — or use the form below if you're open to anything.
Farm Hand
Help in the kitchen, tend the garden, and care for our animals. Days flow with the rhythm of nature — harvest, cook, water, and feed. No prior experience needed.
Artist / Performer
Help turn our farm café into a living art space. Share your music, visual art, or performance — afternoons and evenings, with mornings free for personal creative work.
What you get
Simple. Honest. Enough.
Tent on the farm
Your own space under open skies
Breakfast, daily
Farm-fresh, home-cooked
Lunch, daily
Cooked from scratch, together
Dinner, daily
Long table, slow evenings
2 days off per week
Rest, explore, wander freely
Free laundry
Shared laundry room on site
100 Mbps internet
Fast enough to upload & stream
Farm & nature
Food forest, gardens, open land
Real community
Guests, team & local makers
Why volunteer hereNot a hostel. Not a retreat.
Not a hostel. Not a retreat.
Something realer.
I
Live close to the land
Wake up to birdsong, forage for ingredients, and eat food you helped grow. This is not glamping — it is slow, hands-on, and deeply grounding.
II
Learn by doing
From traditional South Indian cooking to sustainable farming practices and natural building — our farm is a living classroom, taught by the place itself.
III
Build something real
Your contribution here has a direct impact — on our community, our online story, our kitchen. You leave with skills, stories, and friendships that last.
A day at the farm
Guided by nature, not the clock.
1
Morning
Early light, quiet farm. Forage for greens, herbs, and whatever the garden offers. The morning menu grows from what you find.
2
Midday
Cook, create, tend. Your contribution shifts — kitchen, garden, camera, canvas — depending on your role and the day's rhythm.
3
Evening
Dinner by firelight. Stories shared across a long table. The best kind of work ends here — connected, fed, and full.
WHAT VOLUNTEERS SAY
What guests say
Worldpackers5.05 reviewsSarath and his family are some of the most hospitable and kind people I've ever met. They were very accommodating and made me feel like family for the month. If you want to try some of the best food on the planet on a daily basis, live slowly for a bit, see some really great views, meet good people who are local, and learn a little Malayalam, this is an excellent place. I would absolutely love to come back here, and would recommend it to anyone looking to slow down a bit or take a break from city life or fast travel. Thanks again, Sarath, Vishnu, Amma, Achan and Django ❤️
During my stay with Sarath, Vitchu and family, I instantly felt very welcome and part of the family. The gathering place is a cafe situated in community called sanctity farm. SF is a super chill place where you can easily feel at home. While there I got to know some of the staff on the site and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. I have no complaints, it was an amazing environment to be in for 3 weeks. The food is honestly the best food in India maybe even the world hahah. The flavours that hit my tongue were incomparable to anything I've ever eaten- adipoli 🤌🏼. I recommend to everyone!
The Gathering Place is really nice place to stay! Sarath and his family are so warm and treated me like a family member. You can enjoy their local foods, coffee and tea. I made composts to plant tomatoes, chillies, and eggplants. Also, I helped kitchen when they were busy with many guests and post some photos/videos on their instagram. I slept in the tent surrounded by beautiful nature, hearing many bird whispering, which was so comfortable. They also have dogs and walking them to sunset point were amazing! I want to come back here again! Thank you so much!!
The Gathering place is Kerala Kitchen Part of kilukka farm Estate inside Sanctity Ferme Campus. Its a Family kitchen run by Sarath and his family with his friend Pravin. If you are cook or Sheff or if you want to learn how to make Kerala food this the right place. I also tested different delicious kerala food here. My main work here is Kitchen Hand and Gardening. In Gardening i tried to make soil bed for vegetable cultivating. The place best for nature lover. Full cover with different trees and u can see here different bird species. My Stay was in the Tent. We can say work with food & Nature.
Sarath and his family are amazing hosts. They welcomed me with so much warmth and made my stay comfortable and meaningful. I learned South Indian cuisine, experienced slow living close to nature, and enjoyed a peaceful environment full of positive energy. I would come back again :)
Apply
Tell us about yourself.
We read every application personally. No automated rejections, no corporate process. Just two people deciding if this is the right fit — for both of us.
Before you apply
A note on how we live here
- Treat everyone — guests, team, locals — with respect and kindness.
- Respect the quiet rhythm of this place. It is a space for slow living.
- No alcohol or drugs on the farm premises.
- Keep shared spaces clean and handle everything with care.
- Participate with an open mind and a willingness to learn.