The Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC) was set up to address the lack of affordable sites for ecological land-based livelihoods in England. According to the ELC there is an enormous disconnect between the combined cost of land and rural housing, and the income...
It was terrific to see one of our longstanding hosts, The Nursery in York, featured on the BBC’s Gardeners’ World last weekend for a full four minutes, as Jane Thurlow and Tony Chalcraft explained how they are self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables year round...
The February Council meeting was held over the weekend of 18/19 February at Redfield in Buckinghamshire. It’s almost a tradition now for us to use their recently renovated Stable block for this meeting each year and the facilities and catering make it well worth it!...
Teresa Donohue has been WWOOFing for three years and we first became aware of her when she gave some great advice to new WWOOFers on our forum. Here she shares her reflections on three years of WWOOFing. My decision to try WWOOFing came about (like for many...
Are you going to a show, festival or event this summer that might be fertile ground for new WWOOFers and/or hosts? Is it the kind of place where you could distribute back copies of our newsletter to interested members of the public – without becoming a litter lout or...
