WWOOF

[4] Sue Coppard, a woman working as a secretary in London, wanted to provide urban dwellers with access to the countryside while supporting the organic movement.

Her idea started with a trial of working weekends for four people at the biodynamic farm at Emerson College[5] in Sussex.

People soon started volunteering for longer periods than just weekends, so the name was changed to Willing Workers On Organic Farms.

Eventually, the word "work" caused problems with some countries' labor laws and immigration authorities, who tended to treat WWOOFers as migrant workers and oppose foreigners competing for local jobs.

[6]) Both in an attempt to circumvent this and also in recognition of WWOOFing's worldwide scope, the name was changed again in 2000 to World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

Japanese "wwoofer" in Guinea (2014)
A WWOOF participant farm in Australia. The raspberry bushes pictured require regular weeding.