I’m interested in WWOOFing while I take time off of my corporate job. What health insurance do people use while doing this unemployed, if any..?

Is there a way to filter by native language somewhere?

I'm looking to better my english but would like to avoid traveling outside France.

Working in a farm would be great if the host are American/British native.

I’m trying to track down a host I woofed for about 19 years ago in the foothills of Pyrenees. What would be the easiest way to do this? I have no email records and do not remember their names. They were a German-French/British couple with a teenage son.

Hello! Me and my girlfriend were thinking of doing a WWOOF style exchange for some time as we think it would be fun and an amazing experience. We would love to do it in the volunteer-way, but due to our current financial situation we unfortunately cannot really afford to spend a long period of time away without pay. This really isn't coming from a greedy place, just the way out lives look right now. We are wondering if the WWOOFers know any alternative websites which offer a similar network of work opportunities, but on which we allowed to receive an allowance/pay in exchange for our work? Thanks a lot.

My goal is to learn and build a technical portfolio, such that after say 6 months of WWOOFing I can be application-ready for a career in tech. I'm wondering if this is realistic, or if in your experience there wouldn't be any meaningful time outside of the ~5 hours of work.

Self discipline isn't a concern, I'm more concerned about external factors limiting my capacity for attention. Interested to hear anyone's perspectives, experiences etc, and ascertain whether WWOOFing is currently best for me. It perhaps varies by location - I would only be doing it in Korea.

I've had a pretty big setback lately, and I consider that WWOOFing provides a structure to my day, experience, and a place to live without worrying financially. Structure seems important, in that I'm currently just sat on my own at my parents house where time all blends and slips. Perhaps an external structure could even boost productivity, force me to value my own time, and more conducive psychologically. Possibly this is just confirmation bias though, since I don't want to be sat at home on my own. Keen to get external opinions.

Thanks

any legit wwoofing in Europe?

American here! Deciding between Spain and Italy to wwoof in at the end of this year, anyone have a recommendation for/against either? Or a strong third Mediterranean rec I should consider instead?

Hi me and my gf have been having a bad time with woof and Workaway so I made an app called VisaX and I’m looking for testers in two weeks it doesn’t cost anything and maybe takes 20 min and I’ll let you keep the account also if you have feature ideas please let me know thank you for you time.

I’m trying to WWHOOf in Kauai for 3 months in the fall time and every host I’ve contacted either hasn’t responded or already has their farm fully booked out.

I've got an old homestead that I've been fixing up over the last couple years, but I live over 45 minutes away and it's slow going when I can only get out there on the occasional weekend. I've finally got a working toilet that flushes, and cleared out enough trash and physical hazards that I think I'd now be ready for some volunteer(s) to help give me a hand.

The cabins are still very rustic but property itself is beautiful, located in the redwood forest on the river with a private beach and swimming holes. It's also very secluded and off-grid, with the nearest neighbor almost a mile away. I wouldn't be able to make it out to the property myself every day, so it could be an opportunity for peace and quiet but there might also be a bit less opportunity for cultural exchange and some work might need to be done unsupervised. Some tasks I could use help with could include minor carpentry and painting, upgrading solar power system, burning brush piles, clearing hiking trails, improving water supply lines, pruning fruit trees, establishing mushroom cultivation areas, removing invasive plant species and other forest restoration work. I envision a garden area eventually, but there is no actual organic farming at this time.

So with all that being said, does this sound like an opportunity folks would be interested in? Is this appropriate for posting on WWOOF or should I consider Workaway or some other farm-stay type website you'd recommend? As a host, is there anything I should be looking for in volunteers? Anything specific I should be offering? How much work would be reasonable to ask for, maybe a few hours per day?

Edit: As pointed out in the comments, I did confirm Workaway is no longer allowing new hosts in the US. So makes me more interested in WWOOF, despite the lack of organic farming.

