Farm name

WOF000002

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Simple English

Crops

Varieties of Fruits, Roots, Melons, Vegetables

Nearest large city

Dong Hwa University

Directions

Close to Hualien C.H. Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People

Duration of stay

3 Weeks ~ 1 Month

WWOOFer job description

Tills the fields, Applies fertilizer, Irrigation, Gathering, Packaging Cultivating, Weeding

Are children welcome

No

Message

Friendly Host, Comfortable Farm Environment,  Varieties of Organic Vegetables, WWOOFers will be able to learn more aspects of organic farming.

Farm name

WOF000003

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Simple English

Crops

Cruciferae,Lettuce,Cucumber,Bitter Melon,Water Melon,Spinach,Celery

Nearest large city

Chung-Li

Directions

Close to Chung-Li Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

6 People

Duration of stay

HomeStay type of accommodation, Duration of stay negotiable

WWOOFer job description

Cultivating, Weeding, Seeding, Propogation, Pest Control For Organic Vegetable

Are children welcome

No

Message

Friendly Host, Host is involved and interested in the exchange of environmental protection Lohas ideas and activities

Farm name

WOF000004

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Hakka, English

Crops

Varieties of Vegetables

Nearest large city

Hsinchu county

Directions

Near Guansi town

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People

Duration of stay

1~3 months

WWOOFer job description

planting, farmer's market, restaurant

Are children welcome

No

Message

1.Cultivate organic vegetables and rice,currently 5 friendly workers,located in a Hakka people populated area.
2.Wwoofers should at least stay for 10 days.

Farm name

WOF000005

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Crops

Varieties of Fruits, Roots, Melons, Vegetables

Nearest large city

Dong Hwa University

Directions

Close to Hualien C.H. Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

1 Person

Duration of stay

Accomodations for 1 WWOOFers in temporary cargo rooms, or at home stay hosts nearby(males only)

WWOOFer job description

Seedling, Weeding, Gathering, Applies fertilizer, Cultivating, Food Processing,
Extracting Enzymes and Flavors, Making Vinegar, Packaging, Farm Tour Guide

Are children welcome

No

Message

Speciality in Fruit Varieties, Weekend WWOOFers are welcomed!

Farm name

WOF000006

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Crops

Organic Vegetables and Fruits, Rice

Nearest large city

Taipei

Directions

Public Transits, or by Walking
WWOOFers

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

8~10 People

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

Accomodations for 2 WWOOFers in temporary cargo rooms, or at home stay hosts nearby

Are children welcome

Yes

Farm name

WOF000007

Languages Spoken at home

Taiwanese

Crops

Mango

Nearest large city

Tainan

Directions

Close to Tainan Train Station

Best time to come

April, May, June, July

Simultaneous Guests

no more than 5 people

Duration of stay

2 to 3 weeks

WWOOFer job description

Bag and protect unripe or green mangos and pull weeds

Are children welcome

No

Message

1.Wake up as early as 5am to work (the temperature gets hotter later)
2.Bagged mangos will ripe in a month's time. Volunteers can experience the joy of harvest and taste the ripe mangos for free.
3.Tourist attractions are nearby, volunteers can visit them after work is done 4.Arrangements can be made for transportation from Tainan Train Station, somebody can go and pick you up there

Farm name

WOF000008

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English, Japanese

Crops

Varieties of Fruits, Roots, Melons, Vegetables

Nearest large city

Tainan

Directions

1.Close to Xin Shi Train Station
2.5 mins drive from Xin Shi Interchange

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2~3 People

Duration of stay

1 Month ~ 1 Year

WWOOFer job description

Seedling, Weeding, Gathering, Packaging, Cleaning

Are children welcome

No

Message

1.Thirty mins drive from Tainan City historic monuments，famous foods in Fu Cheng etc.
2.Located inside the Southern Taiwan Science Park area, which is the city of culture and education, industry, and agriculture.

Farm name

WOF000009

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Simple English and Japanese

Crops

Guava, persimmon, peach

Nearest large city

Feng Yuan

Residence for volunteers

Large studio space

Things provided for volunteers

Hot water, Bed sheets, Closed windows to keep bugs away, Transportation

Directions

Taiwan metro system, Feng Yuan Bus, Ubus, motorcycle

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

1~5 People(must be of the same sex)

Duration of stay

At least 10 days

WWOOFer job description

Packaging, Applies fertilizer, Weeding

Are children welcome

Yes, Age of children should be over 15 years old.

