Applied Biodynamics — Issue 090 (Fall/Winter 2016)
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Issue 090 documents how farms and their use of the preparations can help heal land and people.
“Community Farm of Ann Arbor: A Healing Center” details one of the earliest CSAs in the United States. The article documents its consensus-based governance, long-term land stewardship, education through farm immersion, and full-spectrum preparation use as foundational to the farm’s resilience and continuity.
“In Memory of Trauger Groh” honors one of the principal architects of the CSA movement, situating community-supported agriculture historically and spiritually within biodynamic and associative economic principles.
“Prepping for Resilient Community: Grafting to Our Native Rootstock” examines CSA and biodynamics through the lens of indigenous wisdom, land relationship, and cultural responsibility, proposing barrel compost and communal preparation work as both social and agricultural tools.
“Reflections on Biodynamic Community Building in New Mexico” documents intentional efforts to seed regional biodynamic communities through shared preparation work, study, and coordinated field activity in the American Southwest.
“Marian Farms Biodynamic Spirits” traces how biodynamic principles extend into fermentation and distillation. “A Visit to the Goetheanum Garden Park” documents long-standing preparation use, research, and education at the spiritual and historical center of anthroposophy.
Closing sections include farewells and announcements, as well as Rudolf Steiner's verses for farmers and the Michael Age. Announcements of workshops, volunteer days, and the Fellowship of Preparation Makers Conference conclude the issue.
Articles
- Community Farm of Ann Arbor: A Healing Center, Interview with Paul Bantle & Anne Elder (A. Porter)
- In Memory of Trauger Groh
- Prepping for Resilient Community: Grafting to Our Native Rootstock (S. McFadden)
- Reflections on Biodynamic Community Building in New Mexico (P. Frazier)
- Marion Farms Biodynamic Spirits (H. Francis)
- A Visit to the Goetheanum Garden Park (H. Francis)
- Farewell to Our Editor, Hunter Francis (A. Porter)
- Dandelion Thank yous
- Verse for Farmers & Verse for the Michael Age by Rudolf Steiner
- Announcing: JPI Fall Compost and Chromatography Workshop with Bruno Follador, JPI Volunteer Days for Fall Preparations, and Fellowship of Preparation Makers Conference
Key Topics Covered
- Community Supported Agriculture as a healing social form
- Consensus governance and long-term land tenure
- Biodynamic preparations as community-building tools
- Indigenous wisdom and land relationship
- Regional biodynamic community formation
- Biodynamic fermentation and distillation
- Goetheanum preparation practice and research
- Institutional continuity and generational transition
Citation
Applied Biodynamics, Issue 090, Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics, Fall/Winter 2016.
