Index of Applied Biodynamics Back Issues

Applied Biodynamics

Periodical of the Josephine Porter Institute

Index of Issues: Fall 1992 to Autumn 2023 

Fall 1992, Issue No. 001

  • A Newsletter is Born 

Winter 1992, Issue No. 002 

  • Christmas (C. Coffin) 
  • About Nutrition (B. Cashen) 
  • Biodynamic Preparations (H. Courtney) 
  • The Gardens at JPI (G. Franceschelli) 

Spring 1993, Issue No. 003 

  • The Lenten, Easter, Spring Season (C. Coffin) 
  • A Farm Report (N. Franceschelli) 
  • The Vegetable Gardens at JPI (G. Franceschelli) Biodynamic Preparations (H. Courtney) 
  • Practical Biodynamic Research (H. Courtney) 
  • Words of Encouragement (C. Coffin) 

Summer 1993, Issue No. 004 

  • Josephine Porter – A Biodynamic Pioneer (C. Coffin) About Nutrition (B. Cashen) 
  • Biodynamic Preparations (H. Courtney) 
  • Selke, Courtney, and Evergreen Elm (L. Rotheraine) BD #501 (H. Courtney) 
  • St. John’s Day Festival (C. Coffin) 

Fall 1993, Issue No. 005 

  • The Season of Michaelmas (G. Franceschelli) 
  • Interview with Steve Moore (N. Franceschelli) 
  • Recipe for Making BD #500 (H. Courtney) 

Winter 1993, Issue No. 006 

  • Sequential Spraying – Illusion, Remarkable Coincidence, or Reality? (H. Courtney) 
  • The Milk Spray / The Milk & Honey Spray 
  • Description of a Sequential Spraying Technique Using the Biodynamic Preparations to Balance Forces of Plant Growth Sequential Spraying Report Form 
  • Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: A Profile (G. Franceschelli) 
  • Book List (Books about and by E. Pfeiffer)  
  • Dr. Pfeiffer’s BD Compost Starter and BD Field Spray (H.  Courtney, C. Stearn) 
  • A Nutrition Article: Nature . . . A Great Composer (B. Cashen) 
  • Spring in the Biodynamic Garden (H. Courtney) 
  • Biodynamic Agriculture (J. Marquardt) 
  • Practical Observations (H. Courtney) 
  • The Selke Biodynamic Cherry Tomato and Evergreen Elm Rec ipe for Planting Using B.D. Compost Starter (L. Rotheraine) 

Spring 1994, Issue No. 007 

  • Seed Soaks with the Biodynamic Preparations (H. Courtney) 
  • A JPI Perspective on Biodynamics 
  • Searching for an Economic Reality: A Solution 
  • Michaelmas 

Summer 1994, Issue No. 008 

  • Summer in the Biodynamic Garden (H. Courtney) Open House at JPI (C. Roden) 
  • Alex Podolinsky Biodynamic Pioneer (N. Franceschelli) In Good Taste (B. Cashen) 
  • On the Preservation of Foods (E. Courtney, C. Coffin) Horsetail Herb Equisetum arvense – BD #508 (H. Williams) Hugh Williams’ Recipe for BD #508 (Fermented Version) Hugh Courtney’s Recipe for BD #508 (Fermented Version) Capillary Dynamolysis of Fresh & Fermented Horsetail Tea Recipe for Fresh Tea Version of BD  508 
  • Lily Kolisko’s Recipe for BD #508 (Fermented Version) About Biodynamics (S. Moore) 

Fall 1994, Issue No. 009 

  • Fall in the Biodynamic Garden (H. Courtney) 
  • Biodynamic Farming (J. Poppen) 
  • Further Thoughts on Making BD #500 (H. Courtney) Compost or Biodynamic Compost ? (H. Courtney) 

Winter 1994, Issue No. 010 

  • Attention Readers: Six Titles by Manfred Klett 
  • An Interview with Michael Wildfeuer: The Animal as Part of the  Farm Organism (N. Franceschelli) 
  • The Stockman Grass Farmer 
  • More on Biodynamic Composting (H. Courtney) 
  • The Union Agricultural Institute: Annual Conference (J. Coffin) The Correct Use of Esoteric Knowledge—Biodynamics (C. Cof fin) 
  • Potting Soil: Some Recipes from Around the Country Winter Warmth (B. Cashen) 

Spring 1995, Issue No. 011 

  • Direct Seeding (C. Townsend, R. Walker) 
  • Reflections on the Past and Prospects for the Future at JPI (H.  Courtney) 
  • More on Biodynamic Composting – II (H. Courtney) Offerings for the Spring Table (B. Cashen) 
  • Reflections on Making BD #500 (C. Watts) 
  • Reflections on Working with the Preparations (N. Franceschelli) 

Summer 1995, Issue No. 012 

  • BD 501 – The Horn Silica Preparation (H. Courtney) Attention Readers – Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: Notes and Lectures Amethyst Spray (D. Klocek) 
  • Introductory Biodynamic Workshop a Success (E. Coffin) Interview with Chris Stearn (C. Coffin) 

Fall 1995, Issue No. 013 

  • Interview with a Biodynamic Pioneer: Richard Okorn (N. Fran ceschelli) 
  • Fats in a Nutshell (E. Cashen) 
  • What Row Was It In ???? (C. Stearn) 
  • The Heart of Clay (D. Klocek) 

Winter 1995, Issue No. 014 

  • 1995 – A Year of Change and Reaffirmation 
  • Biodynamic Culture of Potatoes (H. Courtney) 
  • Practical Observation on Growing Biodynamic Potatoes (H.  Courtney) 
  • The Pfeiffer BD Compost Starter and BD Field Spray: A New Responsibility for JPI and Its Meaning for the Future 