Farm name

WOF000010

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Crops

Starfruit, Potato, Carrot, Corn

Nearest large city

YunLin Xian

Directions

5~10 minutes from YunLin DouLiou Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2~3 People

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

Tills the fields, Applies fertilizer, Irrigation, Gathering

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000013

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Bunun

Crops

Peach, Wax Apple, Pear, Apple, Tangerine,
Persimmon

Nearest large city

Taitung City(45Km), Kwanshan Town(10Km), Chihshang Town(8Km)

Directions

Starting from Taidong, Nanhong Public Road entrance(Sheng Public Road 50Km)

Best time to come

June, October till December

Simultaneous Guests

5~10 People

Duration of stay

3~14 days

WWOOFer job description

BaGong Apple Farm weeding work

Are children welcome

No

1. Can learn from the host different aspects of the culture of the Bunun Tribe 2. Early May is peach season, and is Bunun Tribe's ear piercing festival. Participants must drink alcohol.
3. Bunun Tribe's ear peircing festival is near the farm.

Farm name

WOF000014

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Simple English

Crops

plum

Nearest large city

Nantou City

Directions

Arrive at Shli Train Station.
Contact the farm host for a pick up.

Best time to come

April till June

Simultaneous Guests

3 People

Duration of stay

7~60 days

WWOOFer job description

Fruit picking, trim plum trees, weeding, applying compost

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000015

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Crops

Crops of indiginous people、take care of horses

Nearest large city

Hualien Train

Directions

About 5 minutes away from Shoufeng Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

8~10 People

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

Weeding、and experience the agriculture of the Indiginous Taiwanese people

Are children welcome

Yes

Farm name

WOF000016

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English, some French, Japanese

Crops

Organically grown grapes, onions, East Indian cherry, guava, etc..

Nearest large city

Taipei

Directions

30~40 minutes from MRT Hongshulin

Best time to come

March until October

Simultaneous Guests

12 People

Duration of stay

3 days

WWOOFer job description

Soil preparating, sowing seeds, weeding, planting, collect/cut firewood, build fences, apply compost, construct the area to separate the vegetable garden, the flower garden, and the shop trail. Trim the leaves from the flowers for creating compost... and so on.

Are children welcome

Yes

Farm name

WOF000017

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, English

Crops

Oragaic vegetables and plants

Nearest large city

Ping Tung

Directions

10 km from Ping Tung Station, from station take bus to Neipu XianGong Stop and walk 10 mins to farm

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People (must be of the same sex or married couples)

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

Weeding, vanilla seeds planting, ferterizing, compost and harvest

Are children welcome

Yes

Host welcomes WWOOFers from all over the world to share their organic cultivation experiences.

Farm name

WOF000018

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Crops

tea

Nearest large city

Douliu City

Directions

About 50 minutes away from Douliu Train Station

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People (must be of the same sex or married couples)

Duration of stay

1 month

WWOOFer job description

Apply fertilizer, weeding, making tea

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000019

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Crops

plum, vegetables, tree, fruits

Nearest large city

Taitung City

Directions

Take the Taiwan 9 highway, go to the 339.5KM mark and make a left turn, after going 400-500KM make a right, go 100KM and it's on the right side

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

About 5 People

Duration of stay

At least over 5 days

WWOOFer job description

Weeding, planting, irrigation, trimming, tending to the soil and garden, cleaning, feeding the farm animals

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000022

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, Simple English

Crops

grapefruit type fruits (Pomelo, bai you), organic vegetables and fruits, melon fruits, various other types of vegetables

Nearest large city

Maio-li

Housing Type

Family business

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

6~8 People

Duration of stay

2 days or more, or can arrange a suitable time with the farm host
1F has two beds and 2F has 2 wooden beds with stereo system

WWOOFer job description

tending to seedlings, weeding, harvesting, applying compost, planting, tending to the earth, planting, fire wood collecting/cutting, building fence, gardening, watering, tending to the flower garden, collecting twigs and leaves for furtilizer, putting up various signs around the garden, etc..

Are children welcome

No

Message

Farm host is very passionate about their work and are very friendly. Acres of comforting farm environment that is capable of planting different vegetation. A good place to learn a broad span of organic know-how. 1. Volunteers work 6 hrs a day and the host will provide 3 meals a day 2. If not during harvesting season, volunteers will help with cleaning the fruit garden and applying organic compost, etc. 3. Volunteers will stay at the office (please bring your own sleeping bags) 4. Farm hosts welcome volunteers from different cultures and enjoy sharing their organic farming experiences. Farm hosts have their own water well and uses different plants to protect their organic vegetables. The farm focuses on the importance of living, life, and production. 5. Tourist area is nearby. A good place to go after work is done. 6. Good site seeing places nearby, also a library with internet connection 7. Farm hosts have good relations with customers 8. Possibility of future discussions on more farms operations and experiences if volunteer and farm hosts find each other likable 9. Farm hosts will most likely give you an unforgettable experience.

