Considera

SAM CHATS TO PETER BROWN FROM THE BIODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION If you missed it, here's another chance to listen to Samantha van Dalen chatting to farmer Peter Brown from Tablehurst Farm and also a director of the British Biodynamic Association. They spoke of bees and seeds amongst many other things. Sam ...

The Science of Biodynamics, Part 6: Organic Vinifera in the Finger Lakes http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/11/05/the-science-of-biodynamics-organic-vinifera-in-the-finger-lakes/ This series has provoked important conversations about biodynamics, organic growing, and sustainability. Organic grap...

The Science of Biodynamics, Part 5: Field Spray Preparations: Stirring Controversy http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/09/16/the-science-of-biodynamics-part-5-field-spray-preparations/ We now come to some of the most famous and well-known preparations in biodynamics, the field sprays. Cow manure ...

The Science of Biodynamics, Part 4: Hidden Alchemy in Compost http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/09/07/science-of-biodynamics-part-4-preparations/ "For there is a hidden alchemy in the organic process." – Rudolf Steiner, Agriculture At the heart of biodynamic farming are the famous pre...

The Science of Biodynamics, Part 3: Organic Viticulture in Long Island http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/08/27/biodynamics-part-3-organic-viticulture-in-li/ I think we can all agree that sustainability in viticulture is important. I mentioned in my first post that our discussion about the scien...

Science of biodynamics: 2 Moonstones OR Gravitas Vos Liberabit http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/08/19/biodynamics-part-2-effects-of-the-moon/ A key tenet of biodynamics is the influence of celestial bodies (e.g., the sun, moon, and planets) on agriculture. While no one will deny the influence ...

http://newyorkcorkreport.com/blog/2010/08/12/biodynamics-part-1/ Science of biodynamics: 1 Ground Rules By Tom Mansell, Science Editor Back when I was first getting into wine, I was shopping at Red Feet Wine Market, an Ithaca boutique wine shop. I noticed that some of their shelftalkers had little s...

http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/gardening-by-the-moon-tradition-vs-science/ Researcher Says All Living Things Respond to Motions of the Moon Nick Kollerstrom, PhD In recent decades experiments have shown that the metabolism of plants, indicated by such things as their water absorption or ox...

http://astrologynewsservice.com/articles/gardening-by-the-moon-tradition-vs-science/ Researcher Says All Living Things Respond to Motions of the Moon Nick Kollerstrom, PhD In recent decades experiments have shown that the metabolism of plants, indicated by such things as their water absorption or ox...

http://www.thewinesociety.com/society-news-and-views-regular-features-what-is-biodynamics-all-about MOONSHINE AND MYSTICISM- WHAT IS BIODYNAMICS ALL ABOUT? Wine writer Caroline Gilby MW who has a PhD in plant science, finds herself unconvinced by the rhetoric and reverence around the biodynamic appr...

http://biodynamics.net.au/the-scientific-basis-of-biodynamics/ By John Bradshaw Rudolf Steiner, in giving his 1924 Agriculture lecture series, which formed the foundation of Biodynamics, was insistent that all his suggestions for a renewal of agriculture be thoroughly scientifically tested. A rigoro...

THE INTELLIGENT PLANT In 1973, a book claiming that plants were sentient beings that feel emotions, prefer classical music to rock and roll, and can respond to the unspoken thoughts of humans hundreds of miles away landed on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction. “The Secret Life of Pl...

http://ediblesantafe.com/think/can-biodynamics-save-terroir-part-1/ CAN BIODYNAMICS SAVE TERROIR? Six or seven years ago I was on a field trip with the Culinary Institute of America’s Wine Education program to a prominent Napa Valley Winemaker’s Estate. The class, taught by Wine Bible Author and Edu...

http://biodynamics.net.au/could-it-be-biodynamics-actually-works/ ‘It’s dairying country. We don’t spray,’ the locals said. ‘It’s dairying country. No spray here’, the land agent said. And for 15 years the paddocks surrounding my home were not sprayed. But the bad management of Australia’s waterways...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10433939/Prince-Charles-and-homeopathy-crank-or-revolutionary.html His sceptics say it is "witchcraft" and "nonsense", but Prince Charles's faith in the alternative medicine is unwavering The Royal family has long been devoted...