We're excited to announce the upcoming WWOOF Italia fall gathering! We'll be together from the afternoon of Thursday, October 1, through lunch on Sunday, October 4. At the facility located in Molini di Voltaggio (AL), along the Strada della Bocchetta (SP160, km 137 -...
Associative life
Building Networks Helps Communities Thrive
Report by Fabrizio Marcozzo We often say that WWOOF isn’t just a way to experience rural life, but a true catalyst for relationships, community, and local synergies. This is clearly demonstrated by this short photo essay sent to us by Fabrizio Marcozzo, which takes us...
On September 20, in Sestola, let’s “Sow the Future”!
When Irene, who had recently become a host, contacted us to propose that we organize this event together, there was no doubt that the themes she had in mind were the same ones WWOOF has been promoting for years. Then, as you can see, the program has become extremely...
A Meeting at the Vicenza Gas Network
WWOOF also participated this year in the meeting of the Vicenza GAS Network, which was held in Valdagno (VI) on May 10. Giorgio, our local coordinator, added our association’s voice to the many others that came together to discuss social justice, war, and the...
Summer 2026 List
Want to go WWOOFing in late July or August but can’t find a farm? Here’s a list of hosts who still have availability for the summer months ☀️ Check out the hosts who have joined WWOOF Italia’s Summer List for July and August.
There is time until June 9-let’s make the voice of agroecology heard!
Hosts know this well: the earth is not a factory and nature does not work in compartments. Hedgerows, earthworms, bees, crop rotations and soil care are pieces of the same puzzle. Yet, at the institutional level, there is always a need to be reminded that biodiversity...
First edition of the Fermentation Festival
There is wonderful news brewing in the pots within the WWOOF Italy network. On Sunday, June 14, 2026, Bucolica Circolo Culturale Agricolo, our WWOOF host in Lastra a Signa (FI), will host the first edition of the Bucolic Fermentation Festival. A day immersed in nature...
Love Project visits Ranch Margherita: a beautiful WWOOF story!
We are always happy when our associates' paths cross, resulting in beautiful synergies. This time it happened between Niccolò from Love Project and our longtime hosts Cristiana and Roberto from Margherita Ranch. Niccolò spent three days at the ranch, getting involved...
ARIANNA PORCELLI SAFONOV: TRANSUMANSIA
TRANSUMANSIAWalks in the woods with Arianna Porcelli Safonov Transumansia is Arianna Porcelli Safonov's most radical project: a trek exploring the Apennine ridges between satire, literature and whispered sociality. The actual traversal of the landscape is encouraged...
Local meeting in Piedmont: how it went
As much as the relationship between host and WWOOFer remains at the heart of our association, from the beginning WWOOF Italy has also considered the relationships that are forged between host and host to be fundamental. It is the farmers themselves who emphasize that...
Consumer groups join urgent action against deregulation of new genomic techniques
Against the deregulation of new genomic techniques a broad coalition of organizations, including Bioland Deutschland, Demeter International, Save Our Seeds, IG Saatgut, Informationsdienst Gentechnik, and Crossroads International Center, has launched an urgent action
Get out of the flock enroll in the Shepherding School!
The Calascio Extensive Herding School was established for the advanced training of new herders and farmers, providing technical and entrepreneurial skills to foster generational change and the protection of local traditions.
Shepherding School with free participation
With ShepherdSchool we are giving 24 new shepherds the opportunity to be able to train through 4 different training cycles, which will be combined with an internship period in local companies of about 30 days.
We plant hedges in Torrita di Siena
TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL YIELDS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026 FARM DAY AT TORRITA DI SIENA WE PLANT TWO HEDGES USING LOCAL WILD WOODY FLORA ►The worksite takes place on the Passerini farm at Padolecchie in Via del Porto near Torrita di...




















