My trip

This trip will not be a vacation - vacations conjure images of laying on beaches, skiing down the slopes, wine tasting while snacking on local cheeses - ok well, maybe the third hits closer to home. My trip is an opportunity to fully immerse myself in the food production world in Italy. I will be traveling to Italy through a group called WWOOF - here's how it is described from their official website.

About WWOOF
The purpose of WWOOF is to create an interest and understanding for organic and biodynamic ways of living. In addition to this WWOOF makes it possible for people to travel cheaply all over the world and, at the same time, to help where it is wanted and needed.

I am headed to Italy to live amongst the food and the people. To share in the daily challenges of being a smaller producer, farmer, artisan cheese maker - you name it. The details are yet to be worked out, but the spirit is 100% in place. I am focusing my journey into Tuscany - so far, all I know is that my flight will land into Florence - the rest is still in evolution. I have a print out of almost 60 pages of farms - about 5 farms/page. Some of them are in small towns and villages, one was described as being an 1 1/2 by foot from the closest road. I am imagine, I will land in the more urban areas - well at least by farm standards.

I invite you to share in my journey - for my journey is not just the trip that I am planning. It is the sheer pleasure of learning about the geography and diversity of this region.