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	Biodynamics
		Biodynamic agriculture is an advanced organic farming system that is gaining increased attention for its emphasis on food quality and soil health and soil fertility.
		Biodynamic agriculture developed out of eight lectures on agriculture given in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), an Austrian scientist and philosopher, to a group of farmers near Breslau (which was then in the eastern part of Germany and is now in Poland).
		A basic ecological principle of biodynamics is to conceive of the farm as an organism, a self-contained entity.
	www.lindros.co.za /biodynamics.htm (802 words)

	Biodynamic agriculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biodynamic agriculture use techniques reminiscent of the fertilization for pest control and weed control, most of these techniques include using the ashes of a pest or weed that has been trapped or picked from the fields and ceremonially burnt.
		Even though organic agriculture emerged at least in part from biodynamic agriculture, it is more of a burden to current practitioners of organic agriculture because many of the criticisms surrounding the supernatural characteristics of biodynamic agriculture are often conflated with the practices of organic agriculture.
		This movement believe the future of the biodynamic agriculture system includes the use of homeopathic preparations, as they are more efficient, more economical, more consistent, can be shipped across international borders, are compatible with all other forms of agriculture and are easier to mix and apply.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture (1906 words)

	Biodynamic wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Biodynamic wines are those made using the principles of biodynamic agriculture.
		Like biodynamic agriculture in general, biodynamic grape-growing stems from the ideas and suggestions of Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), who gave his now famous "Agriculture Course" in 1924, predating most of the organic movement.
		The principles and practices of biodynamics are based on his spiritual/practical philosophy, which includes understanding the ecological, the energetic, and the spiritual in nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biodynamic_wine (413 words)

	Kirchmann 1994
		Biodynamic farming is the offshoot of a larger philosophy called anthroposophy.
		When Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, gave a series of lectures on biodynamic farming in 1924, he probably didn't know that he was founding the first form of alternative agriculture in Europe.
		Steiner's ideas grew from his feeling that food, even then, was not fit for human consumption and was not being grown in harmony with the forces of the earth and the universe.
	www.css.cornell.edu /courses/190/abstr/eisman.htm (370 words)

	Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association (BDA) - What is Biodynamics?
		Biodynamics is a science of life-forces, a recognition of the basic principles at work in nature, and an approach to agriculture which takes these principles into account to bring about balance and healing.
		Biodynamics is part of the work of Rudolf Steiner, known as anthroposophy - a new approach to science which integrates precise observation of natural phenomena, clear thinking, and knowledge of the spirit.
		In his Agriculture course, Rudolf Steiner posed the ideal of the self-contained farm - that there should be just the right number of animals to provide manure for fertility, and these animals should, in turn, be fed from the farm.
	www.biodynamics.com /biodynamics.html (1073 words)

	About the Biodynamic Education Centre - Biodynamic Education Centre
		The Biodynamic Education Centre was founded in 1992 to support farmers and gardeners throughout the world to gain the knowledge and skills to be able to implement biodynamic practices in their individual situations.
		Biodynamic agriculture is a modern, sustainable and ethical approach to food production based on scientific understandings of the physical and spiritual realities in nature.
		Biodynamic agriculture is vitally important to the future of mankind.
	www.biodynamiceducation.com /about.html (663 words)

	Kalle Biodynamic Agri Clinics : : Biodynamic Agriculture
		The tendency of Biodynamic Agriculture is that, food raised Biodynamically is Nutritionally superior and tastes better than foods produced by conventional methods.
		Today, Biodynamic Agriculture is practiced on farms around the world, on various scales and in a variety of climates and cultures.
		The biodynamic Farming is the Spiritual Science of anthroposophy founded by Steiner and its emphasis on farming practices intended to achieve balance between the physical and higher non-physical real in to acknowledge the influence of cosmic and terrestrial forces and to enrich the soil.
	www.kalleagriclinics.com /about_biodynamic.htm (399 words)

	Do planets affect farming activity?
		Christened "biodynamic agriculture", this mode of farming is based on performing different farm operations according to a crop calendar based on zodiac principles.
		The experiments on biodynamic farming in the past three years have shown encouraging results, prompting the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to begin formally promoting it as a method of sustainable clean agriculture.
		Thus, biodynamic farming follows a fixed agricultural calendar for activities like sowing and transplanting, crop modelling through pruning and training (in the case of vines), crop combination and maintenance of optimum moisture.
	www.rediff.com /money/2003/aug/12spec.htm (682 words)

