Why people are drawn to land-based learning

Why people are drawn to land-based learning

There comes a point in modern life when a person looks up from their laptop, having just replied to an email about an email regarding a meeting to discuss another meeting, and thinks: surely this cannot be it. Surely the great human project was not designed to end...
From soil scientist to peasant – a life journey

From soil scientist to peasant – a life journey

By Dr Gwen Egginton “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves”   –  Mahatma Gandhi I’ve been hosting WWOOFers for around 40 years now – right from when WWOOF stood for Working Weekends on Organic Farms – but the...
Classified ads – Beltane ’25

Classified ads – Beltane ’25

Welcome to the WWOOF UK classified ads section; the place to discover new job vacancies, courses, training, festivals and other exciting offerings. Do you have an event or opportunity you’d like to share here? If so, we’d love to help you promote it....
Master’s student researching WWOOF

Master’s student researching WWOOF

By Alice Warrington. Hello! My name is Alice and I am a 21 year old Master’s student studying Climate Change at the University of Manchester. I am a friendly, outgoing person who is passionate about connecting to the land and being outdoors. For my Master’s thesis I...
Off the plot and into the woods

Off the plot and into the woods

A quarter of a century ago I began planting woodland trees on a recently acquired 7 acre field about 5 miles from the main plot. Although the field’s purchase coincided with the turn of the century this was not a personal ‘millennium project’, neither was there a...