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Hedge seed drill course

Hedge seed drill course

WI is looking for soc@ who want to take part from Sept. 8 to 10 in the Seminasiepi – First Stage SPT course , conceived, organized and funded by WI. It is indispensable to be motivated to plant or enhance existing hedges on your farm.

GKN For Future

GKN For Future

We have a plan: to reindustrialize the former GKN through the production of photovoltaic panels, batteries and cargo bikes with reduced ecological impact.
We have a dream: to realize this plan without giving up our ambitions, building on the certainties we have acquired.

WWOOFCast – Episode 7

WWOOFCast – Episode 7

This episode's guest is Claudio Pozzi of WWOOF Italia. Claudio is the founder of WWOOF Italia and played a key role in the creation of the Federation of WWOOF Organizations. His long-term involvement and vision for the WWOOF movement are inspiring....

Tiziano’s trees

Tiziano’s trees

For the past few years, WWOOF Italy has placed the promotion of agriculture that is not only organic, but attentive to the overall harmonious development of agricultural activity within and in synergy with nature at the center of its planning. The Seminasiepi course...

Rural Seeds Network ETS is looking for a part-time collaboration for the Scandicci office

Rural Seeds Network ETS is looking for a part-time collaboration for the Scandicci office

SEEDS RURAL NETWORK ETS is seeking, for its Scandicci office, an ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTING AND SECRETARIAL REFERENT to manage the secretarial, administrative and accounting activities of the Association. Specifically, the contact person will have to deal with both secretarial and analytical accounting of projects funded by public or private sources, as well as general accounting and preparation of the annual budget.

Weed control without chemistry

Weed control without chemistry

Oper8, a thematic network funded under the Horizon Europe program with the ambition to help establish national action plans on nonchemical weed control. The project begins by gathering “from the bottom up” the impressions and considerations of stakeholders, primarily farmers, but also consultants and technical media companies, regarding alternative techniques to herbicide use.

balance

balance

Each year, the association funds a residential course for an artist to interpret a reflection on the proposed theme.

The school of community activation and ecological transition

The school of community activation and ecological transition

The NEO Project – New Hospitable Experiences, is an immersive school of community activation and ecological transition, which applies participatory and inclusive approaches to the issues of inland neopolitanism and ecological transition.
The pilot phase was launched last June and took place between July and December 2022. The first national call for applications attracted 28 applications.

Tiziano and his plants

Tiziano and his plants

The main project I am focusing on is the regeneration of a 2.4-hectare piece of land that belonged to my great-grandparents and has been abused by traditional agriculture (mainly wheat monoculture) for several years. In doing so, I am also developing a nice human network of like-minded people in the area.” we read on the profile that Titian has prepared on our website and continues: “The dream is to turn Abruzzo into a huge scattered Eco village! :-)”

2023 the Gathering, the story

2023 the Gathering, the story

The staff and the early bird members were already in Fano on Thursday afternoon, to organise the annual gathering of WWOOF Italia. The high number of participants expected for the three-day event (including many WWOOFers, and many children to liven things up) was...

Gathering 2023 – Logistics communications

Gathering 2023 – Logistics communications

Hello, we are almost there!The staff will be at Villa Prelato starting at 2 pm on Thursday to prepare the welcome and the logistics of the activities. We want to clarify some aspects that may have been overlooked in previous communications. accommodation in a tent is...

Bring your products to the Great Market of Scandicci (FI)

Bring your products to the Great Market of Scandicci (FI)

Participate with your products in the 72 hours of biodiversity in Scandicci from 20 to 22 May! Alongside numerous activities and moments of dialogue and fun for young and old, a large market of organic and handicraft products will once again be set up, which we would be very pleased if new farmers and new artisans joined.

I sell equipment for beekeeping

I sell equipment for beekeeping

I am selling for a modest friendly price beehives, frames, supers that belonged to my uncles and grandparents.
Sassari area

In Serra Riccò (GE) we are looking for a Cook

In Serra Riccò (GE) we are looking for a Cook

We are a small farm with an adjoining farmhouse in the Ligurian Apennines, with 30/40 seats. We are looking for someone who has sufficient experience to independently organize our kitchen

The FAO Treaty on Seeds

The FAO Treaty on Seeds

The Ninth Session of the Governing Body, held in India in September 2022, represents a significant milestone for the international treaty. After the pandemic due to COVID-19 it was rather inevitable to take stock of the impact of this on the conservation and distribution of seeds for research and genetic improvement. At the same time, the participants stressed the importance of relying on international and multilateral tools and mechanisms to react quickly to emergencies.