This one from Newfoundland - http://vimeo.com/68138882and this from China - http://www.wwoofchina.org/home/category/blog/Hope you like 'em!

If you are interested in keeping up to date with the WWOOF news on an international level here are a few good places to look! -http://www.wwoofinternational.org/news/http://independents.wwoofinternational.org/news/Take care,James

This from a recent mail out from the Land Workers Alliance (La Via Campesina UK)An AGM in the Canary Islands After our meeting at Ruskin Mill, three members went to the AGM of the European co-ordination of La Via Campesina (ECVC). ECVC represents 28 producer-led organisations from Europe and is the regional co-ordinating forum for La Via Campesina. They run an office in Brussels and work to keep members informed of what is happening the corridors of the EU while representing their interests in lobbying and advocacy.

I have a 'google alert' for when WWOOF gets a mention on the internet which comes up with all sorts of marvelous things, this time it came up with this blog from a young American woman living in Paris and going out WWOOFing for the first time and I think it is a really heartening and realistic report.  Here is a link to two of her posts -About her first trip - https://sweetmaddy.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/wwoofing-in-france-le-jardin...An Introduction -

ORC Wakelyns Agroforestry Open Day26 June 2013Agro-ecology: Science & Practice for Sustainable Farming ORC Wakelyns Agroforestry, Metfield Lane, Fressingfield, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5SD Experts will offer challenging views on the use of energy in society and agriculture, showing how the application of agro-ecology to crop production can improve energy balances while maintaining biodiversity in agricultural systems.  A farm tour will highlight a brand new EU project in agroforestry and showcase the range of cropping ideas in progress, with the latest f

THE ORGANIC RESEARCH CENTREWakelyns Agroforestry, Fressingfield, Suffolk, IP21 5SDCROPS RESEARCHER - REF: RES1303 Grade 6: ResearcherSalary range: £22,230 - £27,309 The Organic Research Centre is looking to appoint a Researcher to its Crops & Agroforestry Team. The successful applicant will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of ORC’s crops research program, with a focus on the field based plant breeding projects.

I am very happy here to pass on something from Chris Cant (WWOOF UK's independent IT contractor) - If you have anything you are not using, why not give it away on your local Freegle - there's 380 groups across the whole of the UK with well over a million members - see www.ilovefreegle.org.  In particular, if you have spare seeds or plants, why not give them to others near you - a helping hand to get started growing.  And, in due course, if you have spare produce, eg rhubarb, courgettes or apples, I'm sure other

A little off topic perhaps? But they do promise to take WWOOFers when they get up and running!
We are smallholders who would be interested to hear from other couples,
families, or singles who would be interested in pooling resources to live in
community, where it would be possible to grow food, and to eat together
perhaps once a week. We envisage separate residences and shared undertakings.
We are committed to seeing how growing food becomes part of the transition to
a low carbon economy. One of us is an Anglican and member of the Iona

Hot on the heals of the recently launced WWOOF Norway, Togo and Kenya, may I introduce the newest independant organisation, WWOOF South Africa!http://www.wwoofsa.co.za/

This wonderful creation landed on my lap a few months ago and now I am very pleased to tell you about it.This overview says it all -"In 2011, a young girl left her home to travel the world as a volunteer farmer. She immediately lost most of her money, lost sight of her plans, and lost touch with who she had thought she was. This book serves as a whirlwind tour of her story and the people in it, from gutter-punks to gurus in French bakeries or Californian coastal communes.