Biodynamics

For the official definition, visit the Biodynamic Farming and Garden Associaton.

Let's start our definition with an introduction to an amazing figure named Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf was born in 1871, and to say he was ahead of time is a gross underestimation. If you try and categorize his thinking and work, then you are missing the point; he was a true Renaissance man. For the purposes of this conversation, let's acknowledge his tremendous contribution toward awakening consciousness within humanity that soil-dirt-earth is a living entity that requires a relationship on multiple levels that touch on art, science, and spiritual domains.

Ok, whoa, you might be saying. "What does all this have to do with gardening or farming?" Well, please do explore the many sites that feature the full scope of Rudolf's work...you won't be disappointed.

Biodynamics is a approach to growing food that asks you to examine aspects of the soil as a holistic system that includes complex biological relationships and small forces that can have a powerful impact on a large scale. If that sounds like microbiology, then yes, Steiner looked at the microbiology of soils and the total soil-plant-micro-macro system. Just add a slice of soul, and you almost have yourself a Bio-dynamic sandwhich!