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http://tinyurl.com/qf38bpz Healing and inspiring children with animals, mud and a touch of magic The Apricot Centre in Essex is a unique project that uses organic horticulture and animal husbandry to heal, inspire and educate children from diverse backgrounds, and kindle love for the natural world, ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/lifestyle-entertainment/lifestyle/home-and-garden/10182483/Moonshine-and-balderdash Is gardening by the moon a religion Under the full moon this week, the fragile blooms of my Camellia sasanqua ‘Plantation Pink' looked eerily surreal. Call me a lunatic (you know wh...

http://www.indiefarmer.com/stories/plaw-hatch-biodynamic-dairy-farm/ In contrast to the vast US-style ‘mega dairies’ appearing in parts of the UK, one Sussex biodynamic dairy farm says small-scale milk production can work, both sustainably and economically. But does it stack up? Andrew Wasley report...

http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_25940623/live-power-community-farm-covelo By Karen Rifkin Guided by the principles of Alan Chadwick's biodynamic intensive farming methods and Rudolph Steiner's spiritual, ethical and ecological approach to food production, Stephen and Gloria Decater provide ...

http://tinyurl.com/p6ehecq If only eating well, or "clean," wasn't contingent upon being financially well off. Yet for those who choose to go organic, local, sustainable and all the other food buzzwords, the price is high. And for those who choose to kick it up a notch and go biodynamic, t...

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/05/22/4009933.htm?site=tropic Organic farmers put horns in the ground for winter By Laura Hegarty and Kim Kleidon Biodynamic farming is considered by some to be a bit of hocus-pocus, but one family is inviting people to take part in a horn burial ceremony and...

The Secrets of Koberwitz: The Diffusion of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course and the Founding of Biodynamic Agriculture https://docs.google.com/a/considera.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxqcnNwb25lfGd4OjIyNjY1MWZiZGViOWFlMg John Paull1 Journal of Social Research & Pol...

BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE: THE JOURNEY FROM KOBERWITZ TO THE WORLD, 1924-1938 John Paull Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford https://www.dropbox.com/s/zb6u53oowp6bng1/6%281%29-Paull-pp27-41.pdf Abstract In the last year of his life, the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steine...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rgh0tquto2qlj8q/Biodynamic%20agriculture.pdf The Myth of Biodynamic Agriculture The Myth Biological dynamic agriculture, a.k.a. biodynamics, is a system of agricultural management based on a series of lectures given by Rudolf Steiner in 1924. Over his lifetime, Dr. Steiner ...

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2014/05/why_biodynamic_farming_is_overrated-wine-chow-bella.php Why Biodynamic Farming Is Overrated We all like to pat ourselves on the back for shopping at farmers markets, buying organic produce, finding purveyors who care about how their farming practices af...

An interesting discussion on homeopathy between Richard Dawkins and Peter Fisher Stephan Bumgartner urging more work on 'the mode of action' of potencies Stephan Baumgartner on using plants for research in potencies An interesting channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/homeopathyresearch

http://nobleroute.com/2014/04/27/wac-2014-recap-series-holistic-science-the-study-of-biodynamics/ I’ve often mused about biodynamics (some examples here, here, and here), how it should be interpreted, and how it should be studied. At WAC, two starkly different takes were presented on how it is being...

Enzo Nastati Returns to US in April Enzo will return to Colorado for a second seminar from April 25 to April 29. The title of the seminar is “Spiritual Agriculture.” A brief outline of the course at bottom: Last October, two seminars were given in the US by Enzo Nastati from Arca della Vita in Italy...

http://www.demeter-usa.org/for-farmers/science.asp Peer-Reviewed Articles Microbiological Features and Bioactivity of a Fermented Manure Product (Preparation 500) Used in Biodynamic Agriculture Giannattasio, M., E. Vendramin, F. Fornasier, S. Alberghini, M. Zanardo, F. Stellin, et. al. 2013. Microbi...