Inside WWOOF
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.15.05 | 7:09 PM ET
Budget travelers are always on the hunt for cheap accommodations. The cover story in this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper explores an increasingly popular (and pesticide-free) option for many travelers: working on organic farms. The story, written by Dan Eldridge, editor of the thoughtful travel zine Young Pioneers, profiles the organization behind the trend, Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF).
“Today, WWOOF chapters worldwide are growing steadily in membership,” he writes. “The British chapter alone has approximately 1,500 names on its mailing list. And luckily for the many small-farm owners who benefit from the volunteer labor that WWOOF provides, the trend of shunning the fast pace of urban living for a slower and more contemplative existence doesn’t show any signs of halting.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
