Applied Biodynamics

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Featured archival image for Applied Bio-Dynamics — Issue 004 (Summer 1993)

Applied Bio-Dynamics — Issue 004 (Summer 1993)

Issue 004 traces Josephine Porter’s legacy, examines food-system choices, concludes Hugh Courtney’s preparation lecture, and documents Evergreen Elm’s 1992 garden methods and fair results with appropriate limits on causal claims.

Applied Bio-Dynamics — Issue 004 (Summer 1993)

Issue 004 traces Josephine Porter’s legacy, examines food-system choices, concludes Hugh Courtney’s preparation lecture, and documents Evergreen Elm’s 1992 garden methods and fair results with appropriate limits on causal claims.

Featured archival image for Applied Biodynamics — Issue 038 (Fall 2002)

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 038 (Fall 2002)

Issue 038 profiles seven vineyard programs, treats dramatic ripening and disease observations as hypotheses, and provides a framework for repeatable block trials and blind wine evaluation.

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 038 (Fall 2002)

Issue 038 profiles seven vineyard programs, treats dramatic ripening and disease observations as hypotheses, and provides a framework for repeatable block trials and blind wine evaluation.

Featured archival image for Applied Biodynamics — Issue 035 (Winter 2001–2002)

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 035 (Winter 2001–2002)

Issue 035 preserves two detailed Three Kings Preparation protocols, Hugo Erbe’s history, a practitioner’s letter on JPI’s future, and a framework for testing observable outcomes.

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 035 (Winter 2001–2002)

Issue 035 preserves two detailed Three Kings Preparation protocols, Hugo Erbe’s history, a practitioner’s letter on JPI’s future, and a framework for testing observable outcomes.

Featured archival image for Applied Biodynamics — Issue 033 (Summer 2001)

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 033 (Summer 2001)

Issue 033 documents JPI’s succession challenge, the June 2001 preparation seminar, and Joseph Stevens’s finished-compost BD 507 proposal as a specific hypothesis for testing.

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 033 (Summer 2001)

Issue 033 documents JPI’s succession challenge, the June 2001 preparation seminar, and Joseph Stevens’s finished-compost BD 507 proposal as a specific hypothesis for testing.

Featured archival image for Applied Biodynamics — Issue 039 (Winter 2002–2003)

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 039 (Winter 2002–2003)

Issue 039 preserves candid Three Kings testimonies—including uncertain and null observations—and Hugh Courtney’s exact milk-and-honey spray formula with a repeatable way to test it.

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 039 (Winter 2002–2003)

Issue 039 preserves candid Three Kings testimonies—including uncertain and null observations—and Hugh Courtney’s exact milk-and-honey spray formula with a repeatable way to test it.

Featured archival image for Applied Biodynamics — Issue 043 (Winter 2003–2004)

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 043 (Winter 2003–2004)

Issue 043 (Winter 2003–2004) records biodynamic field experiences with soil, mildew, heat, frost, and compost timing, then converts them into repeatable controlled-trial designs.

Applied Biodynamics — Issue 043 (Winter 2003–2004)

Issue 043 (Winter 2003–2004) records biodynamic field experiences with soil, mildew, heat, frost, and compost timing, then converts them into repeatable controlled-trial designs.