DEVELOPMENT Resource Library, Intro to Biodynamics
Extra reading, videos and more to delve deeper into topics explored in the Introduction to Biodynamics. (Free when you register for Intro to BD)
Free when you register for Introduction to Biodynamics
How to use this Library
Living Farms: Biodynamics in a Changing World
The Agriculture Course by Rudolf Steiner
On the difference between machines and organisms by Fritjof Capra
Frick trial on preparations and soil
Early Agriculture and Civilization excerpt from Plows, Plagues and Petroleum by Ruddiman
Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication by Jared Diamond
The Agricultural Crisis as a Crisis of Culture, excerpt from The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
Preface by Pfeiffer to The Agriculture Course
On Morphology, by Goethe
Emergence
The Well-Proportioned Farm Organism by Joachim Raupp
Amethyst Spray by Dennis Klocek
Sowing Calendar Introduction
Sowing Calendar and Rhythms with Claire Hattersley
The Science Behind Biodynamics by Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs
Research Matters by Richard Swann
How to Use These Resources
1. History and Context (recommended reading)
1. Early Agriculture and Civilization excerpt from Plows, Plagues and Petroleum by Ruddiman
1. The Green Continuum
2. Thinking Through Biodynamics
2. Emergence
2. Biodynamic Spray Preparations in a Nutshell
2. Amethyst Spray by Dennis Klocek
3. Framing the Farm Case Studies
3. The Biodynamic Sowing Calendar
4. New Eyes for Land Preview: The Four Elements
4. Biodynamics, A Promising Road to Tomorrow's Sustainable Agriculture
4. The Science Behind Biodynamics by Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs
4. DOK Experiment: Long-term study on bio-dynamic, bio-organic and conventional farming systems
On the difference between machines and organisms by Fritjof Capra