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Teresa是通过德克萨斯州奥斯汀的华德福教育接触到生物动力的，她的孩子在那里接受了从幼儿园到十二年级的AWS教育。作为一名前平面设计师、教师、养蜂人、政治协调员和儿童权益倡导者，她见证了意识到每个人和每个生命内在精神能力的微妙之处的重要性。Teresa 不断研究和纪念一年中的各个节日，并将节日的形象和能量融入她所做的每一件事中。她仍然是一位狂热的生物动力园艺家，也是通过生物动力疗法治愈地球的倡导者。Teresa在 JPI 董事会任职多年，并成为顾问委员会的首届成员。

Virginia于 2023 年夏末加入 JPI 董事会。Virginia是一位艺术家和葡萄酒专家，目前居住在华盛顿州西雅图市。她在弗吉尼亚州里士满长大，作为一名艺术家和从事葡萄酒工作的经历使她开始从活力、社区和可及性的角度探索生物动力。在国际上，她以 VAVAdynamica 的名义与农民和酿酒师合作，帮助他们获得直觉和宇宙能量，同时发展与土地的关系。在地方和地区，Virginia带来了社区建设的愿景，邀请广泛的社区和不同的对话参与生物动力的讨论。

威尔是Traditional Medicinals的采购总监，每年负责从大约50个国家采购超过1500吨的有机、药典、公平生活、野生动物友好和Demeter认证植物药。过去十年来，他在生产规模上与数百种不同的药用植物打交道。Will 在德克萨斯州地理中心的一个大型牛羊跨代牧场的家庭学校中长大。在艾伦-萨沃利（Allan Savory）的现场协助和指导下，与威尔的祖父合作，自 70 年代中后期以来，该牧场一直采用经过改良的萨沃利系统进行经营。

威尔是国际生物动力协会（International Biodynamic Guild）的创始人和主席，最近还加入了美国人智学协会（Anthroposophical Society in America）的农业分会。他是一名认证的草药大师，也是一名实践经验丰富的斯帕格里克炼金术士，他将这种方法现代化，以适应 21 世纪的制药加工技术。

Sean是安永政府与公共部门业务部的常务董事，为州和地方政府、高等教育以及医疗保健领域的领导者提供见解和指导。他是精益六西格玛黑带，擅长业务和技术战略、运营转型、创新和持续改进。

近半个世纪以来，Sean一直热衷于园艺和农耕，自认是个 "堆肥狂人"。他和妻子Marianne几十年来一直在家务农，现在是弗吉尼亚州弗洛伊德县Monticiano农场的合伙人。Marianne和Sean将生物动力实践融入到他们的再生农场中，目标是实现他们对风味农业的愿景，以及帮助治愈地球。

Michael出生于华盛顿特区，父母都是爱尔兰移民。年少时，他就对过去和活生生的地球世界有着浓厚的兴趣。他毕业于马里兰大学，学习历史、政治、史前史和地球科学。Michael曾担任传统教育和华德福教育的教师，并持有相关证书。年轻时，他接触到鲁道夫-斯坦纳的作品和斯坦纳的人智学哲学。他发现它非常有实质内容，因此一直研究至今，使用自然科学来检验它的精神和歌德科学。Michael在年轻时就意识到了再生农业运动中的生物动力农业。Michael对地球健康的兴趣促使他在多家有机和生物动力食品和产品企业工作。

40 多年来，他创建并继续积极参与生物动力社区支持农业项目。Michael于 2012 年创建了切萨皮克生物动力网络(Chesapeake BioDynamic Network)，该网络将弗吉尼亚州、马里兰州、特拉华州、华盛顿特区和西弗吉尼亚州等目标地区的生物动力农场、社区支持农业项目、花园以及会议、讲座和研讨会等活动联系在一起，从而取得了长足的发展。 Michael对切萨皮克生物动力网络占地两英亩的场地进行了美化，使其成为生物动力的中心。Michael于 2022 年创办了一年一度的地区生物动力大会，致力于将该地区的众多丰富资源编织在一起。该生物动力会议每年都在不断壮大。

Stewart has been farming since 2010 at Perennial Roots Farm in Accomac, Virginia, where they make their own biodynamic preparations from animals and herbs grown on their land. He raises cattle, sheep, and hogs, tends a market garden, small orchard, and runs a small CSA while offering internships and workshops throughout the year.

Before farming, Stewart studied Latin, Greek, and political philosophy; during this time he discovered the work of Owen Barfield, who unwittingly prepared the way for understanding Steiner's work later. He first heard about Steiner in Italy while visiting Avignonesi Vineyards in Tuscany where he was impressed by their beautiful attentiveness to spacing their vines. Bees are what got Stewart into farming and an early workshop with Gunther Hauk, founder of the Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary influenced him significantly. Stewart traveled to the Nature Institute to learn about chromatography concepts with Bruno Follador, and after teaching himself chromatography by sourcing materials described in Ehrenfried Pfeiffer's chromatography writings, has been exploring picture-forming methods actively since 2013. Since 2012, Stewart has been experimenting with biodynamic preparations, and then studied with Hugh Courtney, the founder of the Josephine Porter Institute, for the last seven biodynamic practicums in Woolwine, Virginia and by the end was teaching independent sessions at Hugh's workshops. He has spoken at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland at the Evolving Science conference, as well as the Pennsylvania Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Conference, Future Harvest Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FHCASA), the Virginia Biological Farming Conference (VABF), the Utah Farm and Food Conference, the national Biodynamic Association (BDA) Conference, a Biodynamic Seminar in Tepetlixpa, México, as well as a regular participant in the Chesapeake Biodynamic Network (CBDN) Conferences. He has given presentations for the Front Range Anthroposophical Cafe (FRAC) among others. In 2024, for the centennial of biodynamics, Stewart edited a collection of some of the best from Hugh Courtney time at JPI's Applied Biodynamics to which he wrote a substantial introduction, published under the title Biodynamics for Beginners (PortalBooks, 2024). He is an independent consultant and helps people transition to biodynamics for farms and gardens worldwide. Stewart's writing has been featured across a wide array of publications including the Biodynamic Journal, Das Goetheanum, Acres, USA, Lilipoh, and more. His farm has been featured in the Washington Post and on NPR. He is the founder and regular contributor to JPI's Substack and oversees the production of biodynamic preparations at the Josephine Porter Institute, made from herbs grown on his farm and manure from his heritage breed cows. He also oversees quality control for the production of JPI's proprietary Pfeiffer™ recipes. In his free time, he studies Hebrew, dabbles in kriya-yoga, and studies esoterica.