Do you want to learn more about gathering, processing, storing and cooking with acorns from an expert?
Do you love the outdoors and climbing trees?
Join our Acorn Gathering Seminars throughout the month of October 2019:

Session 1
10-16 OCTOBER
5 days of acorn gathering
BREAKFAST 08:30
WORK 09:00-15:00 with a break for picnic lunch
DINNER 19:00
6 nights single occupant in double room (www.redtractorfarm.com) + all food = €480 (€620 for 1 couple)

Session 2
14-20 OCTOBER
BREAKFAST 08:30
WORK 09:00-15:00 with a break for picnic lunch
DINNER 19:00
6 nights single occupant in double room (www.redtractorfarm.com) + all food = €480 (€620 for 1 couple)

Session 3
17-28 OCTOBER
BREAKFAST 08:30
WORK 09:00-15:00 with a break for picnic lunch
DINNER 19:00
9 days of acorn gathering + helping at Acorn Festival in exchange for 12 nights of room accommodation + all food = €960 (€1240 for 1 couple)

We always have a special chef during the harvest and the food is great, mostly vegetarian.
This is the first year we are charging a fee in order to cover the costs of food, chef, gasoline, housekeeper, etc.
​Every participant receives a free copy of Eating Acorns by Marcie Mayer.
The last longer session will include setting up and helping at the Acorn Festival on Sunday October 27th.
There are always plenty of free afternoon hours for swimming and relaxing during the gathering season.
Please contact Marcie directly for more information at: oakmealacorn@gmail.com
Thank you!

Enthusiastic volunteers climbing Kea's largest trees to reach giant acorns.

 Local stakeholders met with the YAGCI family to discuss the possibility of buying large quantities of Hamada on an annual basis. The Turkish company is able to purchase 500-2000 TONS of acorn caps per year.

The AR-TU family owned factory in Izmir Turkey produces VALEX - a powder tannin product for the leather tanning industry. VALEX is the trade name for acorn cap based vegetable tanning agents in liquid and powder form. This is the only factory in Turkey that produces VALEX. These are 10m tall (3 stories) copper cookers that boil 4500 kilos of acorn caps each for 120 minutes at the beginning of a laborious extraction process.