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