permaculture

["Rene and Lorraine van Raders" <rvraders@tpgi.com.au>]

WWOOF stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms.. I think it started in
the UK as Weekend Workers On Organic Farms.   They produce a book which
lists farms/gardens such as ours where we welcome people to come and stay
and get fed in exchange for 4-5 hours work.  It was a way for city folk to
make a connection with farms, but has become a nice way to travel and meet
people.  Most WWOOFers we get are new to organics, but like the idea and
want to see a farm and some farmers.  Some of course are on a study tour of
permaculture, biodynamic or organic farms.

Cheers Rene
PS  I think there is a WWOOF in the US, there is one in Canada.

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> From: FionaNyx <FionaNyx@aol.com>
> To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
> Subject: Re: Request for Info re: sustainable, self-sufficient small
farms (fwd)
> Date: Monday, 13 April 1998 21:29
> 
> what's WWOOF?