Ramounat

Farm and Community Living Place in the Mountains

Our activities, which began 40 years ago, are non-profit and have no religious vocation. We practice subsistence agriculture based on several diversified vegetable gardens, an orchard, medicinal plants, along with raising a herd of 80 goats, 2 draft horses, a poultry yard (chickens, geese, ducks), as well as dogs and cats. Our farm spans 60 hectares and allows us to live self-sufficiently for vegetables and dairy products.

A Place of Preservation

Ramounat is also, and above all, a place for the preservation and reappropriation of ancestral and peasant know-how. We use traditional manual methods and work without machines. Here, there is no oil, no gas, no engines; energy comes from wood, water, the sun, horses, and especially from us humans! This is where our strength lies, for beyond skills, we cultivate ways of being through learning to live together. Through our association, we welcome people (often young) who face family and social difficulties. We are open to the world; everyone is welcomed as they are!

Simple and Rustic Life

A simple, rustic, and friendly life with well-filled days, starting with the song of birds and ending with the sound of musical instruments!

The farm is a living, evolving organism; its organization is collective, and everyone is responsible for their investment in the functioning and development of the place. There is no leader, no numerical goals to achieve, no obligations, but beings sharing their lives with the will to co-create a more harmonious world with nature.

Accommodations

Various accommodations: shared houses, individual cabins, large tipi (mattresses, sheets, and blankets provided).
Common facilities: dry toilet, bathroom, stream.

Intentions

Reduce dependencies
Increase autonomy
Multiply exchanges
Share tasks
Open up to the world
Celebrate successes and life
Co-create beauty with nature
Be an actor in an active and simple life

Actions

Throughout the year: care for and maintenance of the goat herd, cutting and processing wood, cooking, music, celebrations…
Spring/Summer: primarily gardening and haymaking, milking the goats, transforming milk into cheese, wild foraging, medicinal and aromatic plants…
Autumn: varied harvests and transformations (lacto-fermentation, canning…), maintenance of fields and woods, compost preparation…
Winter: renovation and construction of buildings (raw wood framing, fencing), repair and creation of wooden tools, crafts (tanning hides, woodworking…), horse logging, forestry work…

Impacts

Liberation from dependencies (substances, digital, oil…).
Strengthening:
- Physical (endurance, strength, dexterity)
- Mental (self-confidence, willpower, group support)
- Health (healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition, active body, rhythms…)

… and more generally, freeing oneself from limiting beliefs, deconditioning to be reborn as a new version of oneself, freer and more connected to the living and nature! Creating through my actions, here and now, the world I wish to see born!

Contact

We speak French, English, and German.
Please prioritize contact by phone in the late afternoon, and above all, leave a voicemail if we are unavailable!

We prefer stays of at least 2 weeks and joyfully welcome those wishing to stay for longer periods or even settle permanently.

Access: From the road, you will need to take a path for 20 minutes to reach us.