More than 40 percent of invertebrate pollinators face extinction globally, while in Europe, nearly half of pollinating insects are in decline and a third are threatened with extinction.
Associative life
THE GOOD FARMER AWARD – The award dedicated to young farmers under 35.
2025 edition kicks off The second edition of the award dedicated to young farmers under 35 who adopt regenerative organic farming practices in their farms, The Good Farmer Award, is kicking off. Winners will receive 10,000 euros each for materials and interventions...
The value of mutuality
a day of meeting between the Mag6 social base, the Open Fields Association network and the people who animate Apennine Network
A theatrical performance on WWOOF farms.
Good morning, I am Enrico Paschetta, a teacher from the province of Turin, and I am building a Jubilee project. The project consists of embarking on a journey by bicycle, from Turin to Rome, trying to meet small realities, schools, people, organizations, associations...
Gathering 2025 – The story
The beauty of WWOOF Italy Gatherings is not easy to tell, it must be experienced. It is an experience and an opportunity to create new relationships and share a little piece of the road together. Below we at least try to report a brief chronicle of the days spent...
Seeds of biodiversity at Pergola school garden
It was an important day on April 3 at the "G. Binotti" comprehensive school in Pergola. A hundred people: from authorities to school leaders, from teachers to parents, ending of course with many children. The hubbub, the buzzing of the first bees, the pleasure of...
We are looking for material for Calendar 2026!
Appeal to members! At this year's assembly in Fano, the need emerged to create again for 2026 a calendar about our association, modeled on those done until last year. Two themes were thought to be focused on: the protagonists of the association (WWOOFer, hosts, staff,...
WWOOF as if for the first time
When we get to know well a reality, an association, a human environment, while familiarity offers us greater comfort in action and movement, our gaze tends to lose some of the freshness of our first encounters. Beginning with this reflection, Fabrizio Romagnoli, a...
My journey as a minor WWOOFer
My name is Luis Weber. I am 17 years old and I live in Berlin, Germany with my younger sister and my parents. Last summer I graduated from high school. Long before graduation, I knew that I wanted to spend a year abroad before starting university. At the beginning of...
Best Practices Project
Are you ready to share your experiences and contribute to the growth of the WWOOF community? Marcella da Cortona has launched an exciting initiative: a survey to map the good practices that drive our volunteer agriculture projects. A unique opportunity to let the...
Let’s stop the new GMOs! at risk even organic farms!
Let’s ask the organic certification bodies to do their job and stop certifying organic farms where they are experimenting with new GMOs!
Participates in activities with staff
Dear members, Pulling the sums of 2024, we were pleased to see the slow but steady increase in the soc@ of WWOOF Italy confirmed, as has been the case in recent years. The trust given by more and more people to WWOOF as an engine for a healthier and more harmonious...
Why WWOOFing
The Wwoof network was founded in 1971 and is now present in more than 132 countries around the world. It is a virtuous exchange between farmers and volunteers in which both “gain”.
Facilitation of groups
Dear members, from mid-February will start a path of thematic meetings on Group Facilitation held by Marta Scalvi and Elenia Penna, the facilitators who have been accompanying WWOOF Italy for almost three years. The course is aimed at those who wish to acquire...
No to GMO trials on organic fields
Did you know that two organic farms will also host field trials of genetically modified organisms using New Genomic Techniques?
Project R.A.S.TR.E.L.L.O.
The project engages frail and migrant people to feel part of an agricultural production context in Tuscany.
The bio within us
Is BIO good for your health? Research investigates the value of the Mediterranean diet with exclusively organic products.
Azione TerrAE Agroecology Training Course.
The climate crisis, socio-economic inequalities and depletion of natural resources require thinking about global agri-food systems.
Pan Europe: new petition against pesticides
Citizens across Europe are united in calling for a healthier and more sustainable food system. These petitions are a clear message to politicians: it’s time to take a step toward a pesticide-free Europe
A common path of transformation
By following the “bamboo strategy,” the Gases can bring nourishment and strengthen the diverse experiences that resist and build a better world; this action of theirs is all the more effective the more it is intertwined with others going in the same direction!
