WWOOF World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

Davi Almeida Torobay

About WWOOF

WWOOF is a world wide network of organizations

They link volunteers with organic farmers, and help people share more sustainable

ways of living.

WWOOF is an exchange

In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and

opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles.

WWOOF organizations

Link people who want to volunteer on organic farms or smallholdings with people who

are looking for volunteer help.

Where WWOOF exists

Organic Food

Organic foods are

produced using

environmentally correct

methods. During the

process, none chemical

product it’s used.

Label

Organic product

The Farm

The Farm, “Bom

Retiro”, has an area of

556 hectares, being

91% composed with

Atlantic Forest. Since

1988 it’s considered a

Private Reserve of

Natural Patrimony

(RPPN).

The farm´s entry

The couple, Nelson and Aline (Owners)

Little garden

Big garden with a lot of cultures (spices and edible flowers)

Nursery of seeds (Germination house)

Accommodation “Mother's Heart” with beds made of clay

Lunch table

Students after learning about raw food

Meditation room

Part of the RPPN

The Work

Among the activities that I’ve developed: Community

breakfast and lunch, maintenance of agroforestry

systems and bioconstruction.

I’ve worked from 8am to 11am and from 2pm to 5pm.

Me collecting some edible leaves

Example of bio-construction (Kuará sleeping)

The Food

What made me most happy to have done this

volunteering was to learn so much about food. I’m

vegan and I’ve learned beyond all vegan foods that I’ve

ever tasted until this experience. I realized that cooked

food is an addiction in our culture.

An amazing thing was the breakfast, that was just a

juice called chlorophyll juice that gave me all the

energy.

Chlorophyll juice

Refrigerator

All volunteers before the lunch

Salad

Risotto with flowers

Essene bread

Raw ‘margherita’ pizza

Germinated lentil, sweet potato, tomato and spices (40ºC)

Cassava flour, azuki beans and spices

Lasagna made of eggplant and fermented paste

Kibe made of germinated wheat seeds

Christmas pie with fruits and germinated almonds

Public telephone in Aldeia Velha’s city