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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...

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...