Today when I saw this blog page I felt extremely happy to see the honour given to Mr Peter Proctor. I am a fortunate person among several to work with Peter Proctor for several years in India. I had a great chance of attending his first seminar on Biodynamic Agriculture in India at Indore, Madhyapradesh from 18th to 20th October 1993. Then he was taken as Biodynamic consultant to the Kurinji farms (it was around 310 ha of orchards) in which I was the Farms Manager.
During his stay of 15 to 20 days in a visit, he identified all the herbs needed for biodynamic preparations making from India and gave us the method of cultivating the herbs collected as well as from the seeds from New Zealand, in a highly elevated place called Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, South India. Subsequently, he gave us the techniques of preparing all the biodynamic preparations.
He also give us the practical demonstrations and guidance to spray all the biodynamic preparations in the mango orchards and in different crops (BD 500, BD 501, CPP manure, several liquid manures) and taught us how to prepare biodynamic compost as well as CPP manure and several liquid manures utilising the biodynamic compost herbal preparations BD 502 to BD 507.
In 1997 with the help of Mr. Peter Proctor & Mrs Rachel Pomeroy, Kurinji farms along with an NGO - Palani Hills Conservation Council (PHCC) with the support of Newzealand Australia Biodynamic Outreach program initiated a Basic Biodynamic Course for a period of two months at Kodaikanal. Then the same Basic Biodynamic course was further contents to 21 days and due to the inconvenience for the participants from different places of India and other countries, the days was subsequently reduced in different periods/ years and now it is continued as Basic Biodynamic course for 6 days and Biodynamic Preparation Making course for 3 days. Peter proctor was conducting the training program till 2007 and after that several people trained by him are conducting the course now. I am very much fortunate to be a part of this course from the beginning till now at various levels and also now heading the "Training sub committee of BDAI".
Because of Peter Proctors enthusiastic efforts several estates and farms started practicing biodynamic agriculture and as a result of that within short period of time in 1999 "Biodynamic Association of India - BDAI was formed. He travelled extensively in India conducting several training programs in different parts of India.
I can write several pages explaining my experience with Peter Proctor and the impulses he has left with us and udespecially the hardworking and sincere approach and attitude towards Organic and Biodynamic farming.
Jaison J Jerome said:
Today when I saw this blog page I felt extremely happy to see the honour given to Mr Peter Proctor. I am a fortunate person among several to work with Peter Proctor for several years in India. I had a great chance of attending his first seminar on Biodynamic Agriculture in India at Indore, Madhyapradesh from 18th to 20th October 1993. Then he was taken as Biodynamic consultant to the Kurinji farms (it was around 310 ha of orchards) in which I was the Farms Manager.
During his stay of 15 to 20 days in a visit, he identified all the herbs needed for biodynamic preparations making from India and gave us the method of cultivating the herbs collected as well as from the seeds from New Zealand, in a highly elevated place called Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, South India. Subsequently, he gave us the techniques of preparing all the biodynamic preparations.
He also give us the practical demonstrations and guidance to spray all the biodynamic preparations in the mango orchards and in different crops (BD 500, BD 501, CPP manure, several liquid manures) and taught us how to prepare biodynamic compost as well as CPP manure and several liquid manures utilising the biodynamic compost herbal preparations BD 502 to BD 507.
In 1997 with the help of Mr. Peter Proctor & Mrs Rachel Pomeroy, Kurinji farms along with an NGO - Palani Hills Conservation Council (PHCC) with the support of Newzealand Australia Biodynamic Outreach program initiated a Basic Biodynamic Course for a period of two months at Kodaikanal. Then the same Basic Biodynamic course was further contents to 21 days and due to the inconvenience for the participants from different places of India and other countries, the days was subsequently reduced in different periods/ years and now it is continued as Basic Biodynamic course for 6 days and Biodynamic Preparation Making course for 3 days. Peter proctor was conducting the training program till 2007 and after that several people trained by him are conducting the course now. I am very much fortunate to be a part of this course from the beginning till now at various levels and also now heading the "Training sub committee of BDAI".
Because of Peter Proctors enthusiastic efforts several estates and farms started practicing biodynamic agriculture and as a result of that within short period of time in 1999 "Biodynamic Association of India - BDAI was formed. He travelled extensively in India conducting several training programs in different parts of India.
I can write several pages explaining my experience with Peter Proctor and the impulses he has left with us and udespecially the hardworking and sincere approach and attitude towards Organic and Biodynamic farming.