All about WWOOFing – Organic farming has grown by leaps and bounds, and the need for farmers to communisustainable farmingcate and interact grows more each day. This is where WWOOF comes in as a movement that aims to join organic farmers and growers with volunteers in an effort to increase cultural understanding and learn firsthand about opportunities on organic farms. It’s all about constructing a global wwoof community. Discover wwoofing and your first wwoofing experience by working on farms around the world. Wwoofing is the best!<\/p>\n
WWOOFing began in 1971 in the UK. It was the brainchild of Sue Coppard, who together with a couple of friends, wanted to spend some time in a farm. In return for their stay, Sue and her friends performed various tasks around the farm. Following their successful stay, other people soon followed and the WWOOF movement was on its way to building a community conscious of ecological farming.<\/p>\n
Today the WWOOFing organization is available in more than 50 countries, has many wwoofers and is available as independent in over 40 more. There are national wwoof organization and international wwoof membership. In the beginning, WWOOFing was confined to the weekends, but now volunteers can stay for longer periods of time. Aside from those mentioned earlier, WWOOFers will have the opportunity to assist with animal care, weeding and help with harvesting. While a certain level of fitness is required for these tasks, you don\u2019t need to be exceptionally fit. Please keep in mind that tasks in farms change on a daily basis, so while you may be given an idea of what duties to perform, these can change.<\/p>\n