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The "Comments Policy" on the WWOOF Canada site specifically reads, "You, and only you, are responsible for your words. They are yours and you get to keep them, however, by posting your comments you are granting WWOOF Canada the right, in perpetuity, to use, alter, and/or display them however we see fit."

This "Policy" is illustrative of the WWOOFing experience, as a whole: "We'll give a condescending bit of lip-service to the notion that you're free and independent, but in the end... WE ARE IN CHARGE! In order to keep the shiny ideals of the WWOOF organization untarnished on our website, we will censor your experience "however we see fit'"

Revolting. Obviously, if we truly had a terrible experience at a farm, and speak of it plainly, we will be censored. I've created this space so that you have a place where you will NOT be censored. You can even use names and locales, to reveal the horror stories you've experienced. We need an honest and open forum online, to speak truthfully about the nightmarish experiences we've had, while WWOOFing. We can help young WWOOFers avoid the bad farms, and we can make hosts accountable, for using the WWOOF organization simply as a way to get free labour and take advantage of the vulnerable and young.

The lack of boundaries in the WWOOF exchange will always leave the experience open to be a mere play of power-politics. And since the hosts are generally older than the WWOOFers, and own the land the WWOOFers are volunteering on, they will always have the upper-hand, in these "power politics".

Please feel free, my dear WWOOFers, to post your horror stories, here.