Roots across generations
Opening the World to a New Generation.
A cultural and service-learning experience in development through a future collaboration with Clutch Recruits USA.
This fellowship is in development. Funding, safeguarding, travel and legal structures must be complete before any application opens. A fellowship place is not part of a tree dedication and is never sold with one.
Felice's Farm is developing an annual experience for young people who may never otherwise have the opportunity to travel abroad. Participants will experience southern Italian history, agriculture and culture while learning digital storytelling, documenting the grove and helping preserve the stories connected to it.
They will come to learn, contribute, create and return home with a broader understanding of history, identity and what may be possible for their own lives.
What the experience will include.
Cultural education
Language, food, craft and daily life in a mountain village of southern Italy.
Migration history
Why families left, where they went, and what they carried with them.
Agricultural learning
How an olive grove is planned, planted and cared for across seasons.
Digital storytelling
Writing, editing and publishing a story that belongs to someone else.
Oral history
Interviewing with care, listening well and recording faithfully.
Photography and documentary work
Documenting the grove, the village and the people who work there.
Grove mapping
Recording tree locations, rows and Tree IDs as the grove is established.
Supervised participation
Age-appropriate, supervised time in the grove alongside experienced workers.
Local cultural visits
Nearby towns, producers, museums and historical sites.
Participant portfolios
Each participant leaves with finished work of their own.
How participants will be cared for.
Before the first participant travels, every one of these must be in place. Participant information is never displayed publicly.
- Applications and eligibility review
- Guardian consent
- Passport and travel documentation
- Emergency contacts
- Medical needs and dietary requirements
- Insurance
- Background-checked supervision
- Media releases
- Privacy of participant information
- Code of conduct
- Incident reporting
- Participant reflection and follow-up
Sponsor a place.
Individuals, families and businesses will be able to sponsor participation, travel, equipment or documentary work. If you would like to be told when sponsorship opens, write to us.