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The farm as a living whole
Bind R, Hurter U; (2025) From the Agriculture Course to Sustainable Farming: 100 Years of the Biodynamic Movement Floris Books - ISBN 9781782509424

One of the key ideas of biodynamic agriculture is that of the 'farm organism' as a living whole. Rudolf Steiner even ...

Towards a Sustainable Agriculture - The Living Soil - Eve Balfour


By Lady Eve Balfour
An address given by the late Lady Eve Balfour, author of the organics classic "The Living Soil and the Haughley Experiment", to an IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) conference in ...

The Importance of Winter
By Hugh Lovel

Most of us have covered up a patch of sod in late autumn, only to find it ready to take off growing again in spring. However, in summer if we cover the same patch of sod up, it is dead and decaying in less than a month. What goes on in winter that is so ...

The Science of Biodynamic Agriculture
By Hugh Lovel

Biodynamic Agriculture is a comprehensive method of self-sufficient agriculture that produces exceedingly nutritious food. It grew out of Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures which were given in response to the chemical methods introduced in ...

Peppering: Controlling Weeds and Pests

Control is not a synonym for kill. It is one thing to control a lawn mower, and another thing to kill it. When we seek to control weeds we need find out what gets them started and how they may change under various circumstances. This will help us understand ...

]The Discovery of Horn Clay and Biodynamics[/b]
By Hugh Lovel

With thousands of lectures and uncounted insights Rudolf Steiner launched anthroposophy as a study of human wisdom. With extraordinary learning in both the classics and modern science, Steiner combined his immense erudition with innate ...

Organic vs Biodynamic Wine

In the evolving landscape of winemaking, the distinction between organic and biodynamic practices plays a pivotal role, especially in the realm of natural wines. Both approaches share a common ethos of sustainability and environmental stewardship, yet they diverge in ...

Pest Control in Organic vs. Biodynamic Vineyards



Pest control is a critical aspect of viticulture, directly influencing the health of vineyards and the quality of the wine produced. In the world of natural wine, where the focus is on minimal intervention and eco-friendly practices, pest ...

Contemporary Biodynamics & Beyond

Kelli White March 2019

I was an easy mark. Early 20s, new to wine, a bit of a punk. Biodynamics appealed to me on a lot of levels. Chemical-free cultivation just made good sense, and the producers were as welcoming as they were passionate. The counter-cultural ...

How can research support sustainable agriculture?

Agricultural scientist and researcher Dr Christopher Brock invites you on a thought-provoking journey: What is the relationship between agricultural practice and research? What can research contribute to agriculture? And how must the research ...

The Ritz creates biodynamic menu

The menu features 14 new cocktails that were ‘crafted in perfect alignment with nature’.

Biodynamic farming is an agricultural approach established by Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s that focuses on the interconnection of soil, plants, animals, and cosmic forces ...

Olaf Lampson, Bio-Dynamics, Summer 1980

Known as an obnoxious weed, the stinging nettle; it is hard to kill; it does not even have a flower worth looking at; and it grows where rubbish lies. Not an attractive picture!

Now that I come to think of it, however, it does usually keep out of well ...

How farmer uses biodynamic approach to establish crops

Farmer's Weekly
Emma Gillbard
19 September 2024

For the past two decades, Wiltshire mixed farmer Richard Gantlett has been using the power of biodynamic farming to grow crops completely free of chemicals and without the plough.

With a ...

The Oxford Companion to Wine Robinson J 2015

Biodynamic viticulture is, depending on your perspective, an enhanced or extreme form of ORGANIC VITICULTURE. This controversial practice has produced some impressive results but without the reassurance of conclusive scientific explanation ...

We still have some spaces on this year’s Introduction to Biodynamic Viticulture course if you are interested, along with some amazing new speakers and interviews.

The first session will include a talk by Eduard Tscheppe from Gut Oggau, one of the leading Austrian biodynamic winegrowers whose ...