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wwoo:wwoofing [2026/03/16 19:41] – [What are the benefits of WWOOFing?] Simon Grantwwoo:wwoofing [2026/03/26 18:33] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-# WWOOFing+This topic is part of [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]] and [[gt:learning|Learning & personal development]]. 
 +====== WWOOFing ======
  
  
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-## What is WWOOFing?+===== What is WWOOFing? =====
  
 In 1971, a woman living in London – Sue Coppard – decided she needed to get out of the city on a regular basis. She felt she needed to breathe the country air and do something physical, useful and meaningful. She approached an organic farm in East Sussex and negotiated for herself and three friends to stay overnight and be fed, in return for help in the vegetable garden. The trip was a great success and they started to do this exchange every third weekend. In 1971, a woman living in London – Sue Coppard – decided she needed to get out of the city on a regular basis. She felt she needed to breathe the country air and do something physical, useful and meaningful. She approached an organic farm in East Sussex and negotiated for herself and three friends to stay overnight and be fed, in return for help in the vegetable garden. The trip was a great success and they started to do this exchange every third weekend.
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-## What are the benefits of WWOOFing?+===== What are the benefits of WWOOFing? =====
  
 Hosts get a helping hand in return for providing bed, board, cultural exchange and land-based learning. Volunteers get all the health and well-being benefits associated with being outside and spending time in nature; experience alternative ways of life; gain new skills and travel cheaply. And everyone gets to meet new people. Hosts get a helping hand in return for providing bed, board, cultural exchange and land-based learning. Volunteers get all the health and well-being benefits associated with being outside and spending time in nature; experience alternative ways of life; gain new skills and travel cheaply. And everyone gets to meet new people.
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-## What can I do?+===== What can I do? =====
  
 Click [here](http://www.wwoof.org.uk/) if you're interested in WWOOFing or becoming a WWOOF host in the UK. Click [here](http://www.wwoof.org.uk/) if you're interested in WWOOFing or becoming a WWOOF host in the UK.
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-## Further resources+===== Forum ===== 
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 +This topic belongs to the section [[gt:gardening|Gardening, smallholding & farming]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/gardening). 
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 +It is also in the section [[gt:learning|Learning & personal development]] (Forum: [Learning & personal development](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/learning)). 
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 +===== Further resources =====
  
 - [Federation of WWOOF Organisations](https://wwoof.net/) - international federation of national WWOOF organisations - [Federation of WWOOF Organisations](https://wwoof.net/) - international federation of national WWOOF organisations
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 - [[wp>WWOOF]] on Wikipedia - [[wp>WWOOF]] on Wikipedia
  
-## Related topics+===== Related topics =====
  
 - [[intc:intentional_communities|Intentional communities]] - [[intc:intentional_communities|Intentional communities]]
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-## Specialist curators of this topic+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
  
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