WWOOF means Willing Workers On Organic Farms. Marella and Billy are WWOOFER hosts, and if you are interested in coming to work as a guest WWOOFER, you must be a member of WWOOF UK. For more info contact www.wwoof.org.uk.

What is wwoofing ?

In return for your help on organic farm, gardens and smallholdings, you receive meals, accommodation and the opportunity to learn. WWOOF volunteers do not pay to stay with hosts and WWOOF hosts do not pay volunteers for their help.

What is the spirit of WWOOF

Trust Respect Sharing
Willingness and enthusiasm
A non-monetary exchange
Informality
Green Principles a more sophisticated understanding of the philosophical and practical application of a future organic world
Questioning and enquiring minds
Challenging convention and mainstream thinking and approaches
Taking a leap into the unknown
Providing new opportunities
Making space for creative dynamic solutions
Being focussed in the present whilst keeping and eye to the future

WWOOF Aims

To get first hand experience of organic farming and growing
To give practical assistance to producers of organic food
To get into the countryside
To make contact with other people in the organic movement
To form links and foster understanding between city and rural dwellers
To facilitate inter-cultural understanding between people of different nationalities

For further information please visit www.wwoof.org.uk

www.helpx.net: an online listing of host organic farms, non-organic farms, farmstays, homestays, ranches, lodges, B&B, inns, backpackers hostels and even sailing boats who invite volunteer helpers to stay with them short-term in exchange for food and accommodation (room and board).

Volunteering/Exchange Opportunities During Spring and Summer Months Only.

Currently we really could do with some help in the following areas, E- marketing and/or IT, Woodcarving, Permaculture design, Construction skills, Wood chopping, Tree Planting, Painting and Decorating.

We would particularly welcome someone who is not afraid to help in all aspects of the organic garden or the hostel, from hand weeding to folding sheets, to meeting and greeting people.