	Biodynamic Farming & Compost Preparation
		Biodynamic agriculture was the first ecological farming system to arise in response to commercial fertilizers and specialized agriculture after the turn of the century, yet it remains largely unknown to the modern farmer and land-grant university system.
		Biodynamic agriculture developed out of eight lectures on agriculture given in 1924 by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), an Austrian scientist and philosopher, to a group of farmers near Breslau (which was then in the eastern part of Germany and is now Wroclaw in Poland).
		Biodynamic compost is a fundamental component of the biodynamic method; it serves as a way to recycle animal manures and organic wastes, stabilize nitrogen, and build soil humus and enhance soil health.
	www.attra.org /attra-pub/biodynamic.html (6553 words)

	Biodynamic Farming Association
		The objects of the Association are to foster, guide and safeguard in New Zealand the biodynamic approach to agriculture, horticulture, forestry and animal husbandry as initiated by Rudolf Steiner in 1924 and as practised progressively since that time.
		Biodynamic methods work toward the development of the farm or garden as a balanced and sustainable unit.
		Biodynamic Advisory workshops are being developed to assist those interested in deepening their understanding and improving their farming and gardening practices.
	www.biodynamic.org.nz (801 words)

	Biodynamic Agriculture
		Biodynamic farming claims to be the original and purest form of organic agriculture.
		Biodynamics rests on the premise that any farm is still a natural ecosystem to be nurtured, that soil and cash crop health is dependent on retaining a natural balance where the health and vitality of the other plants, animals, insects, micro-organisms and soil are all integral to productive and sustainable farming.
		Biodynamics is a science that is meant to evolve, shedding the superfluous, yet recognizing the seasons, the stars, the individuality of each farm, each farmer, each climate and micro-climate, indeed every distinct culture and tradition where it may find its expression.
	www.ecoworld.com /home/articles2.cfm?tid=388 (2987 words)

	Rudolf Steiner College: Biodynamic Gardening
		Biodynamic agriculture recognizes the basic principles at work in nature and applies this knowledge of life forces to bring about balance and healing in the soil.
		Biodynamics is the oldest organized organic approach to farming: farms and gardens have been in operation in many countries and climates since the 1920's.
		At the heart of Biodynamics is the use of special preparations in homeopathic doses that enhance the life of soil, plants, and animals.
	www.steinercollege.org /biodynamics.html (577 words)

	Bob & Nancy's Bookshop - Anthroposophy - Biodynamic Gardening and Farming - Books to Sow By
		Biodynamic methods consider the farm or garden to be a self-contained organism, embedded in the living landscape of the Earth, which is in turn part of a living, dynamic cosmos of vital, spiritual energies.
		Biodynamic agriculture is an extension of hte organic approach that uses homepathic agricultural preparations to enrich the soil by working in harmony with cosmic and earthly forces.
		Biodynamics is an internationally recognized approach to organic agriculture in which the farmer or gardener respects and works with the spiritual dimension of hte earth's environment, enabling the life processes and ecological interconnections of plants and animals to function at their best.
	www.waldorfbooks.com /anthro/biodynamics.htm (3847 words)

	Biodynamics
		Biodynamics is a science of life forces, a recognition of the basic principles at work in nature, and an approach to agriculture, which takes these principles into account to bring about balance and healing.
		The Biodynamic method regards the earth as a living organism and strives to renew the soil in order to produce food that is full of vitality and deeply nourishing.
		Biodynamics notes the interrelationship of all kingdoms - mineral, plant, animal and human - and their intricate correspondence to the rhythms and activities of the larger cosmos.
	www.fbts.com /biodynamics.htm (1260 words)

	Ambassador Organics : Biodynamic FAQs - Biodynamic, Organic, Fair Trade Certified Coffee, Tea and Spices
		Biodynamic is an agricultural systems approach based on the holistic principles of nature and its intrinsic relationship to minerals, plants, animals, humans and the cosmos.
		Biodynamic farming is a fully integrated system dependent on the vast labyrinth of natural beings from microscopic organisms in the soil to the many animals that roam its surface.
		Biodynamic foods are thought to have increased vitality and nutrition, and the farming methods are believed to improve the earth’s soil quality and promote a harmonious coexistence between the earth, its inhabitants and the cosmos.
	www.ambassadororganics.com /faqs_biodynamic.php (910 words)

	Matrix
		Many biodynamic practices are similar to organic agriculture, for example, a focus on soil organic matter and on taking advantage of ecosystem dynamics between plants, insects and livestock.
		Biodynamic farming is practiced on a commercial scale in many countries (the wine industry in the western U.S., for example, in increasingly adopting the biodynamic approach) and is gaining wider recognition for its contributions to organic farming, food quality, and community supported agriculture.
		The biodynamic focus on promoting general nutritional and spiritual health also lends itself to the CSA (community supported agriculture) model, in which farmers are supported by consumers who contract with the farmer at the beginning of the growing season for a certain percentage of the harvest.
	www.uwex.edu /farmandhome/sare/matrix.php?section=4&report=0 (831 words)