Spring 1996, Issue No. 015 

  • Pokeberry and Pine Seed Sprays (S. Tufts) 
  • Slugs and Snails and Pokeberry Jails (H. Courtney) Seed Baths Update (H. Courtney) 
  • Mildred Cowger: A Life of Service (B. Wieting, H. Eubanks,  W. Via) 

Summer 1996, Issue No. 016 

  • Dandelion Preparation: Mesentery or Peritoneum? (H. Court ney) 
  • A New Way of Looking at Water: An Interview with Jennifer  Greene (K. Dagostino) 
  • Book Reviews: The Four Ethers by E. Marti and Silica, Calcium,  and Clay by F. Benesch and K. Wilde 

Fall 1996, Issue No. 017 

  • Seed Saving and Biodynamics – An Interview with Hugh Williams (N. Franceschelli) 

Winter 1996/Spring 1997, Double Issue No. 018–019

  • Moon-Saturn Occultation Alert (H. Courtney) 
  • Fiscal Reality Revisited (H. Courtney) 
  • Evergreen Elm Update 
  • Confidence, Experimentation, and JPI “Prep Scholarships” (M.  Gardner) 
  • Stirring Vessels and Sprayers, Part 1 (H. Courtney) Special Report: Some Guidelines for Experimentation in Biodynamic Agriculture (M. Gardner) 

Summer 1997, Issue No. 020 

  • Occultation Update (H. Courtney) 
  • Stirring Vessels and Sprayers, Part 2 (H. Courtney) Developing a Hydraulic Stirring Machine (S. Storch) Odyssey of a Seed Initiative: An Interview with Nathan Cor ymb (K. Dagostino) 
  • Newly Received Publications: Grasp the Nettle by P. Proc tor, The Metamorphosis of Plants by J. Bockemühl and A.  Suchantke, New Eyes for Plants by M. Colquhoun and A.  Ewald (H. Courtney) 
  • Observations & Experiments  

Fall 1997, Issue No. 021 

  • Interview with Master Gardening Teacher, Gunther Hauk (N.  Franceschelli) 
  • Observations and Experiments: A Spectroscopic Analysis of BD  Preparations #507 & #508 (D. Jensen) 
  • BD Preps at Shepherd Hill Farm in Kentucky (A. Petty) 
  • Book Reviews: Nature Spirits & Elemental Beings by M. Po gacnik (H. Courtney), The Secret Life of Nature by P. Tomp kins (W. Wodraska) 

Winter 1997–1998, Issue No. 022 

  • Manfred Klett (H. Courtney) 
  • The Yarrow Preparation (M. Klett) 
  • Looking Back on the JPI Prep Seminar (R. Grimes) Observations and Experiments: Some Effects of the BD Preps  (S. Storch), Horsetail Tea and Bees (E. Lunquist) 

Spring–Summer 1998, Issue No. 023 

  • A Name Change: “Barrel Compost” Becomes “BC” (Biodynamic  Compound Preparation – Adapted from Recipe of Maria  Thun) (H. Courtney) 
  • When is Venus Behind the Sun ? (M. Gardner) Farming on the Barter System (A. Petty) 
  • Interview with Mark Trela, Fragrant Farms (K. Dagostino) Observations and Experiments: Parsley Revival (D. Foster),  Golf Greens Revival (S. Storch) 

Fall 1998, Issue No. 024 

  • The Michaelmas Preparation: BD #504—Stinging Nettle (H.  Courtney) 
  • JPI Research Project 5 (Sequential Spraying for Drought Relief)  Record Sheet 
  • JPI Summer Prep Seminar (P. Moser) 
  • Observations and Experiments: Weed Pepper Success, Chlo rosis Cured with Horn Manure, Valerian and Frost Protection  (M. Gardner)

Winter 1998–1999, Issue No. 025 

  • A Tribute to Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer For His 100th Birthday, Feb.  19, 1999 (M. Pawlicki) 
  • Della Mae, Our One Cow Dairy (A. Petty) 
  • Sequential Spraying—An Interim Analysis (M. Gardner) Sequential Spraying Report Form  
  • Personal Experiences with Sequential Spraying (C. Hall, J. Mc Leroy, L. Marks) 

Spring 1999, Issue No. 026 

  • Partial text from New Directions in Agriculture (E. Pfeiffer) New ATTRA Publication on Biodynamics 
  • Interview with Walter Stuber (N. Franceschelli) 
  • JPI at the Threshold (H. Courtney) 
  • Y2K Preparedness and the Biodynamic Preparations (H. Court ney) 
  • Brick Pit BC (Thun Recipe Compost) (H. Courtney) The Innocent Dandelion—A Messenger from Heaven (M. Gard ner) 
  • Efficient Dandelion Picking Or How To Pick When Your Back  Hurts (A. Porter) 
  • Book Reviews: Healing Plants: Insights Through Spiritual Sci ence, Vol.1, by W. Pelikan (M. Gardner), Bringing a Garden  to Life by C. Williams (J. Muir) 

Fall 1999, Issue No. 027 

  • Biodynamics Under Attack?  
  • Entering the Deep Part of the Fiscal Ocean 
  • Ashing or BD “Peppering” – A Function of Lunar Forces (H.  Courtney) 

Winter 1999–2000, Issue No. 028 

  • Ashing or BD ‘Peppering’ – A Function of Lunar Forces – Part  2 (H. Courtney)  
  • Working With Nature Spirits (P. Kelly) 

Spring/Fall 2000, Double Issue No. 029–030  

  • Saying Goodbye to the Twentieth Century (P. Smith) How to Make the Valerian Preparation (BD #507) (P. Smith) The Valerian Preparation – Some Additional Perspectives (H.  Courtney)  
  • Book Reviews: Robes by P. Kelly (B. Lehman), The Birth of a  New Agriculture and Developing Biodynamic Agriculture by  A. Keyserlingk (P. Smith) 

