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WWOOF står for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

Tidligere har det stået for Willing Workers On Organic Farms, men i flere lande har det ikke været ’lovligt’ at tale om frivilligt arbejde, så derfor besluttede den internationale Federation for WWOOF – Federation Of WWOOF Organisations (FOWO) at ændre navnet. Men historien er endda endnu ældre, og da det hele startede, i efteråret 1971 i London, stod WWOOF for Working Weekends On Organic Farms. Det var Sue Coppard, en sekretær der boede og arbejdede i London, der så at der var brug for at byfolk og andre der ikke havde landbrugsjord, kunne få adgang til at møde landlivet og det at prøve kræfter med at dyrke sine egne fødevarer. Uden at vide det skabte hun en verdensomspændende decentral bevægelse, for ideen spredte sig, og nu er der WWOOF i næste alle lande. Det kan man få et overblik over på FOWO’s portal, der findes på www.wwoof.net

About WWOOF

WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles. WWOOF organisations link people who want to volunteer on organic farms or smallholdings with people who are looking for volunteer help.

WWOOFers - volunteers 

Usually you live with your host and are expected to join in and cooperate with the day to day activities. In most countries the exchange is based on 4-6 hours help-fair exchange for a full day’s food and accommodation.

You may be asked to help with a variety of tasks like sowing seed, making compost, gardening, planting, cutting wood, weeding, harvesting, packing, milking, feeding, fencing, building strawbale houses, wine making, cheese making and bread making.
The length of your stay at the farm is negotiated directly between you and your host. Most WWOOF visits are between one and two weeks, though some may be as short as two or three days or as long as six months.

Host - Organic farmer

If you have a farm, smallholding, garden, allotment, vineyard or woodland and follow organic or sustainability principles, you might consider opening your home to WWOOFers.

Our volunteers can provide an extra pair of hands to help with various projects you are busy with. Many of our hosts practice Permaculture or Bio-dynamic growing methods. Some hosts make a living off their land, others are homesteaders interested in self-sufficiency, some are families others are individuals. There are also cooperatives, communities and eco- villages in our hostlist.

Hosting WWOOFers can be hugely rewarding as you are enabling people to learn about organic growing techniques. You will also be demonstrating an alternative way of life . Many WWOOFers are so inspired by the experience that they end up changing their lifestyles and even setting up their own organic farms! As a host you are improving communication and aiding growth within the organic movement!

In order to host WWOOFers you will need to join WWOOF in the country where your farm is located.

Leve og lære på økologiske gårde

Det nyeste der sker i WWOOF verdenen, er et europæisk projekt der hedder Living and Learning On Organic Farms – LLOOF. Et projekt der er under udvikling og som har som formål at sætte fokus på at de mange møder mellem wwoof’er og værter faktisk er mere end en udveksling af hjælp, nemlig et lærings- og formidlingsforhold. Derfor vil LLOOF koordinere og beskrive hvordan WWOOF-gårde og steder kan være med til at skabe uformel læring. Og et nyt web-site mv. vil blive lanceret i maj 2016 og der vil være en lancering konference i Ireland - en konference der holdes i forlængelse af det europæiske WWOOF møde for koordinatorer, der afholdes hvert 2. år. Hvert 3. år holdes der ligeledes et møde i FOWO for de internationale WWOOF lande.

Med venlig hilsen
Lars Myrthu-Nielsen
dansk koordinator for WWOOF

www.wwoof.dk

Mobil: 4073 4324