Biodynamic Agriculture
Biodynamic agriculture is based on the “Agriculture Course” given by Rudolf Steiner in Koberwitz , near Breslau (Wroclaw), in 1924, in response to requests from farmers.
Farmers and gardeners who work biodynamically take account of the living interactions and rhythms deriving from both terrestrial and cosmic influences. Besides avoiding all chemical and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, this involves crop rotation appropriate to the locality, animal husbandry and feeding adapted to the nature of each species, and social forms that go beyond the traditional family business.
Enlivening and enhancing of the soil occurs in connection with the biodynamic preparations, obtained from medicinal herbs, cow dung, quartz (silica) and animal remains, which work as remedies in tiny quantities. These promote the development of plants and their life forces by exercising a harmonising influence on them. Each farm becomes an “agricultural organism” and individual business entity through the harmonious interaction and development of human being, animal and plant.
Responsible for this section: Nikolai Fuchs, Stephan Mahlich