{"id":21009,"date":"2025-01-19T18:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/2025\/01\/why-wwoofing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:12:01","slug":"why-wwoofing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/en\/2025\/01\/why-wwoofing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why WWOOFing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/agricoltura-rigenerativa-wwoofing-wwoof-volontariato-lavoro-formazione-dicembre-2024-fonte-azienda-agricola-cimbalona-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/agricoltura-rigenerativa-wwoofing-wwoof-volontariato-lavoro-formazione-dicembre-2024-fonte-azienda-agricola-cimbalona-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/agricoltura-rigenerativa-wwoofing-wwoof-volontariato-lavoro-formazione-dicembre-2024-fonte-azienda-agricola-cimbalona-1200x800-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/org.wwoof.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/agricoltura-rigenerativa-wwoofing-wwoof-volontariato-lavoro-formazione-dicembre-2024-fonte-azienda-agricola-cimbalona-1200x800-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Why should a farm do WWOOFing, and how? Why does a WWOOFer choose to have this experience? Possible answers to these questions can be found in this article that appeared in <strong>agronotizie<\/strong>. Our host Sara and our traveler Irene tell about their experience of sharing, learning, and friendship.    Happy reading.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps, the greatest goal of an initiative such as Wwoof is to <strong>educate and inspire young <\/strong> people (and even the not-so-young) to understand how the food we eat is grown.<\/p>\n\n<p>And Sara herself explains it to us, who as of May 2024 has hosted <strong>seven people of different nationalities<\/strong> (Japan, Israel, Holland, Germany, and Italy) together with Daniele at Podere Cimbalona:  <em>&#8220;We put ourselves on the platform mainly to <strong>give young people a chance to learn about regenerative agriculture.<\/strong> For us it is a chance to allow them to gain experience. We offer the possibility of internships and other ways, but certainly the streamlined bureaucracy of wwoofing makes it more immediate.&#8221;  <\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Initially I experienced it more as an opportunity to travel and learn about a new way of life related to nature. Not coming from a farming family and having zero experience in the countryside was really a launch. Then, at various stages of my life, it took on different meanings. More and more wwoofing has become a kind of <strong>training school<\/strong> because, unlike a course that is generally very theoretical, it gives you the opportunity to experience what is in all respects, and in practice, a farming experience. In the last period I wanted to train myself on<strong>regenerative agriculture <\/strong>, and the Wwoof approach seemed to be the only approach with which I could become part of this system.&#8221;    <\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agronotizie.imagelinenetwork.com\/agricoltura-economia-politica\/2025\/01\/08\/wwoofing-un-opportunita-tra-chi-coltiva-la-terra-e-chi-la-riscopre\/86453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wwoof network was founded in 1971 and is now present in more than 132 countries around the world. 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