Winter 2000–2001, Issue No. 031 

  • The Michaelmas 2000 Impulse – A Personal Experience (H.  Courtney) 
  • The Michaelmas Impulse: Giving Us the Direction We Need For  the Year Ahead (P. Smith) 
  • Valerian Experiment – A Call for Participants 
  • BD 507 Valerian Experiment – Data Sheet 

Spring 2001, Issue No. 032 

  • Interview with Ruth Zinniker (N. Franceschelli, P. Smith) Comments on the Preparations Seminar – Part I, June 2000 (T.  Davis) 
  • Society Needs to Reconsider the Dandelion (C. Korrow)  Book Review: Nutrition, Booklet No’s. 1 and 2, by Dr. Eugene  Kolisko (J. and J. Muir) 

Summer 2001, Issue No. 033 

  • Michaelmas 2000 Revisited for Clarification (H. Courtney) Preparations Making Seminar at JPI – June 2001 New Insights on the Valerian Preparation – A Call to Examine  Old Habits in Biodynamics (H. Courtney) 
  • Prepared Valerian: The Secret of Finished Compost (J. Stevens) Valerian Experiment Form 
  • Book Review: Summer with the Leprechauns: A True Story by T.  Helliwell (C. Korrow) 

Fall 2001, Issue No. 034 

  • Preparing for Michaelmas (P. Smith) 
  • Practical Observations: Observing the Forces Inherent in the  Dandelion Preparation (H. Courtney, M. Green) Rudolf Steiner Down to Earth – Book Reviews: The Human Be ing in Body, Soul and Spirit and The Evolution of the Earth  and Man and the Influence of the Stars by R. Steiner (H.  Courtney) 
  • Introduction to the Lectures – Book Reviews: From Comets to  Cocaine, From Limestone to Lucifer, From Mammoths to Medi ums, Bees, From Elephants to Einstein, From Beetroot to Buddhism by R. Steiner (P. Smith, H. Courtney) 

Winter 2001–2002, Issue No. 035 

  • The Three Kings Preparation (H. Courtney) 
  • Information Sheet: The Three Kings Preparation 
  • Preparation Beings: The Three Kings Preparation of Hugo Erbe  (G. M. Hahn) 
  • Protocol for Hugo Erbe’s Three Kings Bio-Dynamic Preparation  (G. M. Hahn) 

Spring 2002, Issue No. 36 

  • An Interview with Hartmut von Jeetze (N. Franceschelli) Preparation Making Meeting February 15–17, 2002 (D.  Pauly) 
  • Book Reviews: Northern Star Calendar Easter 2002–2003  Easter by B. Keats, Star and Planet Almanac 2002 Monthly  Guide to the Sky at Night by L. Bisterbosch (H. Courtney)  and The Holy Order of Water – Healing Earth’s Waters and  Ourselves by W. Marks (P. Clutts)

Summer 2002, Issue No. 037  

  • How to Make the Yarrow Preparation (BD #502) (P. Smith) Achillea millefolium Esoterica (H. Courtney) 
  • Prep Making Efforts at Dogwood Spring Farm (C. Korrow) Book Review: Gardening for Life – The Biodynamic Way by M.  Thun (A. Petty, D. Petty, C. Watts)  

Fall 2002, Issue No. 038 

  • Biodynamics Brought to the Vine (P. Smith) 
  • Finding Your Way to Biodynamic Wines (P. Smith) Book Review – Wine from Sky to Earth: Growing & Appreciat ing Biodynamic Wine by N. Joly (S. Melchiskey) 

Winter 2002–2003, Issue No. 039 

  • The Three Kings Preparation – Sharing the Experience  The Milk and Honey Spray – Another Interesting Tool (H. Court ney) 

Spring 2003, Issue No. 040 

  • Interview with Joe Francis (P. Smith) 
  • Seed Soaks with the Biodynamic Preparations (H. Courtney) 2003 Biodynamic Preparation Conference (L. Nelson) Book Reviews – Evolution’s End: Claiming the Potential of Our  
  • Intelligence by J. C. Pearce (M. Maruska) and The Wood chuck’s Guide to Gardening by R. Krupp (G. Nottingham) 

Summer 2003, Issue No. 041 

  • An Interview with Heinz Grotzke (N. Franceschelli) Recipe for Animal Herb Blend Mixture (a.k.a. Bio-Dynamic  Cow Tonic) 
  • Highlighting Celestial Forces in the Biodynamic Planting Calen dar (H. Courtney) 
  • Stella Natura – August 2003 (S. Wildfeuer) 

Fall 2003, Issue No. 042 

  • How to Make the Oak Bark Preparation (BD #505) (H. Court ney) 
  • Using the Oak Bark Preparation (H. Courtney) 
  • The Oak Bark Preparation, Organ of Living Thinking (In the  Farm Organism) (H. Courtney) 

Winter 2003–2004, Issue No. 043 

  • Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (M. Williams,  P. Damery, P. Smith) 
  • Using Valerian the Way Steiner Indicated – An Update (P.  Smith) 
  • National BD Conference in Iowa 
  • Biodynamic Viticulture Conference 

Spring 2004, Issue No. 044 

  • Report from the Philippines: Effects of the Milk and Honey  Spray and Other Major Breakthroughs in Biodynamic Rice  Production (M. H. B. Ruizo-Gamela) 
  • The Venus Transit of 2004 – A Biodynamic Opportunity (H.  Courtney) 
  • Venus Transit 2004 Suggested Sequential Spray Protocol (H.  Courtney) 
  • Harmonic Concordance November 8, 2003 Chrysalis Farm (S.  Adams) 
  • Future of the Preparations Conference (E. Schaldach) 

Summer 2004, Issue No. 045 

  • The Biodynamic Preparations as Sense Organs (M. Klett) Preparations “Not As Substance But As Forces” (H. Courtney) 

