In the latest Cheese conference, “Question time: raw milk cheese, what to do?”, the ministerial guidelines for STEC risk management, which have created great alarm among raw milk producers, were addressed.
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Paolo from the Al Confin seeks collaborations
We have received a request for collaboration from Paolo of Al Confin (VI). Paolo is our member and you can see his card or also write directly from the platform messaging starting from his Host tab: https://wwoof.it/it/host/15689 Who we are We are "Al Confin," an...
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
Jose seeks agricultural work
Hi I am Jose Lupano, I am 19 years old, and I am looking for work in the agricultural sector, everything I will see and learn will serve me ahead to set up my own business, so if there is opportunity and opportunity to learn local farming techniques and methods, I am...
The first WWOOF App has arrived!
Over the past year, FoWO's small but well-trained team of developers has worked hard to create something new: the WWOOF app, the first of its kind and free for all WWOOF members! Made with love for the WWOOF community, it is designed to make it easier than ever for...
DGR No. 540/2024 Region of Tuscany – alimentarist training
In order to be able to give you precise guidance regarding training requirements for volunteers, we put a question directly to the relevant regional offices.
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
Generational change in agriculture
It is well known that generational turnover is a hot-button issue when it comes to agriculture.
From what emerges from the second biennial report “Youth and Agriculture 2024,” carried out as part of the activities of the National Rural Network, the number of young people in agriculture is in fact decreasing, in line with demographic trends and the general aging of the Italian population.
Isabella Dalla Ragione the plant archaeologist
Interviewing farmers and analyzing artwork and historical archives, he has been recovering ancient fruit varieties for four decades. Today he has an orchard with more than six hundred specimens
France 2025, the account of the FoWO meeting.
Les Amanins, September 9-14, 2025 The late summer of 2025 saw the large WWOOF family come together again: it has been two years since the last international meeting in Canada and it was time to see each other again in person. Representatives of national organizations...
Paola seeks help with chestnut harvesting
Dear we are a small business in the hill area of Bologna, we are looking for two people, skilled in moving in the woods, willing and full of energy to be able to recruit for the period of October , a very important period for us for the harvest of chestnuts, our...
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
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.
Guidelines for the control of STEC in unpasteurized milk and milk products
Newly published STEC regulations require daily inspections of all curds-a measure that, while motivated by food safety needs, results in unsustainable costs for small producers and an added burden of time and logistics that makes management difficult, especially for those working in mountainous or marginal areas.
An appeal from the Raw Milk Network 4 Life
A group created by producers but open to all supporters where the primary goal is to share, support and create an information movement on Raw Milk.
Olive trees do not die in silence
Each family guards their trees as one would guard a story: with affection, with care, with respect. They tell of harvests, of hands weaving branches, of children learning about the earth by watching their grandparents stoop through the leaves.
The Other Side of the World
We live in a time when new players are appearing on the global stage. Continents, peoples, cultures and worldviews that we often know little about, or worse, that are told to us in a distorted way, always filtered through the lens of the “dangerous other,” the “enemy to be contained” around which wars are justified.
Those who fight for peace have a duty to know.
TRACE THE HISTORY
The residency, to be held from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7, is organized in collaboration with Circolo Tavo Burat and will be introduced by a reflection on the future of inland areas, curated by Riabitare l’Italia.
Free Organic Farming Course in Tuscany
The Tuscany section of the Association for Biodynamic Agriculture is organizing a free course in Biodynamic Agriculture as part of the Empowerflow training project of which the APAB Training Institute in Florence is the leader.
Earth Bank – Tuscany Region
2 new public notices from the Mountain Union of Mugello Municipalities have been published in the Earth Bank