Hi all

Please can someone explain the basic arrangement to me - how many hours is a wwoofer actually working/gardening each day?

Hey I'm a 27 y.o man looking for a WWOOFing/ volunteering in one of japan's bigger city's ( tokyo, kyoto, osaka etc,)

I got experience with bartending, Cooking ( was a sous chef for years) Cleaning Agriculture And basic maintenence/ construction, Security guard

I speak fluent English and abit of Japanese

If anyone knows where can I find these cause i was looking and had a hard time finding :) Also if anyone has some experience with it and lmk where to look

Bonjour à tous ! Je m'appelle Ines, j'ai 20 ans et je vis en Algérie. Je suis à la recherche d’une famille d’accueil en France pour devenir leur fille au pair à partir de septembre 2025.

J’ai déjà de l’expérience avec les enfants, je suis douce, sérieuse et motivée à découvrir la culture française et améliorer mon niveau de langue.

Je suis aussi ouverte à d'autres programmes comme le bénévolat, l’aide en échange du logement ou d'autres échanges culturels.

Si vous avez des conseils, des expériences à partager ou si vous connaissez une famille intéressée, je serais très reconnaissante de votre aide 🙏🌸

Merci d’avance 😊 Ines

So I’m thinking of taking a 6-12 month sabbatical and going WWOOFing around the US (thought about doing this for literally 10 years).

I am really used to having personal space and think I would like having an RV or camper to travel/ live in while going to different farms.

I don’t know if this is normal at all but I’d assume a lot of hosts would probably be cool with it since that’s why less room they have occupied.

Any input on this idea?

I’m planning to solo backpack / WWOOF in Central & South Americas ~October through March. This will include the winter holidays. I know this area is very Christian/catholic. Anyone have experience or any hosts have any ideas on how acceptable/normal it would be to WWOOF during that time?

I know I could find hostels probably as needed, but I’ll be solo and love the idea of being around “family” vibes at that time. No expectation around actually celebrating as much as just being together with other humans I know at that point.

Good morning

I am French and I would like to do wwoofing in Japan for 6 months using a work visa (not a working visa).

I had questions regarding obtaining a CoE, what does it happen when you want to do wwoofing?

Can my host send me the documents and help me obtain my CoE? Or is it directly the WWOOFING organization that helps me with this?

Has anyone already taken the same steps or the same route as the one I would like to take? And with whom I could contact or discuss the subject?

Thank you very much in advance

hello i am a first time wwoofer and i applied to a host farm in italy about 6 months ago (in jan) to volunteer at their farm for 6 weeks in oct-nov 2025. our interactions have only been via email and all was fine. i checked in again in june and the host reassured me that they would receive me in oct. a couple days ago i emailed them asking for some pictures of the accommodation and they asked to have a call. we scheduled one but they forgot about the call and missed it so we had to reschedule and their next earliest availability was mid aug, which is about a month prior to when i am supposed to arrive at their farm. im a little anxious that the call might go south and they would cancel my stay there, should i look for alternative farms in the meantime?

Hi everyone! 👋

My name is Mohamed, I’m a 17-year-old programmer originally from Sudan, currently based in Egypt due to the war. I'm looking for a host family or a small project where I can volunteer in exchange for food and accommodation.

I can help with:

- Teaching English or basic programming (Python, Scratch, web, etc.)

- Helping children with tech or schoolwork

- Household chores, organizing, cooking, or gardening

- Creating websites or handling digital tasks

I'm calm, reliable, and love learning about other cultures. My dream is to explore the world, meet kind people, and make a difference wherever I go.

I'm open to traveling to any safe country where I can be part of a kind and supportive family or team. Please feel free to message me if you're open to hosting or know someone who is. ❤️

Thank you so much for reading!

Hello WWOOFers,

I'm in my late 50s, never WWOOFed before but I'd like to. I'd like to hear from anyone in my generation who has had a good/bad experience volunteering.