Farm name

WOF000023

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Crops

Various vegetables(corn, fruits, roots)

Nearest large city

Taipei

Directions

1.by bus: take the Xindian express bus: tsingtao north road->Roosevelt Road->Xindian->Quchi->Wulai (last stop, switch to community bus)
2.by MRT: Taipei Main Station->Xindian MRT (switch to Xindian express bus, and head towards Wulai)->arrive at Wulai last stop, switch to community bus
3.start from Taipei City(if by car): Taipei->Roosevelt Road->BaXin Road->BeiYi Road->XinWu Road->Wulai->WanShan Road towards FuShan
4.start from Yilan City(if by car): Yilan->BeiYi Road->XinWu Road->Wulai->WanShan Road towards FuShan
5.start from Sun Yat Sen Highway: from middle or southern Taiwan->goto Xinchu and then switch to Second North Highway
6.start from Second North Highway: XinDian highway interchange->ZhongXin Road->BeiXin Road->BeiYi Road->XinWu Road->Wulai->WanShan Road towards FuShan.
(*can arrange volunteers for carpooling)

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

12~18 People

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

1.Store front help: selling products, explaining store values to customers, packaging vegetables, and other store related work
2.Farm study: selling products, explaining farm values to people, packaging vegetables, help get more volunteers
3.Delivery: pacakaging vegetables for delivery, deliver packages, categorize vegetables of store members
4.On the farm: tending to seedlings, weeding, purchasing supplies, harvesting, applying compost, planting, packaging, and giving people tours of the farm.
5.Community: You get a change to care for the old and the young in the neighborhood community, as well as help to save the culture of indiginous people

Are children welcome

Yes, 8 years old and above.

Farm name

WOF000025

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, English

Crops

corn, eggplant, sweet potato, beet root

Nearest large city

Kao Shoung

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2~3 People (Females only)

Duration of stay

1 Month

WWOOFer job description

farming, cooking, school, cleaning

Are children welcome

Yes

Message

1.We are vegetarian , please do not bring any meat products/ drugs/ alcohol to our place.
2.The work may decided according to workers talent, and situation
3.There will be mosquitoes during the hot Taiwan summer, volunteers should make preparations ( ie, Bug Spray, insect repellent ) before volunteering.

Farm name

WOF000026

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, English

Crops

Mulberry、Vegetables

Nearest large city

Maio-li

Directions

1.If coming from Taipei, take the KUO-KUANG MOTOR TRANSPORTATION to Toufen in Miaoli County. Or take the train to Chunan.
2.If coming from Tai-chung, take the train to Chunan. After arrive to Chunan, call the farm host and wait for furthur instructions.

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

7 People

Duration of stay

3 weeks or more, or can arrange a suitable time with the farm host.

WWOOFer job description

Mulberry products manufacturing, cleaning around the house, cooking, weeding around the rice patty, planting. Basically you can select work that is best for you, we hope you can have fun working.

Are children welcome

No

Message

Our farm doesn't provide meat, don't tolerate smoking. There is also a bus that can take you to nearby Nanjuang for site seeing or goto a nearby town to rent a bicycle.

Farm name

WOF000027

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese,Simple English

Crops

medical purpose plants（A. formosanus Hayata, Tanshinone）, Fruit plants (caimito, Indian almond, jackfruit, etc.)

Nearest large city

Ping Tung

Directions

Start from Kaohsiung Train Station head towards Kenting by taking the KUO-KUANG MOTOR TRANSPORTATION. Stop at Shueidi bus stop, and walk 3 minutes until you reach the farm.

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People(must be of the same sex)

Duration of stay

30 days

WWOOFer job description

Assist and prepare for plant cultivation. Help clean glass bottles, prepare the soil, tend to the garden and pick out weeds. Plant in the greenhouse and apply compost.

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000029

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, English,Simple Russian

Crops

Rice, corn, red pepper, gynura, green/red/yellow pepper, large tomatoes, small tomatoes, egg plant, potato leaf, red/white amaranth leaf, cabbage, bok coy, onion leaf, red carrot, white carrot, toaf, basil, cucumber, lettuce, bitter melon, string bean, kidney bean, peas, loofah, pumpkin, water convoevueus, cabbage, yam, strawberry, arden lettuce, leek (all of the seasonal vegetables above are organically grown)

Nearest large city

Maio-li

Housing Type

Farm and domestic housing

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

8-10 People

Duration of stay

At least 7 days

WWOOFer job description

Tending to seedlings, weeding, harvesting, applying compost, tend to the soil, planting seeds, collect and cut fire wood, make fences, water the flower bed, trimming the flowers, and making signs/posts for the farm.

Are children welcome

Yes

Message

1.Farm host is very passionate about their work and are very friendly. Acres of comforting farm environment that is capable of planting different vegetation. A good place to learn a broad span of organic know-how. During the weekend volunteers can attend farm study seminars hosted by the farm host.
2.There are 3 bicycles available for volunteers to use at their leisure.
3.Wwoofers should at least stay for 1 week.
4.Welcome everyone to join Maio-li’s farmer’s market.

