Volunteer Opportunities

Join us in our olive farm to learn and contribute sustainably.

We are looking for volunteers to come pick olives and prune olive trees from mid-October to January.

Volunteers/wwoofers work 6 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week. Olive picking entails spreading tarps under the olive trees and raking the olives off at a steady pace. It’s physical farmwork, requiring being able to keep working outside at a steady pace all day. When picking is finished, we prune all the trees (December-February)

You get a room to share with one or 2 other people (of the same sex) in a large building that has cooking facilities, a common room for cooking and hanging out, and showers. You also get credit in the kibbutz store to buy food and stuff, enough to cover basic living expenses while here. You need to bring sturdy work shoes and pants. I'd also recommend a hat and sunglasses. We have a place for used clothes which you can take from. You also must come with health insurance to cover you while at Gezer.

Gezer is located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, so there's pretty easy access both by bus and train. We are a kibbutz, which is a rural communal village. Besides the olives, we have 900 acres (3600 dunam) of farmland, 250 milking cows, a community garden, and food forest. Plus individual gardens and projects.

If you are a friendly, open and hard-working person, I think you will have a great experience here. Gezer is a friendly community, with friendly people. Most speak English, and many moved to Israel from other countries. There’s people who can provide information and inspiration about farming, organic farming, permaculture, gardening, building and more. Some will invite you for coffee or a meal, and are interested in meeting new people. We arrange Friday night meals with families.