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How can I get away from the city life and stay on an organic farm?
I live in a fairly large city and have always been wanting to see a real farm. I saw a program on television not long ago called 30 days (with Morgan Spurlock) where two city people stayed on an organic farm (Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage) for a month:
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Now, I'm not famous and I surely cannot contact Morgan Spurlock, but I really am interested in going to an organic farm and living for awhile (not forever; just to test it for awhile out at first). Ideally, I am looking for a farm much like Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage since I am against the murder of animals for our nourishment.
Does anyone know how I can find a farm like this and how much it would take to live there for awhile? I have little money so I wouldn't be able to pay an outrageous fee for my stay on the organic farm. I also do not plan on living on the farm forever. I simply would like to stay for a few months to see how life in such a place is and then decide from there about my lifestyle.
Any information you can supply is highly appreciated. Thanks!
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I, too, highly suggest looking into WWOOF. WWOOF actually stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
"WWOOF enables people to learn first hand organic
WWOOF enables town-dwellers to experience living and working on a farm
WWOOF helps improve communication within the organic movement.
WWOOF enables you to develop confidence in becoming self-sufficient.
WWOOF allows you to meet interesting people and make useful contacts."
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It appears that, financially, this opportunity does not cost much, if anything:
"WWOOF volunteers do not pay for their stay.
WWOOF hosts do not pay volunteers for their help.
WWOOF organisations usually charge a small fee to hosts and volunteers. This fee helps maintain and develop the WWOOF network."
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You can search by region, country, etc. from the link above for WWOOF.
I also suggest looking into the Dancing Rabbit site a little more. It appears that they have set-up dates for visitation on the Dancing Rabbit organic village:
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"You can visit our community for 1-3 weeks during our 2008 visitor periods:
* April 21 - May 12
* May 26 - June 16
* June 30 - July 21
* August 4 - August 25
* Sept 8- Sept 29"
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My planet is quite highly urbanized, so I can well understand your desire to experience a more agrarian society. I find Earth quite refreshing in that respect, and I confess that I find cows quite fascinating.
But to answer your question, you might wish to look into the organizations called Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF). You did not mention your spatial coordinates, but WWOOF has branches in most countries. Links to the individual websites can be found here:
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