You can meet a girl that only after a week of knowing one another, your heart is opened by sharing secrets, and you feel as if you are her best friend chatting the night away telling secrets, sitting on the terrace. You can find a WWOOFer like you, with whom you can...
Eelke was a WWOOFer here first 5 years ago. I asked him if he could clean out the rainwater tanks for the garden which were filling with earth as the water came from the ditches. He started and said ‘this is clay I will make you a pizza oven’! And he did! I learnt an...
Never say never, never say forever ... After many years of enriching and demanding work in the field of Mag6, of which WWOOF Italia is a member, I felt that I needed a change and to start something new. But where to start ? How to reinvent yourself after so many...
I was at friends of Antichi Grani in Umbria registered as WWOOF hosts, when in the early months of 2018 I became aware that I wanted to revive the small vegetable garden behind the house and create some flower beds, inspired by the techniques of dry far- ming,...
JANUARY With WWOOF I learned to live in the countryside I've always liked olive trees. As a child I loved the big old trees but I heard it said that they were bad. They had to be pruned short and to do so and so. However I did not like the plants grown this way, they...
With our 2019 calendar the staff at WWWOOF Italia would like to wish you all a very happy festive season and fruitful 2019. This year we have dedicated our calendar to the small and large practical skills which make WWOOF Italy an all round school of knowledge in...
Council and Presidency - The broad circle is composed of the AGM of members and is concentrated into the operational core of the Council when it comes to dealing with ordinary management and official acts. Decisionality and concreteness at the service of the...
Webmaster - Website, database, membership and all the telematic functionalities indispensable for the life of the Association, are managed and coordinated professionally by Alessandro. His technological skills are combined with experience in agriculture, WWOOF...
Coordinators - The associative life on the territory is animated by a network of about 40 volunteers (hosts or WWOOFers) who deal with the requests of new hosts, organize local meetings, stimulate and collect projects of common interest. The group of coordinators is...
Insurance and more - Any Association needs technical and legal tools that translate its intentions and its mission. Members in good standing with their membership are covered by a policy during their activities thanks to the ethical intermediation of the CAES...
Local meetings - The associative relationship is built from the bottom: small groups of hosts, travelers and coordinators who meet up together, represent the first moment of the creation of a network between people who share the WWOOF experience. We share problems and...
JULY - Fabio - ... They paid me to teach applied art in school but with minimal results, the environment was too sterile, too much paperwork. When I began to pass on my knowledge to WWOOFers I discovered, with wonder, that this was the most fruitful school, that...
The land is not in the best condition but it will still be possible, with some difficulty, to demonstrate the beauty of animal-traction. Trucks and vans start to arrive. I Cocchieri del Chianti mount the coach and Cuculia, the social centre Mondeggi Bene...
Daria - For the past six years, I have been traveling across Italy and WWOOFing. The more I travel the more I feel at home. Each new experience, however unique and different from the others, has an immediate familiar flavour. Each time I recognize same shared...
I am a WWOOFer and for over six years I have been a wandering nomad. WWOOF Italia has helped me find the meaning of my life. 'Sun, earth, water, wind, patience, humility, tolerance, peace. Peasants' tears make plants grow and nomads continue their endless journeys....
Mario Gala, shepherd and teacher of life, wanted to leave testimony of his great experience in two simple and concise texts that go directly to the key point. 'Gesto dell'ombrello' is also tanslated into English, The Solution. You can purchase all these books on line....
THURSDAY 17-SUNDAY 20 MAYCUSTODY OF THE ECOLOGY OF THE LAND - FIELD, THEORETICAL and PRACTICAL TRAININGLed by a Working Group of specialists and eco-environmental activists. In the Maremma, Scansano GR, Podere Veranello in Pomonte Three days of work (maximum 10...
Bridget and Stana are the pillars of the WWOOF Italia organization: the daily relationship with Members and Coordinators, the management of correspondence and accounts, are just some of the aspects they deal with. The careful logistical organization of the Annual...
On Saturday we said our final farewells to Mario We were many, who came from near and far, who chose to say goodbye to Mario and to support Isa and his children with affection: among many, many young people whose lives Mario changed, helping them to open their eyes to...
WWOOF brings together people from across the world with similar values and philosophies. Indeed, in several countries it is possible to attend local meetings, getting in touch with other wwoofers and hosts and even become part of the national team. The Annual General...
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