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What are we going to do about the fertilizer crisis?

What are we going to do about the fertilizer crisis?

Biodynamics manages nitrogen through a living farm cycle rather than a purchased bag. With on-farm manure compost, legumes, and living soil working together, a biodynamic farm can operate with $0 bought-in nitrogen fertilizer, including $0 conventional...

What are we going to do about the fertilizer crisis?

Biodynamics manages nitrogen through a living farm cycle rather than a purchased bag. With on-farm manure compost, legumes, and living soil working together, a biodynamic farm can operate with $0 bought-in nitrogen fertilizer, including $0 conventional...

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Soil Vitality and Farm Individuality — Becoming a Living Organism

What Is a Farm Individuality? In biodynamics, the farm is not just a workplace—it's a living being. Everything on the farm, from soil microbes to cows to compost heaps, is part of one great whole. This...

Soil Vitality and Farm Individuality — Becoming a Living Organism

What Is a Farm Individuality? In biodynamics, the farm is not just a workplace—it's a living being. Everything on the farm, from soil microbes to cows to compost heaps, is part of one great whole. This...

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Compost and Soil Fundamentals

Discover how sandy, clayey, silty, and loamy soils shape plant life. Learn how compost and humus restore vitality, with insights from Steiner, Pfeiffer, and modern science.  

Compost and Soil Fundamentals

Discover how sandy, clayey, silty, and loamy soils shape plant life. Learn how compost and humus restore vitality, with insights from Steiner, Pfeiffer, and modern science.  

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The Unqualified I: A Spiritual Ethic Against Racism

To see what matters most, we must learn to look again, and differently. The obvious is never the fullness of truth. As J.M. Barrie reminds us in Finding Neverland, when young Peter dismisses a loyal companion...

The Unqualified I: A Spiritual Ethic Against Racism

To see what matters most, we must learn to look again, and differently. The obvious is never the fullness of truth. As J.M. Barrie reminds us in Finding Neverland, when young Peter dismisses a loyal companion...

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The Secrets of Seed Peppers

A biodynamic seed pepper is made from the target weed's own reproductive material, not culinary peppercorns. It is a species-specific traditional preparation, used by some growers as one part of a whole-farm approach to weed pressure....

The Secrets of Seed Peppers

A biodynamic seed pepper is made from the target weed's own reproductive material, not culinary peppercorns. It is a species-specific traditional preparation, used by some growers as one part of a whole-farm approach to weed pressure....

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Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: Visionary of Living Agriculture

Welcome to the world of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, a pioneer whose work in biodynamic agriculture continues to inspire growers, scientists, and spiritual seekers. His insights reach beyond the farm gate, calling us to view agriculture not as...

Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: Visionary of Living Agriculture

Welcome to the world of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, a pioneer whose work in biodynamic agriculture continues to inspire growers, scientists, and spiritual seekers. His insights reach beyond the farm gate, calling us to view agriculture not as...

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Proper Storage of Biodynamic Preparations

Storing Biodynamic Preparations I. For Beginners & Beyond Biodynamic preparations are like nature’s secret helpers. They might be made from flowers, bark, or herbs, but once they are buried in the earth and dug back up,...

Proper Storage of Biodynamic Preparations

Storing Biodynamic Preparations I. For Beginners & Beyond Biodynamic preparations are like nature’s secret helpers. They might be made from flowers, bark, or herbs, but once they are buried in the earth and dug back up,...

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The Spiritual and Social Dimension of Stewardship

Stewardship Begins in Intuition Stewardship in biodynamics is not merely an environmental or practical responsibility; it is a spiritual vocation deeply connected to the cultivation of intuitive thinking—a disciplined process of knowing that goes beyond vague...

The Spiritual and Social Dimension of Stewardship

Stewardship Begins in Intuition Stewardship in biodynamics is not merely an environmental or practical responsibility; it is a spiritual vocation deeply connected to the cultivation of intuitive thinking—a disciplined process of knowing that goes beyond vague...

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Spiritual Science and Biodynamic Agriculture — Seeing Nature as a Living Whole

What Is Spiritual Science in Biodynamics? Biodynamics is not just farming; it’s a living science that seeks to understand the invisible forces animating the earth and plants. At its heart is the idea that nature is...

Spiritual Science and Biodynamic Agriculture — Seeing Nature as a Living Whole

What Is Spiritual Science in Biodynamics? Biodynamics is not just farming; it’s a living science that seeks to understand the invisible forces animating the earth and plants. At its heart is the idea that nature is...