Biodynamic Trainee is a living journal of practical gardening, preparations, cosmic rhythms, bees, animals, therapeutic education and the farm organism.
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Horn manure, horn silica, compost preparations, stirring, storage and practical application.
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Recent writing, reflections and practical seasonal guidance.
The student study arose from indications given by Rudolf Steiner (Steiner, 1919; Wiehl et al., 2020, pp. 176–179). It is used in Waldorf schools, […]
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“Plants should take in elements via humus and not through the soil water” – Rudolf Steiner In the Agriculture Course, Steiner speaks of the […]
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In old times, humanity had an instinctive relationship with the cosmos, and agriculture was conducted with deep reverence for these rhythms. The peasant farmer […]
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Introduction Lecturing on the introduction of public libraries across Britain in the mid‑nineteenth century, John Ruskin reflected on the many letters he received from […]
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The fourfold human being is a concept that sits at the heart of anthroposophy and biodynamics. It is of profound importance, yet it is […]
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The Farm as a Living Organism The Farm Organism is a fundamental concept within the biodynamic agricultural method, which began in 1924 with a […]
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In February 2024, I attended the 100th biodynamic conference at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. Here, biodynamic farmers, educators, winemakers, community leaders, and growers […]
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Seek the truly practical material lifeBut seek it so that it does not numb you to thespirit which is active in it. Seek the […]
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An insightful video I wanted to share of Alex Podolinsky visiting biodynamic & conventional farms in Italy with Demeter inspectors, looking at the soil […]
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