Alliance

Alliance Board Secretary Beth Hoinacki shares how Goodfoot Farm's orchard epitomizes how the various parts of the Alliance work together and complement each other.

Executive Director Sheila Foster shares about how the Alliance is looking at supporting Biodynamic farmers and producers in getting paid for the ecological services they provide.

Executive Director Sheila Foster joins us this week from Filigreen Farm in the Anderson Valley in California, where she took part in BDANC's Summer Gathering.

Sheila Foster joins us this week from New Mexico, where she will be visiting with Joseluis Ortiz y Muniz, a Biodynamic Demeter Alliance Board member and Community Liaison and Visiting Research Scientist and Greenroots Institute.

We have so much happening here at the Alliance that we wanted to be able to you up to date and share all we're doing, so we thought regular updates might be helpful.

As the world faces an ever-growing crisis—of climate, soil, water, even spirit—it has become increasingly clear that the Biodynamic movement plays a vital role in building solutions. Thanks to the efforts of many throughout the U.S. Biodynamic community over a number of years—and a collective desire to galvanize resources and strengthen the movement in order to “meet the moment”— the Biodynamic Demeter Alliance was born on January 1, 2022, unifying the Biodynamic Association and Demeter USA. The goal was to create an organization that could serve as a national network to offer leadership in the United States in helping to solve the multiple layers of crisis we find ourselves collectively facing. After an extensive and rigorous national search, we are pleased to announce Sheila Foster as the first Executive Director of the new Alliance.