	About the Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics
		Those who are new to biodynamic agriculture require a source of quality biodynamic preparations if they are to do their own research and educate themselves about biodynamic agriculture.
		JPI's mission is to serve as a reliable source for biodynamic preparations for the beginning or seasoned practitioner; as an education center for all biodynamic practitioners as they begin to make their own preparations; and as a research venue which focuses specifically on the BD preparations.
		In 1920s Europe, the use of chemicals in agriculture was causing great concern for a number of farmers and soil scientists; especially with regard to its effects on seed viability, deterioration of food quality, and health related problems in both livestock and crops.
	www.jpibiodynamics.org /content/about.html (526 words)

	Biodynamic Certified!
		Biodynamic agriculture is a self-sustaining and ecological approach to farming, which treats the farm as a living organism and mini-ecosystem.
		Biodynamic farms incorporate animals and agriculture together, so that animals are fed from the farm, and in turn produce manure to fertilize crops.
		Biodynamic farming is free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in the same manner as certified organic farming.
	www.mountainroseherbs.com /newsletter/07/june/biodynamic.php (576 words)

	Biodynamic Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Biodynamic agriculture springs from a spiritual world view known as Anthroposophy (from the Greek anthropos, meaning human being; sophia, wisdom).
		Thus the Biodynamic movement is in fact the oldest advocate for “organic” agriculture since the idea of chemical fertilizer was introduced.
		Although I have been a student of Biodynamics for 30 years, it only dawned on me recently that even more serious than the toxicity of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers, is the insidious separation which has been effected between plants and the earth.
	www.camphillsoltane.org /news/Articles/Biodynamics.htm (2777 words)

	FAQ
		Biodynamic agriculture is the oldest consciously organic approach to farming and gardening and is one of the most sustainable in existence.
		Biodynamic preparations are uniquely fermented natural and organic substances that are used to steer humus forming processes in the soil, vitalise plant growth and harmonise life on the holding with that of its immediate and more distant surroundings.
		Biodynamic produce is marketed using the Demeter symbol and guarantees to consumers that food has been grown and produced to international biodynamic production and processing standards.
	www.biodynamic.org.uk /FAQ.htm (1506 words)

	Organic vs Biodynamic - The Nibble Organic Matter, February 2006 - Biodiversity vs. Organic Farming
		Biodynamics includes the use of “cosmic rhythms,” where different phases or cycles of the sun, moon, planets, and stars determine both the quantity and quality of their light that reaches plants.
		Biodynamics practitioners point to the number of gold medals their wines have won in taste-tests over recent years, but taste is such a subjective matter that I don’t regard gold medals as scientific evidence of superiority.
		Biodynamic farms, by their nature, are also organic (in fact, a number of vineyards I found are certified organic and claim to practice biodynamic agriculture, but are not certified biodynamic).
	www.thenibble.com /reviews/nutri/matter/2006-02.asp (1642 words)

	Cafe Altura Biodynamic
		Biodynamics is an evolved system of organic agriculture developed by the Austrian philosopher, Dr. Rudolph Steiner.
		Biodynamic farming calls for certain preparations to be used to aid in plant development.
		Biodynamic farming serves as a valuable model as the world of agriculture seeks active, successful programs that prolong soil life and plant health.
	www.cafealtura.com /docs/biodynamic.html (241 words)

	ENN: Biodynamics: Bringing the Cosmos to the Farm
		Biodynamic producers seek to actively work with the health-giving forces of nature, viewing the farm as a living organism within the context of both the planet and the cosmos.
		Biodynamic farmers take into consideration the moon's orbit and the constellations to determine planting and harvesting times, but they are most interested in the beneficial earthworms and soil-building microbial activity that occur beneath the surface because healthy food comes from healthy soil.
		Since many consumers aren’t familiar with biodynamic agriculture, Hunter always is willing to share information with her customers at the farmers' market in Fairfield, with students from nearby Maharishi University and with others who want to learn.
	www.enn.com /agriculture/article/32435 (1040 words)

	Grow Better Veggies: About Biodynamic Agriculture
		Biodynamic agriculture is a method of organic farming that treats farms as unified and individual organisms, with an emphasis toward balancing the holistic development and interrelationship of the soil, plants, and animals as a closed, self-nourishing system.
		biodynamic approach include the use of fermented herbal and mineral preparations as compost additives and field sprays and the use of an astronomical calendar to determine times of planting and harvesting.
		Although biodynamic agriculture has been around for almost 100 years, it is enjoying a resurgence of interest, particularly in the winery industry, as more and more vintners are switching to biodynamic practices to grow better grapes.
	loveapplefarm.typepad.com /growbetterveggies/about-biodynamic-agricult.html (861 words)

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