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New York - March 8, 2013: WWOOF Israel, a new voluntourism initiative offering more than 70 agricultural and farming programs, is now available for travelers to Israel. 
Participants of WWOOF Israel can enroll in hands-on volunteer programs in a variety of fields, including permaculture, organic garden, green building, cheese- and wine-making and animal husbandry, among others. The programs, which range from one week to three months in duration, will also allow participants to choose amongst more than 80 farms and host families around Israel, from the Golan Heights and the Galilee in the north, to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the Negev Desert in the south.
"The new WWOOF Israel program offers an insider's view into farming in Israel unlike any other," said Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South America. "We hope the program will attract a new wave of travelers to visit Israel this year."
WWOOF Israel is the active local branch of an international organization called Willing Workers on Organic Farms that was launched in the early 1970s in the UK.
For more information, visit www.wwoof.org.il. For more information about tourism to Israel, visit www.goisrael.com.
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