My name is Peder and I live here at the organic farm Osmoen øvre in the village of Os i Østerdalen. The farm is in the valley at 600 metres above sea level, with forests and mountains around. It's a traditional cattle farm in the mountain region, with the local breed "Røros cow". In another house at the farm lives my father. Until 2023 we produced milk. Now we let the calves with their mothers "full-time". The main production is meat. It's still a milking breed though, so it's possible to get some milk for us too. We have a subsistence garden with potatoes and a little berries and vegetables. We have several timber buildings from the 1800s and an idyllic farmyard, where we for many years held an autumn market day. We have a bit of forest to manage, and a “spring farm” and a “summer farm” in the outfields nearer to the mountains, where the cows graze in summertime. For ten years, until recently, we organized “Inn på tunet” daycare (green care) for people with dementia two days per week. In the future I would like to start again something like that, opening the farm for people in various ways.
There’s much potential to develop things at the farm in sustainable ways, and I like creative involvement from others.
A typical WWOOF day at our farm could include feeding and looking after the cows, tending the garden, harvesting – such as putting up hayracks – managing forest or grazeland, fencing, carpentry, clearing snow, foraging, cooking.
There’s a basic guest apartment in one of the buildings at the farm. We have dinner together in the main building. The other meals you will serve yourself in the apartment. Often we gather at “coffee time” (midday).
My main hobbies are reading, writing or listening to music when I sit down, and running or skiing, or just wandering, when I get out. I like joining cultural events in the community or region. Living and managing a farm is also a lifestyle itself.
There’s a lot to explore in the vast and varied outdoors of the area. Os has most basic services, and regional and cultural centre Røros (UNESCO World Heritage Site) is a 25-minute bus trip away.
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Cattle farming
Dairy farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Food justice / sovereignty
Methods or systems
Holistic management
Regenerative agriculture
Host type
Production farm
Certified organic
14
Hectares
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34.6
Acres
