I would highly recommend trying Wwoofing (World-wide Work on Organic Farms) sometime. The premise is that in return for your help on the farm, the host family p

I would highly recommend trying Wwoofing (World-wide Work on Organic Farms) sometime. The premise is that in return for your help on the farm, the host family provides you with food and accommodation for the duration of your visit. My girlfriend and I spent just shy of a month in a little co-op in Goolawah, Australia, and almost two months on a little farm owned by a spritely old woman and her husband, just outside of Princeton. Waking up at 5AM to milk cows as the sun rises is a very liberating experience.