Fall 2004, Issue No. 046 

  • Bio-Dynamics: A Short, Practical Introduction (E. Pfeiffer) Father of N-P-K Theory Sees the Light  
  • A Healing and Protective Treatment – The Biodynamic Tree  Paste (E. Pfeiffer) 
  • Biodynamic Tree Paste – A Simplified Recipe for Beginners (H.  Courtney) 
  • Root Dip for Transplanting 

Winter 2004–2005, Issue No. 047 

  • The Jupiter Occultations from November 2004 to August 2005  – Another Biodynamic Opportunity? (H. Courtney) Suggested Planet Jupiter Energy Enhancement Sequential  Spray Protocol (H. Courtney) 
  • Securing a Financial Future for the Josephine Porter Institute  (H. Courtney) 
  • Assignment: Developing a Personal Relationship To the Nine  

Spring 2005, Issue No. 048 

  • An Interview with Helen Philbrick, Biodynamic Pioneer (N. Fran ceschelli) 
  • In Memory of Robert “Beau” Johnson 1944–2005 Books by Helen Philbrick (and others) 
  • Out of Print Soil Fertility, Renewal & Preservation Now Avail able 

Summer 2005, Issue No. 049 

  • Biodynamic Flower Production: Demystifying the Method (P.  Sansone) 
  • The Case for Biodynamics (P. Sansone) 
  • Seven Essential Elements of the Biodynamic (BD) Method (P.  Sansone) 
  • Greetings from Woolwine, Virginia (L. Riccardi)

Fall 2005, Issue No. 050 

  • Working with Elemental and Ancestral Forces: A Weekend of Healing and Transformation in New York City (F. Rewinski) Brief Directions for the Use of the Biodynamic Sprays 500,  501 and 508 
  • JPI Building Fund 

Winter 2005–2006, Issue No. 051 

  • Biodynamics Brings the Gift of Learning to the Garden – Q. &  A. with L. A. Rotheraine (P. Smith) 
  • Saving Tomato Seeds Using Valerian (Rotheraine Method)  Vineyard Managers and Winemakers Convene at JPI 

Spring 2006, Issue No. 052 

  • Answering the Call, Finding a “Cure” with Biodynamics (H.  Courtney) 
  • Katrina in vitro (R. Amedee) 
  • Easter Pilgrimage (M. Runyon) 
  • Saying Goodbye (P. Smith) 

Summer 2006, Issue No. 053 

  • An Interview with Peter Proctor (H. Francis) 
  • From the Executive Director (H. Courtney) 
  • Greetings from Your Guest Editor (H. Francis) 

Fall 2006, Issue No. 054 

  • Growing Biodynamically at Blueberry Gardens (K. LeBeau) Publication Future for Applied Biodynamics (H. Courtney) 
  • Introducing the East Coast Editor for Applied Biodynamics –  Kara LeBeau 
  • The Secrets of Metals By Wilhelm Pelikan Is Back in Print! 

Winter 2006–2007, Issue No. 055 

  • Honoring the Cow (H. Courtney) 
  • On the Harvesting of the Preparation Sheaths (H. Courtney) 

Spring 2007, Issue No. 056 

  • Taking Time for Food and Agriculture: The Slow Food Move ment through the Eyes of Biodynamics (H. Francis) In Memory of Elizabeth Courtney: 1940–2007 (N. Fran ceschelli) 
  • New Fund for JPI 
  • A Field is a Teacher (S. Carson) 
  • Genetically-Modified Genes Found in Honeybees (C. Korrow) 

Summer 2007, Issue No. 057 

  • Feeding a Family the Biodynamic Way (L. Ablieter) Healing a Wounded Woodland (M. Mihok) 
  • New Sequential Spray Initiative for Michaelmas (J. Greene) Worldwide Communal Biodynamic Spray Initiated (C. Korrow) Participating in the St. John’s Day Worldwide Spray Initiative  (N. Poer, G. Poer) 

Fall 2007, Issue No. 058 

  • Touring the Mediterranean: A Biodynamic Odyssey (H. Francis) Meditative Thoughts for Autumn (R. Steiner) 
  • The Elizabeth Scott Courtney Memorial Fund 
  • The Biodynamic Trade Association is Here! (H. Francis) New Preparation Making Initiative in Kentucky (L. Riccardi) How to Save the World: One Man, One Cow, One Planet (Reviewed by C. Korrow) 

Winter 2007–2008, Issue No. 059 

  • Vortex Forms and Midwinter Spirals (J. Blackwood) Pfeiffer BD Field and Garden Spray – A New Name for the  Pfeiffer BD Field Spray 
  • Meditative Thoughts for a Beef Animal Before Slaughter for  Meat and Biodynamic Preparations (N. Poer) 
  • Goodbye Quackgrass (C. Korrow) 
  • Evergreen Elm: Achieving Success With the Help of the Pfeiffer  BD Field and Garden Spray 
  • Gena Nonini Initiates University Course in Biodynamics (H.  Francis) 
  • Michaelmas Gathering at JPI Introduces Scouts to Biodynamics JPI Open House – August 25, 2007 
  • In Memoriam: Peter Dukich (1915–2007) (H. Francis) A Note of Thanks (M. Maruca) 

Spring 2008, Issue No. 060 

  • Tierra Miguel: Sharing the Fruits of Biodynamics in Southern  California (H. Francis) 
  • Biodynamic Preparations Conference: A Conference Report (L.  Nelson, M. Proctor) 
  • Marjorie Spock: 1904–2008 (J. Greene) 
  • Of Farmers and Fairies (M. Spock) 
  • The Biodynamic Year: Increasing Yield, Quality and Flavour  by Maria Thun; Edited by Angelika Throll-Keller (H. Francis) 

