Considera

NEWS
Biodynamic farming favoured by Sting sees bill blocked in Italy

11 FEBRUARY 2022
By Jessica Mason
Biodynamic farming methods, such as those used by Sting at his Tuscan vineyard, have failed to win legal recognition in Italy, after a block by the nation’s president.



The bill citing ...

Biodynamic cultivation and wines: What is it really?

A better than standard attempt to explore BD in wine making

Research finds people stay up later and sleep less before full moon, and do the opposite before new moon

Folklore has saddled the moon with major responsibilities: moods, spikes in crime and even psychosis are blamed on the Earth’s only constant natural satellite. But could the “lunar effect ...

An English Pastoral

James Rebanks, author of the hugely popular 'The Shepherd’s Life', considers the environment, legacy and how to live a good life on the land.

Combining old methods with new thinking as he tends to his family farm, Rebanks sees the land around him come to life as his hard work ...

As the ORFC - Oxford Real Farming Conference #ORFCGlobal continues this week, we are often asked why #biodynamic is refered to as #organicplus. Scientists quote the comparison trials between biodynamic, #organic and conventional growing carried out in the late 1990’s with winter rye by the Research ...

Here's another

Join us for an ongoing interactive biodynamic reading group progressing through Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course (GA327) and related works in all their complexity, seeking real world applications of some of his remarkable insights.

Stewart and Natalie have been farming ...

http://bdanc.org/online-offerings

Online Study Course with Harald Hoven - 16 weeks
Mon, Jan 4, 20216:00 PM Mon, Apr 19, 20217:15 PM Online

A study of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course with Harald Hoven. This study course is for both people who have never read Steiner’s Agriculture lectures ...

Covid allowing, there is scheduled to be a conference for biodynamic research in the UK next year. Currently there is a call for papers.

The impact of long-term organic farming on soil-derived greenhouse gas emissions

Colin Skinner, Andreas Gattinger, Maike Krauss, Hans-Martin Krause, Jochen Mayer, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden & Paul Mäder

Abstract
Agricultural practices contribute considerably to emissions of greenhouse gases ...

Effects of intensive and alternative production systems on the technological and quality parameters of rapeseed seed (Brassica napus L. ‘Siska’)

Maja Turinek Martina Bavec Milan Repič Matjaž Turinek Andreja Urbanek Krajnc Christian Möllers Alba Tres Franc Bavec

Abstract
BACKGROUND

Organic ...

Yield performance and agronomic efficiency in oil pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo L. group Pepo) depending on production systems and varieties

Manfred JAKOP*, Silva GROBELNIK MLAKAR, Martina BAVEC, Martina ROBAČER, Tjaša VUKMANIČ, Urška LISEC, Franci BAVEC
University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture ...

Biodynamic farming in vegetables

Ambreen Nabi, Dr. Sumati Narayan, Baseerat Afroza, Faheema Mushtaq, Shahnaz Mufti, Ummyiah HM and M Mudasir Magray

The term biodynamic is taken from Greek word bios meaning life and dynamics meaning energy. Hence biodynamic farming refers “working with the ...

Plant polyphenol content, soil fertilization and agricultural management: a review

Daniela Heimler, Annalisa Romani & Francesca Ieri

The review deals with polyphenol content of vegetables and fruits under different experimental conditions. The effect of fertilizers, mainly nitrogen containing ...

Physicochemical, Thermal, Crystallographic, and Morphological Properties of Biodynamic Black Rice Starch, and of Residual Fractions From Aqueous Extraction

Vivian C. Ito Egon Schnitzler Ivo Mottin Demiate Maria Ermelinda S. Eusébio Luiz Gustavo Lacerda Ricardo A. E. Castro

The physicochemical ...