On holiday packed with basket, bucket and shovel
It's neither a break in a five-star hotel by the sea with fun swimming, nor an exciting hiking holiday. Why not swap your beach bag or backpack for a basket, bucket, and shovel? The desire to experience the pure joy of harvesting in the great outdoors is gaining increasing interest among stressed and exhausted city dwellers, but is also popular with nature-loving individualists. Far from the hustle and bustle and time pressure, can the desire to simply roam the countryside as a harvest worker be turned into a holiday in the countryside – perhaps on an organic farm, and for free? WWOOF makes it possible. The international network Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms provides volunteers with free food and lodging for their work on organic farms in Germany and abroad. You can go to Dithmarschen for the cabbage harvest, help with beekeeping in Bavaria, travel to Italy for the grape harvest and olive harvest, harvest vegetables in Brittany, or pick tomatoes in Provence. Depending on your mood, you can help with the harvest, assist with farm work involving plants and animals, and learn about organic farming. In return, you'll enjoy meals made with fresh ingredients and free accommodation. Plus, you'll get plenty of insights into the culture, the country, and its people – all inclusive. So, let's get out into the fields or up into the trees.
Further information at www.wwoof.de
TEXT: Martina Raabe