Summer 2008, Issue No. 061 

  • Insights into Hugo Erbe’s Cow Stomach Preparation Vineyard Consultant Puts Cow Stomach Preparation (HUGO ERBE #5) To Work (H. Courtney) 
  • The Cow Stomach Preparation (W. J. Harris, L. Nelson) Preparation Making at the Josephine Porter Institute (J. Greene) Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney) Extraordinary Plant Qualities for Biodynamics by Jochen  Bockemuhl and Kari Jarvinen (C. Korrow) 

Fall 2008, Issue No. 062 

  • Reflections on Biodynamics and Its Significance for the Future  by Dr. Manfred Klett (H. Francis) 
  • Northern Idaho Grows Biodynamic Growers (M. Barbarie) Fiscal Reality Revisited

Winter 2008–2009, Issue No. 063 

  • Restoring a Useful Legacy from Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (H. Court ney) 
  • Farmer-to-Farmer Advisory Service Questionnaire Books and Lectures by Pfeiffer Available from JPI 

Spring 2009, Issue No. 064 

  • Working in the Midst of Polarity: Manfred Klett’s Further Reflections on Biodynamics (H. Francis) 
  • Viroqua Biodynamic Group: Preparation Making in Southwest ern Wisconsin (M. Halligan, S. Adams) 
  • Schubert, Brahms and . . . Biodynamics, A New CD Schubert  and Brahms [performed by] Brigitte Armenier, piano, With  text “Between Music and Biodynamic Agriculture” (C. Kor row) 

Summer 2009, Issue No. 065 

  • Biodynamic Ashing at Sophia’s Garden – Weaving Together  Biodynamics, Healing Medicinal Herbs, The Zodiac and Cos mic Dance (C. Korrow) 
  • Commentary on Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course by En zio Nastati (H. Courtney) 
  • Reflections on the Fall 2008 Preparation Making Workshop  (M. Mihok) 
  • JPI to Accept Applications for Executive Director (G. Nonini) 

Fall 2009, Issue No. 066 

  • Growing the Biodynamic Wine Industry in California: An Inter 
  • view with Philippe Armenier (H. Francis) 
  • Biodynamic Farming and Preparation Making in Japan (B.  Campbell) 
  • Faye’s Freeform Kale and Radish (A. Morgan) 
  • Harvey Lisle, Spiritual Scientist 1915–2009 (C. Korrow) Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney) 

Winter 2009–2010, Issue No. 067 

  • How to Make BD #508 (Equisetum arvense) Horsetail Tea (P.  Smith) 
  • Fields of Gold Farm Keeps Blight at Bay With Use of BD #508  (Equisetum arvense) (P. Smith, H. Courtney) 
  • Sulfur Influence of BD #508 and Climate Control? (P. Smith)
  • Kentucky Farmer Has Many Uses For BD #508 (Equisetum ar vense) (P. Smith) 

Spring 2010, Issue No. 068 

  • Revealing the Hidden Forces of Equisetum arvense (H. Court ney) 
  • Spray BD #508 – For Use on Foliage: Standard Instructions  (E. Pfeiffer) 
  • BD #508 Fermented Recipe (L. Kolisko) 

Summer 2010, Issue No. 069  

  • Frey Vineyards: Cultivating Biodynamics in an Evolving Social  Organism (H. Francis interviews L. Frey) 
  • Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney) Harmonizing Preparation of Hugo Erbe Now Available (H.  Courtney) 
  • New Book Titles Just Arrived – Deep Gardening: Soul Lessons  from 17 Gardens, Biodynamic Memories by Woody Wo draska and Farming Soul: A Tale of Initiation by Patricia  Damery 
  • Other Newly Acquired Titles – Metamorphosis: Evolution in Ac tion by Andreas Suchantke and Wisdom of the Bees: Princi ples for Biodynamic Beekeeping by Erik Berrevoets (Reviews  from book jacket excerpt and H. Courtney) 

Autumn 2010, Issue No. 070 

  • Looking to the Future for JPI (H. Courtney) 
  • Social and Environmental Importance of Biodynamic Prepara tions-Based Research (C. Courter) 
  • Bringing Biodynamic Research to My Own Backyard (C. Court er) 
  • Cindi Courter, New East Coast Editor for Applied Biodynamics Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney) Ruth Kempf, PhD, Professional Researcher and Biodynamic  Practitioner, Joins JPI Board of Directors (H. Courtney) 

Winter 2010–2011, Issue No. 071 

  • Biodynamics Taking Root in the Legendary Napa Valley (An  Interview by H. Francis) 
  • Welcoming a New Executive Director (H. Courtney) In Memory of Kent Carson: April 5, 1949–December 31, 2010  (H. Courtney) 
  • Expanding Biodynamic Horizons: Biodynamic Compound  Preparations (H. Courtney) 

Spring 2011, Issue No. 072 

  • How Do the Preparations Help In a Large-Scale Kentucky Farming Operation? – An Interview with Philip Lyvers and Laura Riccardi Lyvers (C. Courter) 
  • Notes and News from the Executive Director (S. Hulbert)
  • Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney)
  • We Need Your Help Picking Dandelions!  

