Associative life

FoWO seeks CMS developers

FoWO seeks CMS developers

Open Applications: Development of the new WWOOF CMS We report an important professional opportunity aimed at senior developers, agencies and technology entities in our network. The Federation of WWOO Organizations (FoWO) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to...

WWOOF Annual Genral Meeting 2026: new place, same energy

WWOOF Annual Genral Meeting 2026: new place, same energy

A moment of the AGM 2026 in Massa Marittima The Minutes of the Meeting After four years in Fano, the Annual General Meeting returned to the Tyrrhenian shore this year. Perhaps because WWOOF Italy was born in these parts, perhaps because this is where there is the...

WWOOF Italy 2026 Gathering will be held in Massa Marittima

WWOOF Italy 2026 Gathering will be held in Massa Marittima

The theme of the year? Water. Three days of meetings, farmers markets and reflections on the future of natural agriculture. Dear WWOOFer and Host, After four years spent watching the sun rise on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, this year our most important event...

What if a host wants to go WWOOFing?

Certainly, the main activity that WWOOF Italy carries out as an association is to create and foster relationships between hosts and WWOOFers. For years, however, it has been considered important to give more and more emphasis also to the relationships between hosts...

More than a calendar: we present the 2026 Calendar of WWOOF Italy

More than a calendar: we present the 2026 Calendar of WWOOF Italy

The new year is approaching and with it comes one of our association's most cherished projects: the WWOOF Italy Calendar 2026. This year, however, we wanted to do something different. It is not just a tool to mark dates and appointments, but a real narrative journey...

A WWOOFer Testimony for Reflection and Action

A WWOOFer Testimony for Reflection and Action

We share the letter sent to us by a WWOOFer, hoping that it may stimulate deep reflection on what we strive to do on a daily basis as staff and board of the association, but also as ordinary members, to enable everyone/and to have the most beautiful, healthy and...

Southern Piedmont and Central Liguria Local Meeting

Southern Piedmont and Central Liguria Local Meeting

We are organizing a local meeting involving hosts from the provinces of Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria, Genoa and Savona. On Monday, February 16, 2026 , we will be hosted by our coordinator Maria Pia Lottini(Click to see her Host profile) at her Tenuta Antica farm (address:...

A year to browse and keep: the new WWOOF Italy 2026 Calendar arrives!

A year to browse and keep: the new WWOOF Italy 2026 Calendar arrives!

As the seasons take their course and the earth prepares for new cycles, we are happy to announce the arrival of one of our association's most beloved symbols: the WWOOF Italy 2026 Calendar. You can see it on the calendar page, along with previous years' editions. Much...

Training for aspiring park rangers

Training for aspiring park rangers

Organized by Parks and Reserves as part of Federparchi National System activities, the course is an educational opportunity for those who wish to pursue a career in conservation, enhancement and environmental protection.

🌱 The political role of agroecology.

🌱 The political role of agroecology.

AIDA - Italian Association of Agroecology invites to webinar: 🗓 Wednesday, February 4, 2025⏰ 18:00-19:15 A time to compare, exchange and pollinate ideas, resources and connections on the topics of gender, Intersectionality and social movements. 🗣 Speakers will...

Fall gathering in Brittoli: how it went

Fall gathering in Brittoli: how it went

It was Abruzzo that hosted this year's fall gathering of WWOOF Italy: at the end of September, while waiting for the olives (for those who were lucky enough to have them...), some 40 members active in the association met to catch up on current processes and plan next...

Journal from Palestine: C.A.S.A. 10

Journal from Palestine: C.A.S.A. 10

Agro-ecology and international solidarity, direct action practices
Doing agro-ecological farming means above all activating a practice of resistance and struggle that results in constant political activism.

Regenerative Agroforestry

Regenerative Agroforestry

FREE MEETINGS – funded by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia as part of SISSAR 2025 programming.

Local Food Policies.

Local Food Policies.

food policies take the form of the set of multi-sectoral and transdisciplinary legislative processes and initiatives aimed at regulating food systems at the local scale, with objectives of environmental sustainability and social equity.

13 Associations say no to further “simplification” of CAP

13 Associations say no to further “simplification” of CAP

a large proportion of farmers are aware of the need to maintain strict measures to protect the environment and nature in order to secure the ecosystem services that are essential to maintain agricultural production. But unfortunately, these interests of theirs are not represented today by the leaders of the major agricultural associations

Open letter regarding raw milk cheese production

Open letter regarding raw milk cheese production

The use of raw milk in Italy has deep historical roots and reasons, which cannot be traced to a fad or backwardness of producers. The presence of milk strains indigenous and specific to each area has made it possible to obtain products with distinctive aromatics. The microbial flora of milk also represents a real resource from the health point of view, due to competitive effects with the flora
environmental pathogenic

Cultivate Your Future

Cultivate Your Future

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL COURSES, DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO WISH TO DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, THE ENHANCEMENT OF LOCAL VARIETIES, CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES, PRUNING AND RECOGNITION OF WILD HERBS

Cheese elective home of raw milk

Cheese elective home of raw milk

Around a raw milk cheese there is a world of pastures, meadows, woods, herbs, flowers and scents
There is ancient knowledge, there is care for the landscape and the land, there are local breeds
And honeys, and wools…
And the work of those who want a different future. More harmonious, more conscious, more true.

Open letter to the ministry from the Italian Agroecology Association

Open letter to the ministry from the Italian Agroecology Association

The use of raw milk in Italy has deep historical roots and reasons, which cannot be traced to a fad or backwardness of producers. The presence of milk strains indigenous and specific to each area has made it possible to obtain products with distinctive aromatics.