Editing WWOOF (section)

==History==

WWOOF originally stood for "Working Weekends On Organic Farms" and began in England in 1971.<ref name="history">{{Cite web|title=History of WWOOF|url=https://wwoofinternational.org/history-of-wwoof/|access-date=12 January 2021|website=WWOOF International|publisher=WWOOF International Ltd Association}}</ref> 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 agriculture|biodynamic]] farm at [[Emerson College UK|Emerson College]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Coppard|first=Sue|date=7 March 2006|title=Good lives|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/mar/07/ethicalliving.lifeandhealth3|access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref> 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 to the United Kingdom since 1922|immigration authorities]], who tended to treat WWOOFers as [[migrant worker]]s and oppose foreigners competing for local jobs.<ref name="history" /> (Many WWOOFers enter countries on tourist visas, which is illegal in countries such as the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tanenbaum|first1=Michael|last2=Kopp|first2=John|date=6 July 2017|title=Stopped at Philly airport, French students tell of full-body searches, mysterious injections|work=PhillyVoice|publisher=WWB Holdings, LLC|url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/french-students-full-body-searches-mysterious-injections-homeland-security-philly-airport/|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>) 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''. Some WWOOF groups (such as Australia) choose to retain the older name, however.