I'm planning to spend June doing farming work, more for the life experience than for any monetary or career related reasons. It feels like my two options are WWOOFing and the fruitpicking gig for backpackers that everyone's talking about. Which do you think would be better for me?

For what it's worth, I'm more leaning towards WWOOFing. I've heard some bad stories of fruitpickers getting scammed (or doing boring things like sorting bananas on a conveyer belt for 50 hours a week). Also, having to organize fruitpicking gig + paperwork + food + shelter seems like a bit of a headache to plan.