What Artifical Fertilisers Do to the Soil: Insights from Alex Podolinsky
“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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Can Biodynamic Agriculture Regenerate Our Soils?
Biodynamics is a regenerative form of agriculture, which prioritises soil health. It could be said that we are not growing plants but growing soil. […]
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Soil – Physical, Chemical, Biological, And Biodynamic Perspectives On Soils
Updated: 2th February 2023 Why Is Soil Health Important? Soil is essential for life. Civilisations have risen and fallen based on the fertility and […]
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Preparing Beds: Bringing Life Back Into The Soil
Soil is essential to life. Civilisations have risen and fallen based on the fertility and health of their soil. In the modern world, we […]
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Biodynamic Tree Paste
Rudolf Steiner describes the bark of a tree as an extension of the soil. The shoots that arise from the branches are like individual […]
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Therapeutic Education: Co-occuring Autism and Trauma, Sense of Balance, and Gardening
Field Four: Therapeutic Education is the keystone of the RMT’s seven fields of practice, and relates to the six other fields of practice (see […]
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Understanding The Biodynamic Planting Calendar
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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The Fourfold Human Being: Physical, Etheric, Astral, Ego
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 Next 100 Years Of Biodynamic Agriculture
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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Biodynamic Ecology and the Brain: How the Farm Organism Aids Neurodivergent Self-Regulation
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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