Welcome to WWOOF Taiwan

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

About WWOOF

WWOOF is an acronym which stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. This cultural exchange allows members from all around the world that are interested in learning about Organic farms to volunteer their services by working at Host establishments. These members called, WWOOFers, will be given the opportunity to work on Organic farms with their WWOOF host in exchange for housing and food. Through this experience, WWOOFers will learn about farming practices and gain skills necessary for Organic farming.

WWOOF history

WWOOF was started in England in 1971 by Mrs. Sue Coppard as a way to increase awareness of farms in the countryside by providing opportunities for people in London to work for the weekend. Eventually, the demand for longer periods increased and the name was changed from Working Weekends on Organic Farms to Willing Workers on Organic Farms. Since then, WWOOF has expanded to over 48 countries listed as independents and 23 countries worldwide with National Organizations.

There have been some cultural misunderstandings around the use of the word “work”. As a result, in 2000, the meaning of WWOOF was been changed from 'Willing Workers' to 'World Wide' Opportunities on Organic Farms.

About WWOOF Taiwan

Each WWOOFer must complete our online application form and pay the membership fee to be able to WWOOF in Taiwan. It is an annually renewable membership. WWOOF Taiwan has a smaller Host List than that of some other countries. However, all of our hosts are active and accepting WWOOFers, and many of them accept WWOOFers all year round. We are adding hosts to our list all the time. The Host List is available in English and Chinese.

What comes with my WWOOF Taiwan Membership?

Once we receive your online application form and your payment, you will receive by e-mail a list of all of our current WWOOF Taiwan Hosts.

After you join you will receive the following:

• A List of WWOOF Taiwan Hosts with contact details. You will be able to contact all hosts on this list, ask questions about details of their availability, activities, conditions for staying, etc. while also explaining what you want to do. Once you have identified a host and made arrangements to WWOOF there, you can go and stay at that place and receive food and boarding at no financial cost in return for helping with the work they do there.
  
• The peace of mind that results from the care we take in monitoring applications from both WWOOFers and Hosts, and the regular contact we maintain with our hosts.