What It’s Like to Volunteer with WWOOF, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms | Eater

"Presented to volunteers as a working cacao and vegetable farm that would host multiple helpers, this property instead proved to be a marginal operation: the owner purchased cacao in bulk to make chocolate for market sales, maintained only a small plot that required clearing of trash, and in practice was a single person rather than an active host with a functioning farm. The mismatch between expectation and reality—especially for a volunteer under 21—led to a short, disappointing stay and eventual departure to stay with family." - Jaya Saxena