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This website is about WWOOF Switzerland, for other WWOOF Groups look at the International WWOOF Association or at About WWOOFing in Europe. Do also consider getting this Insurance before you go wwoofing - for 25 Euro per year you get insurance for third party liability and personal accident that is valid on all registered WWOOF Farms worldwide except in North America and Canada.

 


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News:
22.5.2009 European WWOOF coordinators are meeting in Värmland, Sweden. Attending are people from Bulgaria, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldovia, Polen, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.

At the meeting we agreed to collaborate more in future. Therefore WWOOF Switzerland is now again lowering the membership fee for volunteers who are already valid members of an other WWOOF organization: 5 Euro cash (incl. postage within Europe), if sent in the same letter with the complete application.
 
19.5.2009 We are on the way to the European coordinators meeting in Sweden and we are having a great time with a host near Stockholm.
   
4.5.2009 Machiko has made Sushi for us.
 
February 2009
Kim Inmo from Pussan City, South Korea has visited many WWOOF farms in Switzerland. Koreans thinking of making a WWOOF experience in Switzerland may contact him. Email .
 
September 2008
Guten Tag & Grüezi Allerseits,
Mein Name ist Evelyne. Ich träume schon lange von einem einfachen Leben auf dem Land in halb-autarker Weise. Bisher war aber der Komfort in der Stadt zu gross. Seit diesem Sommer hat meine Abneigung gegen diese Plastikgesellschaft ihren vorläufigen Höhepunkt erreicht (Facebook, Botellónes, Finanzkrise...) ... Mein vorläufiger Plan ist, vielleicht ein, zwei Jahre mit dem Rucksack von Landhof zu Landhof zu ziehen, um Leute kennenzulernen und natürlich die alternative Landwirtschaft zu erlernen.
 
My name is Elizabeth. My parents took us on vacation every summer to the same place so I never had the opportunity to explore new places until the decision was mine. My family is from Ireland originally, so for my first trip outside or the United States, I spent three weeks meeting all of my extended family all over Ireland, 13 different housholds. Some of them live on farms and I had the opportunity to help around the farm, shoveling meal, milking cows, collecting eggs and doing general daily duties. It was an experience I will never forget.
 
Greetings from New Zealand:
Hello. My name is Chelsea. I am 28 years of age. I WWOOFed for the first time in Canada 5 years ago. My life has never been the same since. I have been on farms ever since. I realized through that first season I had found connection between myself and the environment. I have been practicing that connection through goat milking, cultivating medicinal herbs, making cheese and bread, chopping wood, prunning, and many other homesteading activities. I find the work in exchange for food and bed to be highly rewarding. Every family I have WWOOFed for has equally benefited from my cheerful attitude and dedicated work.
 
August 2008
Oh yes, we can't forget our WWOOF host report:

Reinhard, an authentic eclectic philosopher is always up to something and a real pleasure to associate with.  His residence is a true international center and we enjoyed him, his "hotel", our day trip to Bellinzona, and all the other inmates. Our introduction was getting past the "attack" dog on our arrival, meeting the sole resident, an Argentinean ballet dancer with whom we could only converse in our halting, 30 year old school Spanish.
Elisangela is a real sweetie.  The plastic bottle and agriculture police will be checking on the new parsley, dill, and lettuce garden to make sure it is properly cared for – Schnee or not.  Note: The artifacts discovered in digging up the garden are to be donated to the local museum.  That will be simpler than dealing with the recycling police and can also count as a charitable tax contribution.  I discovered there was a pronged spade, like the one we discussed, in the very bottom of the tool box and used it for digging up the garden.

Alfred and Silvia's Schwalbenhof farm was an excellent experience from start to finish.  It is a busy, well run organic farm combining modern and traditional methods.  We learned a lot and enjoyed their family, friends, and people from the community.  We got a practical introduction to the care of cows, horses, pigs, chickens, potatoes, carrots, onions, corn, apples, pears, hay, leaks, cabbage, green chard, red chard, strawberries, the rare farm pixie, and Alfred senior.  Sometimes we were busy and other times we were not.  During quiet times I often found myself asking if there was anything I could do – which sometimes resulted in unexpected activities – like making mashed potatoes for the two pigs in a wood fired boiler, or just taking pictures of the farm and farming activities.  I took pictures of everything and have just completed paring them down to 100, Photoshoping them, and puttng them on a flash drive to mail back to the farm.  The president of our Swiss club publishes a monthly newsletter and our stay at Schwalbenhof experience is on the front page.  We will be showing the pictures and describing our stay at the next meeting.

 
Juni 2008 Von Simone vom Hof 6692 haben wir die Erlaubnis erhalten die beiden folgenden Beiträge hier zu veröffentlichen.

22.7.2007 Vortrag über WWOOF auf englisch für den Verein HandsOnSwitzerland als Videoclip: Talking to HOS about WWOOF Part 1   Part 2
12.7.2007 Es hat jetzt einen Kalender auf dieser Webseite. Jedermann kann Einträge machen und seine Veranstaltungen ankündigen.
15.6.2007 I have have been surfing the Internet and discovered interesting articles about wwoofing in Hawai and about WWOOF Fundamentals.
24.5.2007 In the April issue of Swiss News the Canadian volunteer and writer Alorie Gilbert has written a smart and witty article about wwoofing.
23.4.2007 Jetzt gibt es eine Diashow oben rechts auf dieser Seite. Bitte fügt eure WWOOFing Fotos selbst dazu. Es ist ganz einfach. Wir sind auf eure Bilder gespannt. Einfach auf "Add Me!" klicken und eine Foto reinladen.
31.3.2006 At the moment we process WWOOF applications about every two weeks, so there is nothing wrong if you have to wait 3 weeks for your farmlist.
16.3.2006 Die schweizer WWOOF Gastgeber Rosmarie und Ernst haben auf ihrer Neuseelandreise ein Tagebuch geschrieben. WWOOF Einsätze bereicherten ihre interessante Reise mit praktischen Einblicken in das Leben der Neuseeländer. Siehe Erfahrungsbericht Neuseeland.
 
Agenda:    (Im Kalender - ebenfalls auf dieser Webseite - können Sie ihre Einträge selbst machen!)
 
??. Mai 2008 9-16 Uhr Setzlingstag. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch, auch während der Woche, oder auf dem Markt in Winterthur ganz unten in der Steinberggasse. Biogärtnerei Heidi Schuppisser
??.-??. Mai 2008 Pfingstfest, Humanita Art Festival, Lostallo TI, siehe www.humanita.ch
Hier könnte Ihre Veranstaltung stehen.
 
Other Links: WWW.WWOOF.COM (former WWOOF Korea) is commercial and has nothing to do with WWOOFing (which should not be commercial). It has been reserved by a black sheep of the WWOOF movement which, instead of grasing, prefers getting money generated by clicks. On that website you will keep clicking and maybe never find the real WWOOF organizations.
  EUROTRIP.COM Backpackin' Europe Site
  HOSTELWORLD.COM Hostel Site