Summer 2011, Issue No. 073 

  • Biodynamics in the Breadbasket: An Interview with Fred  Kirschenmann (H. Francis) 
  • JPI Executive Director Resigns 
  • A Heart-Warming Gathering in the Cold of Winter (A. Porter)

Autumn 2011, Issue No. 074 

  • Putting a Spin on SPIN-Farming® and Taking Biodynamics to  the City (A. Porter Interviews Linda Borghi) 
  • A Message from Our New Board Member (A. Porter) Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney) Book Reviews – Newly Received Titles: The Biodynamic Farm:  
  • Developing a Holistic Organism by Karl-Ernst Osthaus and  Biodynamics in Practice: Life on a Community Owned Farm,  Impressions of Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch, Sussex, England  by Tom Petherick (H. Courtney) 

Winter 2011–2012, Issue No. 075 

  • Sensitive Crystallization: Revealing the Life-Forces Behind Bio dynamics (H. Francis Interviews Philippe Coderey) The Scientific Basis of Biodynamics (J. Bradshaw) The Fellowship of Preparation Makers 2012 Annual Conference  
  • Book Reviews – Newly Received Titles: Sensitive Crystallization  – Visualizing the Qualities of Wines by Christian Marcel and Pfeiffer’s Introduction to Biodynamics  by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (H. Courtney) 

Spring 2012, Issue No. 076 

  • Dandelion, Messenger of Heaven (A. Porter) 
  • The Dandelion Compost Preparation: BD #506 (A. Porter In terviews Hugh Courtney) 

Summer 2012, Issue No. 077 

  • Keys to Good Farming with Jim Barausky (H. Francis) Why Biodynamics Works (J. Bradshaw) 
  • Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Court ney) 

Autumn 2012, Issue No. 078 

  • Chamomile: The Healer for People and Plants (A. Porter inter views H. Courtney) 
  • Happy Birthday to Hugh! A Milestone for Hugh Courtney and  JPI (A. Porter) 
  • JPI Welcomes Mark Ellenbogen to the Board of Directors  Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? (A. Porter)  

Winter 2012–2013, Issue No. 079 

  • Finding Rhythm and Meaning in Fields of Biodynamic Grain,  (H. Francis Interviews John de Rosier) 
  • Anecdotes and Antidotes – Biodynamics at Work (H. Courtney)

Spring 2013, Issue No. 080 

  • Earth, Water, Air, and Fire: Working with the Elements and the  Cosmos (A. Porter Interviews Sherry Wildfeuer) 
  • JPI Fall Intensive, 2012 (A. Porter) 

Summer 2013, Issue No. 081 

  • Biodynamics in the Sacred Hoop: Enlivening Native American  Soil through Buffalo  
  • (H. Francis Interviews Devon Strong) 
  • Oregon Hosts Twelfth Annual FOPM Conference (P. Frazier) Meet the JPI Staff (A. Porter) 

Autumn 2013, Issue No. 082 

  • JPI Has Expanded Its Operations (A. Porter) 
  • The Valerian Preparation (BD 507) Revisited (A. Porter) 

Winter 2013-2014, Issue No. 083 

  • Mile High Biodynamics and New Horizons with Pat Frazier (H.  Francis Interview Pat Frazier) 
  • Enzo Nastati Comes to North America (P. Frazier) JPI Update (A. Porter) 

Spring 2014, Issue No. 084 

  • The Hack Family Farm Organism (A. Porter Interview Ulrich Hack) 
  • Response to “The Valerian Preparation (BD 507) Revisited” (A. Porter) 
  • 2013 Enzo Nastati Workshop in Colorado (C. von Gontard) JPI at EcoFarm Conference (P. Frazier) 
  • Book Reviews-Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life by Craig Holdrege and How to Move Like a Gardener: Planting and Preparing Medicines from Plants by Deb Soule (A.  Porter) 

Summer 2014, Issue No. 085 

  • Silica and its Planetary Forces of Potential (H. Francis Inter view Dennis Klocek) 
  • Making and Using BD 501 (Horn Silica) (H. Francis) Farming for Health: 2014 Biodynamic Conference JPI Hosts Spring Preparation Workshop (P. Frazier) JPI Welcomes Joseph Brinkley and Christopher Hammon to the  Board 

Fall/Winter 2014-15, Issue No. 086 

  • Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: Enlivening the Soil for Health (A. Porter)
  • Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: A Brief Biography (H. Francis)
  • Letter from JPI President, JPI Update (P. Frazier)
  • The City with Golden Garbage (reprint of article by A.W.  Martinez from May 31, 1952 issue of Collier’s magazine)
  • Steiner on the Use of Human Manure (A. Porter) 
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Applying the Preparations Winter Application of Biodynamic Tree Paste (A. Porter)
  • In Memory of Ruth Zinniker and KK Haspel (A. Porter)
  • Review- Dancing with Thoreau, DVD (A. Porter)
  • In 2015 Applied Biodynamics transitioned from a quarterly publication to a longer biannual publication. 

Spring/Summer 2015, Issue No. 087

  • Towards a Wholeness of Nature with Composting and  Chromatography (H. Francis interviews Bruno Follador)
  • Nature’s Life and Flow: The Farmer as Observer (K. Davis-Brown)  
  • The Light Root (Dioscorea batatas): Human Consciousness and Health (B. Scott) 
  • Beginning Biodynamics for the Backyard Gardener (A. Porter) New-Beginning Biodynamic Kits 
  • Anecdotes: Pfeiffer Biodynamic Field and Garden Spray (A. Porter)  
  • JPI Spring Workshop: Making Spring Preparations.
  • Compost  and Chromatography with Bruno Follador (A. Porter)
  • Book Reviews:  The Light Root: Nutrition of the Future, A Spiritual-   Scientific Study by Ralf Roessner and Clemens Hildebrandt  A Monk in the Bee Hive: A Short Discourse on Bees, Monks  & Sacred Geometry by Skye Ann Louise Taylor  

Fall/Winter 2015-2016, Issue No. 088

  • Reconnecting with the Forces of Nature: Festivals and Healing Substances (A. Porter)
  • Interviews Basil Williams, DO)
  • The Honoring of the Elementals with the Festival Sprays  (A. Porter with Dr. Basil Williams) 
  • Epiphany Meditation 
  • The Season When the Earth is the Most Inwardly Alive:  Biodynamic Practice September - March (K. Davis-Brown)
  • Building Your Farm Strength, Conversations with Jamie Fochuk (H. Francis)  
  • FAQ: Compost (A. Porter) 
  • Anecdotes: Mac Mead’s Winter Burial of Seeds; Demeter Hosts Biodynamic Garden and Lounge at National; Heirloom Exposition
  • JPI Volunteer Days, Holiday Gift Suggestions 

