Willing Worker On Organic Farm (wwoof)
We have been having WWOOFers or Willing Workers On Organic Farms working and
helping us on Caretaker Farm since 1993. Our first WWOOFer Koji Takamura, who
stayed 6 months, was from Japan and he was working the day Thomas was born on
the farm.
Since then we have had more than 400 people stay with us and often long term stays
for a month or more. The longest stay has been 18 months and the shortest 1 hour
but we do ask that those wanting to come to our farm commit to our minimum stay
of 2 weeks.
We prefer long stay and those with building, gardening, cooking
and cleaning skills are most welcome. However we have had and will continue to
welcome those people who, despite having no skills, are interested in learning
and being part of a family while they are with us. They need to be open to new
experiences and want to stay in the countryside with nature close and shops several
kilometres away. Also a reminder for those who have not been outside a city
before-there are no street lights only stars.
What do we expect from WWOOFers?
- 5 hours work a day
- asks questions when they are not sure or don't understand an instruction
- helps with cooking, on a roster
- friendly and open to new experiences
- takes responsibility for cleaning their own mess
- returns all tools to their appropriate home.
What do WWOOFers say about us?
Yuki Ikuta, Japan, 1999
Halu, Japan,2000
Rita, Germany, 2004
Andy/ Terry, Taiwan 2005
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