Volunteering at farms

[kingtractor]

City worker in London here with a passion for farming. I live in South East London and would love to volunteer at a cattle farm in Kent. Obviously I would work for free, and only available at the weekends.

Is this a realistic proposition? Does anyone know of any farms that would potentially welcome weekend volunteers? I'm not interested in tourist farms (even though I am a tourist!).

I have NO farming experience whatsoever and my knowledge is limited. I'd just love to give it a go, get stuck in, and see what its all about. Livestock interests me the most.

If anyone has any ideas on how I might go about looking or contacting farms regarding this, as well as jobs that they would be likely to let me do, I would be very grateful! Thanks.

 

[upnortheast]

Look up @redshepherdess Hannah jackson on Twitter. Came from urban liverpool and worked hard to to make a niche for herself

 

[CopperBeech]

Not Kent, and not cattle, but if you ever fancied a look at sheep farming, not too far from London, you'd be welcome up here.