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wwoofer en · NOUN

Etymology

From wwoof + -er.

Meanings

1. One who wwoofs ("to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming").
   • Part of the wwoof idea is that the farmers teach the wwoofers about organic farming but the reality is that the farmers often pick up as much as they share. 2002, Chris Stewart, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree:
   • There are at least three regular Wwoofers at Burscombe Cliff: a teacher, a writer and a journalist. 2019 October 1, Jay Sivell, “A weekend break on an organic farm in Kent”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2023:
   • This is the life style of people who want to "eat food with a better backstory" […] aspirational farmers, hobby farmers, intern farmers, student farmers, wwoofers—people who take part in programs sponsored by the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms movement—and people who stay at hotels on farms where they eat things grown by the owners. 2014 November 3, Alec Wilkinson, “Read It and Reap”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:

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