Farm name

WOF000030

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Hakka, Simple English

Crops

Pineapples, tomatoes, corn, bitter melon, Fern

Nearest large city

Maio-li

Housing Type

Domestic housing

Best time to come

In 2010 we welcome volunteers every month.

Simultaneous Guests

3-5 People

Duration of stay

1 week

WWOOFer job description

Collect and cut fire wood, make fences, water the flower bed, trimming the flowers, and making signs/posts for the farm.

Are children welcome

No

Message

1. We are a Non-profit organization using the CSA(Community Support Agriculture) mentality, hoping to encourage consumers to care more about the healthiness of food and the problem with agricultural land being taken over by urban cities, and promote teaching of agriculture.
2. Welcome all volunteers with interest in agriculture.
3.Wwoofers should at least stay for 1 month.

Farm name

WOF000031

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin,Taiwanese, Simple English and Japanese

Crops

Corn, lettuce, a borecole, green/white broccoli, Chinese Heading Cabbage, variety of carrots, leaf mustard, cucumber, Chinese yam, peanuts, variety of peppers, string bean, Taiwanese banana, Dragon fruit, Malvaceae, Vanilla, etc.

Nearest large city

Maio-li

Housing Type

Domestic housing

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

4~8 People

Duration of stay

Flexible

WWOOFer job description

Tending the ground, applying fertilizer, weeding, planting seedlings, relocating plants, organic fertilizer care, harvest, packaging

Are children welcome

Yes

Message

1.Farm host is very passionate about their work and are very friendly. Acres of comforting farm environment that is capable of planting different vegetation. A good place to learn a broad span of organic know-how.
2. Children above 5 years old are welcome.

Farm name

WOF000033

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka ,Simple English

Crops

Roses and other flower types, various acquatic fish

Nearest large city

Tao-Yuan

Housing Type

Farm and domestic housing

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2~4 People

Duration of stay

1~30 days

WWOOFer job description

Planting, applying compost, weeding, feeding the fish, cleaning the pond, catching fish

Are children welcome

Yes

Message

Children above 7 years old are welcome.

Farm name

WOF000034

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Crops

vegetables,passion fruit, yam, bamboo shoots

Nearest large city

Taipei

Directions

Arrive at Fulong Train Station contact the farm host for a pick up.

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

4 People

Duration of stay

1~30 days

WWOOFer job description

tend to the soil, weeding, planting, maintenance

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000035

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese,Simple English and Japanese

Crops

Citrus type fruit trees

Nearest large city

E-Land

Directions

Arrive at Lotong Train Station contact the farm host for a pick up.

Best time to come

All Year Round

Simultaneous Guests

2 People

Duration of stay

10~14 days

WWOOFer job description

Take care of the garden and fruit trees. Help around the cottage.

Are children welcome

No

Farm name

WOF000036

Languages Spoken at home

Taiwanese, Mandarin, English, Dutch, French, German, some Italian ‘n Spanish

Crops

no crop yet /farm project under construction /beginning building of a green bamboo ‘n earth dome (see attached) /later a second open dome bamboo structure will be constructed for shelter for campers or guests staying in earthen cone shaped accommodation /Spanish Needle and Nut Grass have to be weeded constantly /

Nearest large city

Taitung (20km)

Directions

The 7/11 in Dulan (km 147 on highway11 from Hualien to Taitung) is 50 meters from our house

Best time to come

always welcome/the sooner the better/in the heat of summer no work will be done under the sun from 11:00-15:00 hrs

Simultaneous Guests

possible

Duration of stay

no limits

WWOOFer job description

weeding spanish needle ‘n nut grass, watering (fruit) trees, vegetables ‘n other plants,constructing irrigation canals with slate stone,working bamboo ‘n cob on dome constructions,building brick steps,put starter cuttings in small pots,dig holes, move stones, sift soil, etc

Are children welcome

Yes

Farm name

WOF000037

Languages Spoken at home

Mandarin, Taiwanese, Amis tribe (aboriginal Taiwanese tribe) language, Japanese (volunteers need to speak at least a little Mandarin)

Crops

organic daylily

Nearest large city

Hualien, Fuli Township, Yuli Township

Directions

1.By train (arrive at Fuli stop, Yuli stop, or Dongjhu Station)
2.By bus (Get on the Provincial Highway 9 and arrive at the 307.5 km point, arrive at Malapaliw)
3.By car (Get on the Provincial Highway 9 and arrive at the 307.5 km point, arrive at Malapaliw)

Best time to come

Jan, March, June, August, Sept, October, November, December

Simultaneous Guests

10~20

Duration of stay

1 month

WWOOFer job description

apply and mix fertilizer, weeding, collect daylily, help make the environment more beautiful, etc.

Are children welcome

Yes, but must be at least kindergarden and up (about 6 yrs old)