Spring/Summer 2016, Issue 089

  • Fellowship of the Preparation Makers Holds Meeting in California, “Making Visible Formative Forces within Substance” and Harvard Divinity School “The Spirit of   Sustainable Agriculture (H. Francis) 
  • JPI 2015 Year in Review (P. Frazier) 
  • “The Most Distant Reaches of the Universe” – Biodynamic   Practice April Through September (K. Davis-Brown) Silica:  
  •  FAQ-BD 501(Horn Silica) and BD 508 (Equisetum):   When to use and how to make (P. Frazier)   Anecotes-Horn Silica (A. Porter) 
  •  On Stirring BD 501 (K. Davis-Brown) 
  • Using Horn Manure (BD 500) When Seeding &Transplanting,   A Pfeiffer Student Research Project (C. St. John) Sequential Spray of Biodynamic Preparations to Balance   Weather Extremes (A. Porter) 
  • New: Sequential Spray Kits 

Fall/Winter 2016-2017, Issue No. 090

  • 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 you 
  • 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

Spring/Summer 2017, Issue 091

  • Threshold Farm – Fundamental Biodynamics (Mike Biltonen)
  • Welcome to Our New Editors
  • Fruit Thinning for Balance
  • Transition, Hope, and Service to Community: Reflections upon 2016 at JPI
  • JPI Board of Directors News
  • History, Impact, and Fate of Skyline Organic Farm in Topanga Canyon: A Conversation with Stefan Hagopian (Karen Moneymaker)
  • Spring and Summer Use of the Biodynamic Preparations (Abigail Porter)
  • Introducing Beginner Pfeiffer Associative Contract for One Acre or Less
  • JPI Search for New Executive Leadership
  • World Biodynamic Farming Day

Fall/Winter 2017–2018, Issue 092

  • Jack McAndrew, Master Compost Maker (Abigail Porter)
  • From the Editor
  • Farmer Jack's Protocol for Making Compost (Abigail Porter)
  • "Inch by Inch, Row by Row": Jack McAndrew Speaks about Biodynamics (Karen Moneymaker)
  • Wild Apples, Hard Cider, and Biodynamic Preparations (Mike Biltonen)
  • Fall and Winter Biodynamic Practices (Abigail Porter)
  • New Pruning Practices on the Western Slope (Mary Maruca)
  • Viva la Vida Foundation: Biodynamic Education at the Foot of Lamborn Mountain
  • JPI Hosts World Farming Day
  • In Memory of Dr. Basil Williams (1939–2017)
  • JPI News (Pat Frazier)
  • Book review: Cosmos, Earth, and Nutrition: The Biodynamic Approach to Agriculture by Richard Thornton Smith (Mike Biltonen)

Spring/Summer 2018, Issue 093

  • Global Climate Change in a Nutshell, and What You Can Do (Mike Biltonen)
  • Remembrance Farms: How One Farmer Works With Change (Mike Biltonen)
  • Climate Change on Biodynamic Farms: Survey Responses
  • From Backyard Hobby Gardening to a New Passion for Healthy Earth – An Education in Awareness (Mike Reisbord)
  • Climate Change Debate: Can We Turn Down the Heat? (Dennis Klocek)
  • Introducing our Newest Board Member: Pamela Sophiajohn

Fall/Winter 2018–2019, Issue 094

  • Saving Seeds for Security and Vitality: Three Perspectives from Harald Hoven, Beth and Nathan Corymb, and Steven Adams (Abigail Porter)
  • How I Cam to Save Seeds and the Tools I Use (Marjory House)
  • Understanding Moon Rhythms (Abigail Porter)
  • Increasing Tomato Seed Viability with Valerian (BD 507): L.A. Rotheraine's Approach
  • In Memory of Peter Proctor (1928–2018): One Man, One Cow, One Planet (Mary Maruca)
  • Seed Savers Resources
  • What's New at JPI? Take a Look
  • Book Review: The Invisible Power Within Foods: A Comparison of Organic and Nonorganic by A.A. Danzer (Mary Maruca)

Spring/Summer 2019, Issue 095

  • Rose Hill's Transition from Conventional to Biodynamic Orchards: A Work in Progree (Mike Biltonen)
  • Biodynamic Tools for Weather Extremes (Abigail Porter)
  • A Biodynamic Farm's Response to Climate Change (Stefan Hagopian)
  • Climate Change on Biodynamic Farms: Survey Responses
  • Permadynamics: JPI's Marriage of Permaculture and Biodynamics (Pat Frazier)
  • In Memory of Pierre Masson (1944–2018)
  • Book Review: The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food by Janisse Ray (Mary Maruca)
  • Humans and Seeds (L.A. Rotheraine)

Fall/Winter 2019, Issue 096

  • How Do We Meet the Need for Health Food and More Farms? (Abigail Porter)
  • Stony Ridge Farm: Transitioning to a Market Garden (Abigail Porter)
  • If Farming Isn't Always Good Vibes and Friendly Fairies, Is It Still Worth It? (Natalie McGill)
  • Winter Green Farm: A Model for Future Farms (Abigail Porter)
  • For the Earth as for Human Beings: Mac Mead on Making the Biodynamic Preparations (Karen Davis-Brown)
  • In Memory of Alex Podolinsky (1925–2019) (Mary Maruca)
  • Permadynamics: Conceptual Marriage of Permaculture and Biodynamics in Farm Design Introduced at JPI (Patricia Frazier)
  • Introducing Our Newest Board Member: Teresa O'Shaughnessy, Secretary

