WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) provides opportunities to volunteer on organic farms. The WWOOF system is based on a simple exchange: the WWOOFer (volunteer) receives free accommodation and food in return for helping out on an organic farm or smallholding.
The WWOOF movement began in the seventies in the UK, when Sue Coppard, a secretary from London, came up with the idea as a way for people from towns to spend more time in the countryside. The original idea was for volunteers to spend weekends working the land. Today WWOOF is a large international network, which also has branches in the Balkans.