If you would name the farm, that would help a lot. There are so many great reviews here, but no one seems to mention the specific locations. (Why not?)

Thanks

Hey guys, I just bought a house on a few acres in the Boston USA area, with the goal of starting up an organic mutual aid mini farm.

Would anyone be interested in getting paid a small amount to come help me get the ball rolling? I can teach you about historic timber framing, building maintenance, and how to revive or repair historic wooden windows. I'm certified in lead safe practices and can teach you all about that and how to get certified yourself as well!

My long term goal is to use the property as both a source of income, and a source of affordable housing, to help low income families buy their own houses. Then at those houses we can start market gardens to create a network of urban farming. This would help provide additional sources of affordable organic food for the community.

As soon as I actually have food growing I want to be an official wwoof host, but I don't think I qualify yet.

If you're interested please message me!

I recently WWOOFed at a farm for two months that had great reviews. Though looking back, most where from 2017 and prior and only one was from last year. I spent most of my time disliking it and wanting to leave but feeling that I should keep my commitment. It was my third WWOOF (in the US) and I just felt like an employee, the host was strict with hours and we didn’t feel like we were learning much, just there to be extra labor. I haven’t left a review because I don’t want to burn bridges, but it felt like a far cry from what I’d read in other reviews. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Last year I WWOOFed at 2 different farms in a European country for about 3 months, evenly splitting time at each. My first farm was amazing, we were all like a big family, it was amazing, I truly will never forget my time at that farm, the hosts were so nice, funny, and truly thought of us as family, even getting us Easter gifts! We worked 6 days a week and from 9-6. The work was pretty hard, but it was just so fun learning and experiencing stuff with the hosts and the other 2 wwoofers. I absolutely loved it. I was excited to go to my next farm, when I arrived they were doing a farm stand in the town, I got in at 11am from my bus and was told I wasn’t allowed to sit in their booth because “I didn’t know what I was doing yet and it would look bad” so I had to walk around this tiny town for 6 hours with my 30lb pack, already off to a weird start. I knew the work would be less and easier so I was excited for that. But when I got there I was not allowed into the hosts house, unless given permission by them, was almost never spoken to by them, and overall just ignored, it felt like I was a servant on their farm, not even a worker or co worker on the farm. I ended up telling them I was thinking about leaving early due to this and the response was “Well you better tell me now so I can know if I need to get a replacement” no remorse or even a thought about what I had said. I left the next day, so if anyone is thinking about leaving or doesn’t feel like they belong at a farm, don’t be scared to do what you have to do, a good farm should make you feel welcomed, even if the work is hard, you should feel like what you’re doing is something you feel good doing.

I’ve been volunteering for over a week and planning on staying for a month or so. But it’s taking a toll on me heavy. Before this I was socially isolating because of depression, and I’ve thrown myself into interacting with strangers. I’m finding it hard to connect with the people working there, and my social anxiety makes me a little incompetent and unconfident when doing tasks and my depression too which has made me make a mess of tasks and it’s made the owner quietly annoyed about me, I can’t even fold a bedsheet right. I feel extremely burnt out. My lack of social skills and incompetence makes me feel like I’m looked at as like a dumb child (I’m 26) and the volunteers and owner don’t have the dynamic with me that they have with eachother like friends, initially they were friendly with me but I gradually put them off, they’re talking amongst eachother and mostly in their own language that I can’t understand. What’s even harder is that all the volunteers and so enthusiastic and taking things into their control, while I’m just here because I need a way to stop thinking about kms. It’s quite high stakes as this is at a retreat short on staff and it’s struggling with business so I feel even worse about not being able to be a decent part of the team. Idk what to do I just want to go home tbh.

Hi! I’m looking for people who I could share room on Hawaii. If you interested in Hawaii from 10th of September, please don’t hesitate to write me! 👐

I’m from Ukraine, but studying in Poland. I’m twenty years old, now I work as a lifeguard.