If the traveling farmer’s life appeals to your inner muddy maven, it’s time to make hay from the resources WWOOF membership offers you. Heard a lot of WWOOFing while looking into how to work your way around the world? Don’t get nervous. Your fellow travelers aren’t...
WWOOF comes in as a movement that aims to join organic farmers and growers with volunteers in an effort to increase cultural understanding. It’s all about constructing a global community. Here’s all about WWOOF. WHAT IS WWOOFING? WWOOFing stands for ‘World Wide...
Are you dying to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to fund your multi-city or multi-country adventure? For over 40 years, students, gap year kids and interested adults have donated their time to WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) in exchange...
It’s become a rite of passage for college grads, gap year kids, and the agri-curious of all ages to spend a few weeks or months WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) overseas. A London secretary invented WWOOF in 1971, when she and three friends...
When it comes to WWOOFing, you just have to roll with it. A storm was brewing in northern Italy, moody clouds rolling over the valley. Inside a farmhouse, my friend and I were dusting shelves of antique books and ornaments. Not something we expected to be doing on...
Packing for the first leg of our RTW was tough! Not only were we camping our way through Europe (with a tent, etc), but we were going through an array of temperatures – from Iceland to Southern Italy. On top of that I really wanted to wwoof and I had no idea what...
“It’s all about organic, biological farming and I have an interest in that,” Parsons said. “One day I want to be able to at least grow some of my own food.” The sun blankets the fields and stables of the French dairy farm, cloaking its inhabitants in warm spring...
Green, eco and sustainable travel are growing six times faster than traditional travel. Some of Canadians’ favourite vacations will soon go the way of gas-guzzling cars and fur coats. Putting on the Ritz is out. As are the usual mass migrations into and onto...
Sustainable Agriculture students at Sterling College do more than just study local foodways and the working landscape; they roll up their sleeves and create an agricultural ecosystem that is innovative, inclusive, natural, and just. Some students come to Sterling...
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