By Rebecca Briggs: It is extraordinarily humbling to place oneself within the context of an 87-year timeline — to consider all the individuals who have given so much of themselves to take biodynamics forward, keep the organization going through challenging times and circumstances, and do the hard work of building community across this vast and diverse country since the BDA's founding in 1938.
By Zachary Krebs: Working for the Biodynamic Association has been one of the greatest joys of my life and a continual source of inspiration and growth.
By Anthony Mecca: With the organizational transitions and shifts afoot, a question that has been more present recently is “What is the purpose of the Biodynamic Association?” Along with this question comes “What is my purpose with the Biodynamic Association?”
By Anthony Mecca: What is your ideal of the agriculture of the future? This was the work of over 700 participants from forty-seven countries around the world at this year’s International Biodynamic Agriculture Conference in Dornach, Switzerland, February 5-8, 2025.
By Anthony Mecca: There is a need for healing in our work, with biodynamics forging a new path for agriculture. As a contributor to this work, the Biodynamic Association strives to recognize, support, and help empower our entire community. We look forward to connecting and working with you to forge a new path for a healing agriculture, together.
By Anthony Mecca: Throughout the week we walked a path towards fostering healing relationships: between human beings and the natural world, between human beings, and between the realms of nature.
Beth Hoinacki, a member of the Demeter USA Board of Directors and farmer at Goodfoot Farm in Oregon, shares what is inspiring about biodynamics and the potential through unification of Demeter and the Biodynamic Association.
By the Unification Nucleus Group: As we begin the new year, we are excited to be witnessing and participating in the cocreation of a new entity that has been long in the making—97 years after Rudolf Steiner gave the Agriculture Course in Koberwitz, 83 years after the founding of the Biodynamic Association in the U.S., and 36 years after the founding of Demeter USA and the Josephine Porter Institute.
By Osiris Abrego Plata: I am honored and humbled to serve the unification process of the Biodynamic Association and Demeter USA in collaboration with my colleague David Byrnes. Continuing this meaningful work is a commitment that we take on with great appreciation to those who have helped weave this vision together with thoughtful and heartfelt intent.
