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Comprehensive Report: WWOOF Fundamentals
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WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms or World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Learn about the extra-ordinary concept of spreading awareness and knowledge about organic farming.

What is WWOOF?
WWOOFing is volunteering to work on organic farms to learn the principles involved in organic farming. A WWOOFer is a volunteer who works on an organic farm for a few hours (generally 5-6 hours a day) in exchange of food, bed and learning experience.

Aims of WWOOF
WWOOF aims at providing an enhanced learning experience for the WWOOFers on organic farms. Almost every WWOOF organization lists the aims of WWOOF on its website.

Tips for WWOOFers
Ask the host about the kind of work you will be supposed to do, work hours, other expected WWOOFers, family members of the host, etc.

Tips for WWOOF Hosts
Enquire about the WWOOFers arrival: WWOOFers communicate a number of hosts at a time and in many cases do not communicate if they do not intend to turn-up. If you are really banking on the WWOOFers’ help, you can confirm their status a week before their arrival.

Is WWOOFing Always a Pleasant Experience?
There are a few cases when WWOOFing results in a bad experience. Some hosts do not provide work related to organic farming and ask the WWOOFer to do completely unrelated work.

Myths about WWOOF
Most of the WWOOFers are novice at organic farming and the help that you get is inexperienced and inefficient. If you have a genuine interest in spreading a word about organic farming and interacting with new people; then only you will benefit the most from WWOOF.

 


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Adam Greenman  - New Book Out On Wwoofing 2009-07-25 06:29:29
Hi everyone,

I absolutely thoroughly recommend Wwoofing.
I have been volunteering on 'World Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms' for many years now, all around Europe and done very similar volunteering projects in Brazil, India and New Zealand.

I have spent the last couple of years researching 'What it is that people really want to know about wwoofing?' and have now wriitten and published - AN A-Z FOR WWOOFERS..entitled.. 'The Practical Guide To Wwoofing'. It is the FIRST POCKET HANDBOOK of its kind and is bags of fun! thankyou A.Greenman
karen  - karen 2009-05-22 23:52:11
I would like to learn more about living greener, I live in NE victoria where is the nearest wwoof farm stay to me? My life is hetic, crazy and i know that there has to be a better way to feel more at peace and generally feel like I am enjoying what i do.
George  - WWOOF 2008-04-30 19:08:49
I think the WWOOF concept is a great one and onw which should be better supported and promoted so more people can get involved.
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