A Home away from Home: Foreign Hosts in France on Welcoming WWOOFers from Their Home Country

Having uprooted from the mother country and settling in a new land, foreign hosts retell their stories of how they came to be in France, started organic farming, and welcomed WWOOFers from back home as well internationally.

"I can’t say that I have gotten a WWOOFer from my home country yet. I don’t think WWOOFing is very well known in Egypt. There is not a farming or organic mentality there."

"Most WWOOFers are people with hope and good intentions that want to change something. We find that in all WWOOFers who come whether they are from Holland or elsewhere."

"All anglophone countries share many things in common because of the language. And that’s the big marker for feeling normalized and back to my roots in a foreign country."

"There is a sort of comfort and camaraderie with other anglophones, and I’m sure they find that sense of normalcy WWOOFing with an English speaking host in France."

"We are so happy to welcome all the nationalities that want to come into our home."

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