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Outside/In

The Hitchhiker's Guide to WWOOFing

Outside/In

NHPR

Documentary, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Looking for a relatively cheap way to spend a few weeks abroad? You might want to consider World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, or WWOOF. Have an aversion to mud, farm animals, and learning on the job? Maybe reconsider that first suggestion. But for those of you who are looking for an adventure, on a budget, Sam and Molly have composed a “guide” for would-be WWOOFers to think about before taking off–from how to make sure your visa is in order, to embracing the awkwardness of close quarters with strangers, while still maintaining your dignity.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is producer Molly Don Hugh, and I'm in charge of this show now.

0:03.6

Today, this episode. Okay, yes, this episode.

0:06.5

Sam's here too. Say hi Sam.

0:08.2

Hi. And I am here today with a report from my summer vacation.

0:12.6

In which apparently there were sheep?

0:18.6

In fact, there were sheep.

0:20.6

I did something I've been wanting to do for a while. It's a pretty cheap way to go see another country, hang out with the locals. It's called wolfing.

0:27.0

Which is an acronym and it stands for Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

0:32.0

W W W-O-O-F.

0:34.0

Yes.

0:35.0

So depending on what type of circles you roll in,

0:37.0

either you've probably heard of a lot of people who've gone woofing

0:40.0

or this sounds totally crazy to you.

0:42.0

But basically, it's a website that pairs up volunteers. or this sounds totally crazy to you.

0:42.6

But basically it's a website that pairs up volunteers

0:45.5

looking to travel with farms that are looking for workers

0:48.8

and in exchange for some free labor,

0:50.8

workers get free room and board.

0:53.0

It's a way to travel for cheap.

0:54.2

It's also a great way to get into some unbelievably strange situations. And this happens all over the world. I went to Ireland for a few weeks and stayed on a small working farm.

1:18.0

You know, with some sheep, some cows, horses, chickens, I deal with Irish countryside.

1:23.2

But there's all sorts of experiences out there,

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