WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunity in Organic Farming. This is a platform where Organic farmers can register as host and people who would like to get hands on experience with organic farming can register as volunteers. After talking to the Indian co-ordinator, Harish Tiwari I registered on this platform few years ago by paying 500/ Indian Rupees. They had given a format where I had to give a description of the farm with crops grown and typical farming activities, location of the farm and how to reach there.
According to this volunteer should be given staying facility and food and in turn they will help us in farming activities for 5 hours,5 days a week. Since I was not staying in the farm, giving food was difficult, farm has water, electricity, gas connection and all cooking utensils and I bought and gave them groceries, vegetables and fruits.
In 2026 January, there were 2 enquiries, one from a Canada couple and another from two Hyderabad Boys. Since Hyderabad Boys turned up first, there were taken as volunteers. It was a quite nice experience, there was some one to share the ideas and also hear from them. Shashi and Prithvi, were their names, Prithvi had volunteered in Late Narayana Reddy farm and also Auroville.
They had cleaned the bases of Tamarind tree for harvesting and also cut and cleared the bunds of the main paddy field.
I could take them for a local organic group meeting in Nelliyampathy and also to neighbor farmers Raghu Mathur and Gopakumar and they stayed in Gopakumar's farm for a day. When we went to meet Gopakumar, he was attending a wedding and he invited there and we had a nice wedding feast. We also visited Narayanettan's farm Thadukkaserry.
Gopakumar,Shashi,Myself,Narayanettan,Prithvi
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