Biodynamic Perspectives

By Mark Voss: The book is an extensive essay collection that weaves the story of a whole farm organism, the farmers who co-create on the land, and the diverse community the farm serves.

By Anthony Mecca: How can we reimagine agriculture to serve health and healing; to rebuild community, social, and economic relationships; and to honor and care for the gifts of the earth and all her inhabitants?

By Anthony Mecca: As wonderful as we may think spring is or will be, it often isn’t an easy time. Many times it is less an arrival, and more a journey akin to rebirth with accompanying labor pains. Spring is a time when what lives within us, and within the earth, as aspirations and ideals, remeets the wider world with its needs, practicalities, and endless potential.

BDA Member & Supporter, Robin Hulbert, shares his story of farming and pursuing biodynamics with his wife and community in New Hampshire.

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 Seth Jordan: When we look to Rudolf Steiner’s work for help in social and societal transformation, we find that his focus in this work is primarily on society itself — understanding the living, dynamic lawfulness of the “social organism.”

By Randy Buresh: Living in harmony with the land is what we are proud to do

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 Thea Maria Carlson: If we think of the Earth as our farm individuality, and COVID-19 as the disease that has just shown up, how might the biodynamic perspective on pests and diseases be helpful?

By Claudia J. Ford: Through the practices of biodynamic agriculture, we are encouraged to experience and substantiate our spiritual insights in the quality of our soil, the chemistry of our compost, the health of our animals, the taste of our foods and wines, and the healing properties of our sacred medicinal plants. For these reasons I thankfully renew my membership in the Biodynamic Association, and I urge others to join me.