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- 14 May 2015, 21:10
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Wine growers are toasting biodynamic methods
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Wine growers are toasting biodynamic methods
Wine growers are toasting biodynamic methods Biodynamic winemaking is having a moment in the sun (and moon) as vintners convert to its eco-friendly - if esoteric - methods. It's thirsty work, says Paul Gallagher Wine making is a complicated business. The vagaries of the weather, the impact of pests ...
- 30 Apr 2015, 21:23
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Let the moon shine
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Let the moon shine
Let the moon shine Is biodynamic wine anything to cheer about? Cow horns buried in the soil, lunar cycles and cosmic rhythms. It all sounds like some sort of ancient ritual. In reality though, these are some of the ingredients that go into producing biodynamic wine. But let’s start from the very b ...
- 22 Apr 2015, 10:07
- Forum: Preparations: potentised and traditional
- Topic: Cacti
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Cacti
http://www.narayana-verlag.com/homeoplant-experiences-Mechanical+damage,+repotting/10 After taking out my cacti from the dark storage cellar in spring (at the beginning of May, when there is no further danger of frost) to put them outdoors again, the first thing I do is to water them with Natrium ...
- 17 Apr 2015, 21:14
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Manure and mysticism: Biodynamic farming turns 90
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Manure and mysticism: Biodynamic farming turns 90
http://www.dw.de/manure-and-mysticism-biodynamic-farming-turns-90/a-18389770 Since spiritually oriented biodynamic agriculture began in Germany 90 years ago, its popularity - and controversy - have spread across the globe. The method is definitely eco-friendly. But can it help feed the planet? No ...
- 06 Mar 2015, 13:33
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Growing **ON** the Moon
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Growing **ON** the Moon
http://tinyurl.com/ly8xxpv Sarah Griffiths Nasa to grow PLANTS on the moon: Space agency will sow seeds to see if humans could one day live on Earth's neighbour Nasa plans on sowing its first seeds on the moon in 2015 by hitching a lift on commercial spacecraft the Moon Express lander The Lunar ...
- 07 Nov 2014, 12:18
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Threefolding. Man and Plant
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Threefolding. Man and Plant
Man’s Threefold Relationship to Plants by Mary Anne Aguonie One of the main questions that must be answered when examining the practice of following a planting calendar and using cosmic rhythms to inform one’s cultivation activities is "Why?” What are we hoping to achieve, and why is that achie ...
- 07 Nov 2014, 08:11
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Working on a biodynamic farm
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Working on a biodynamic farm
Biodynamic duo: Working on a biodynamic farm Fern Verrow is a small-holding south-west of Hereford and south of Hay – about 11 miles from each – on the eastern side of the Black Mountains, with Wales just over the hillsides. It is an unspoilt area, sheep farming land that had never been sprayed or p ...
- 07 Nov 2014, 08:10
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Biodynamic winemaker's appeal against conviction
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Biodynamic winemaker's appeal against conviction
http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/587689/activist-mep-backs-biodynamic-winemaker-s-appeal-against-conviction Activist MEP backs biodynamic winemaker's appeal against conviction Jose Bove, the European Parliament member famous for trampling GM crops, says France's court system would be guilty of ...
- 05 Nov 2014, 16:33
- Forum: General
- Topic: Georg Wilhelm Schmidt
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Georg Wilhelm Schmidt
Googling around I found that Georg Wilhelm Schmidt is on Youtube - a 1986 recording in German. For more on the great man please see this pdf - in English
- 22 Oct 2014, 17:00
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Treating Plants with Homeopathy
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Treating Plants with Homeopathy
Treating Plants with Homeopathy After coming home from work, I went out into the garden last evening to find a yellow color spreading over the leaves on the lower branches of the tomato plants. The dreaded blight had made its first appearance of the season. In the past, I would have resorted to ...
- 16 Oct 2014, 21:09
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: How Horns Filled with Cow parcel of defecation Affect the Way I Cook
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How Horns Filled with Cow parcel of defecation Affect the Way I Cook
https://munchies.vice.com/articles/how-horns-filled-with-cow-shit-affect-the-way-i-cook Rudolf Steiner first proposed the idea of biodynamic farming to a group of concerned farmers back in 1924. His idea of treating the farm as a self-sufficient living entity still is as current as it was back then ...
- 07 Oct 2014, 13:31
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: How Biodynamic Agriculture Works
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How Biodynamic Agriculture Works
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/biodynamic-agriculture.htm Many of us have run into this dilemma while grocery shopping: Should we buy organic or not? Organic, local, natural -- the choices are tough to navigate. But that's not all. What if another option was thrown into ...
- 07 Oct 2014, 13:28
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: What is Biodynamics?
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- Views: 4064
What is Biodynamics?
http://www.organicconsumers.org/biodynamics.cfm Based on An Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture, originally published in Stella Natura 1995. What is Biodynamic agriculture? In seeking an answer let us pose the further question: Can the Earth heal itself, or has the waning of the Earths vitality ...
- 29 Sep 2014, 14:45
- Forum: Scrapbook
- Topic: Not Just a Way of Farming, But a Way of Life
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Not Just a Way of Farming, But a Way of Life
http://foodtank.com/news/2014/08/biodynamics-a-way-of-farming-a-way-of-life Biodynamic agriculture is often seen as the mystical, lesser-known cousin of organics. Biodynamic agriculture was developed during the 1920s by Rudolf Steiner. Steiner argued that spirituality lays the foundation for the ...
- 08 Sep 2014, 11:21
- Forum: General
- Topic: MSc Researching Holistic Approaches to Agroecology
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MSc Researching Holistic Approaches to Agroecology
http://www.crossfieldsinstitute.com/education_and_training/msc-research-agroecology/ Masters of Science Researching Holistic Approaches to Agroecology This aims to enable students from all over the world to do supervised and supported academic and practical research in an area of own choice. With ...