Spring/Summer 2020, Issue 097

  • Water Biodynamically Stirred, Cosmically Imbued (Mike Biltonen)
  • Heal Yourself, Heal Your Garden (Abigail Porter)
  • Corn Trials at Viva La Vida Foundation (Mary Maruca)
  • One Intern's Experience at Viva La Vida (Joe Couling)
  • How Do You Choose Your Best Seeds? Seed Saving Quality and Biodynamics (Stewart Lundy)
  • In Transition – Apostrosphe Orchard (Mike Biltonen)
  • New York Regional Prepmakers Group Forms (Mike Biltonen)
  • Farewell to Pat Frazier, Hello to Garret Long (Clay Wesson)

Fall/Winter 2020-2021, Issue 098

  • In Memoriam: Hugh J. Courtney (1932–2020) (Clay Wesson)
  • Honoring Hugh Courtney (Amy Hamilton)
  • Honoring Hugh Courtney (Abigail Porter)
  • 501 (Hugh Courtney)
  • Hugh Courtney's Legace: The Elders
  • Hugh Courtney's Legacy: From Students to Educators
  • 2013–2020 Earth Legacy Agriculture Workshops

Spring 2021, Issue 099

  • Welcoming a new root cellar (Larry Mabe)
  • For the Applied Biodynamics File: Contributions from Hugh Courtney – Trees as Cosmic Harmonizers
  • The Milk Spray / The Milk and Honey Spray
  • Heal Yourself, Heal Your Garden (part 2) (Abigail Porter)
  • Remembering Hugh Lovel (Coree Entwistle)
  • Sally Ann Voris (1951–2020) (Ingrid Cowan Hass)
  • Crossing the Threshold: Jochen Bockemuhl
  • Crossing the Threshold: Matthias Thun

Summer 2021, Issue 100

  • News from the Farm: Storing Biodynamic Preparations (Larry Mabe)
  • Committing to Biodynamics (Clay Wesson)
  • Heal Yourself, Heal Your Garden (part 3) (Abigail Porter)
  • Welcome to JPI's New Managing Director
  • Remembering Gene Gollogly

Autumn 2021, Issue 101

  • News from the Farm: No Fences, Good Neighbors (Emily Sepulveda)
  • Biodynamic Orcharding in the Pacific Northwest (Marjory House)
  • Heal Yourself, Heal Your Garden (part 4): Yarrow (Abigail Porter)
  • Yarrow: A Plant for Wounded People and Wounded Earth (Stewart Lundy)
  • In Memoriam: Vivan Struve-Hauk (Alex Tuchman)

Winter 2021, Issue 102

  • Changing Leaves, Changing Rhythms (Emily Sepulveda)
  • President's Report (Clay Wesson)
  • Heal Yourself, Heal Your Garden (part 5) (Abigail Porter)
  • Ten Years: Reflections and Inspirations (Abigail Porter)
  • Crossing the Threshold: Stephen Decater
  • Make Your Plans for the 2022 Fellowship Conference in Ithaca, NY

Spring 2022, Issue 103

  • News from the Farm (JPI staff)
  • Exploring Spiritual Foods, An Urban CSA (Mary Maruca)
  • Introducing Frank Kurylo, Kimberton Farmer
  • Crossing the Threshold: Jack McAndrew
  • Jack McAndrew, A True Gem (Stefan Hagopian)

Summer 2022, Issue 104

  • Notes from the Farm – It's Summer and Life is Happening (Mike Biltonen)
  • Summer Practice for a Biodynamic Garden (Stewart Lundy)
  • Perennia Roots Farm: An Interview with Stewart Lundy (Mary Maruca)
  • Moving On – Bill McCranie Steps Down from JPI Board (Teresa O'Shaughnessy)
  • In Memoriam: Michael Phillips (Mike Biltonen)

Autumn 2022, Issue 105

  • New from the Farm – A Fall Update
  • Fall Practics for a Biodynamic Garden (Stewart Lundy)
  • Aspen Moon Farm: Hope, Passion, and a Bit of Crazy (Erin Dreistadt)
  • Growing the Sense-Organ of the Farm: Thoughts from The Philosophy of Freedom (Stewart Lundy)

Winter 2022, Issue 106

  • News from the Farm – A Winter Update
  • Contemplating the Three Kings (Stewart Lundy)
  • Reconnecting to the Cosmos (and Resonating with It) (Stewart Lundy)
  • What is Freedom? An Introduction to Rudolf Steiner's Ethical Individualism (John-Scott Legg)
  • As Above, So Below: Biodynamics as the Conscious Emulation of the Evolution of the Celestial Spheres (Stewart Lundy)

Spring 2023, Issue 107

  • News from the Farm – A Spring Update (Ben Nommay)
  • Pilgrimage to Finca Sagrada (Mary Maruca)
  • Love is in the Earth: Raising Health Microbes (Leisha Naja)
  • Freedom, Love, and Goodness: A Further Look at Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom (Part 1) (Max Leyf Treinen, PhD)
  • Remembering Maria C. Linder

Summer 2023, Issue 108

  • News from the Farm (Ben Nommay)
  • Old King Farm: Exploring the Magic with Dr. Orest Pelechaty (Mary Maruca)
  • Peppers Revisited as Microcosmic Images of Eclipses (Stewart Lundy)
  • Freedom, Love, and Goodness: A Further Look at Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom (Part 2) (Max Leyf Treinen, PhD)

Autumn 2023, Issue 109

  • News from the Farm (Ben Nommay)
  • JPI – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: President's Report (Mike Biltonen)
  • Biodynamics in the Dry Tropics of Baja California Sur in Mexico (Jose Avina with Stewart Lundy)
  • Introducing Ben Nommay, JPI's New Farm Manager (Stewart Lundy)
  • Favored Child (Suzanne O'Rourke)
  • Winter Crops (Suzanne O'Rourke)