Preparations

By Brook LeVan: As altruistic as this preparation making is, we do it whole-heartedly because we want them to be available for others to use and experience to heal as much land as possible, and mostly to fuel our — humanity’s — relationships with the Life in the Land.

Hugh Jordan Courtney passed the threshold quietly in his sleep on June 15, 2020, at the noble age of 87 in Woolwine, Virginia. Hugh was a man of great feelings and high standards. He entered the world on Friday, July 8, 1932, in Cook County, IL. Little did anyone know at the time how much land this one man’s work would heal.

By Dewane Morgan: How using the moon phases in conjunction with the BD spray preparations has allowed me to adapt to local climate and growing conditions on a sandy loam soil in northcentral Minnesota

By M Mueller: Once upon a time, Josephine Porter announced publicly that she would teach anyone who wished to know—and would come to her farm to learn—-how to make biodynamic preparations. Date and time were set. But only one student showed up: Hugh Courtney.

By Sally Voris: This year, I realized that making biodynamic preparation BD 500 develops intimacy the way good storytelling does. Storytellers sense edges, boundaries, and themes; they attend to the rigors of timing, flow, and nuance, connecting story and audience and conveying multiple levels of meaning.

By Thea Maria Carlson: On the last day of my two-week biodynamic journey in India, I ventured with several dozen others from around the world into the mountains of Northern India to SARG Vikas Samiti.

By Stewart Lundy I went to Hugh Courtney’s November, 2015 biodynamic practicum at Earth Legacy Agriculture in Floyd, Virginia, with the expectation that I would get some practical experience working with the preparations. I learned...