What is Biodynamic Agriculture?
Biodynamic Agriculture
is based on Rudolf Steiner's universal philosophy. It relates to
the cosmic influence on the earth and thus on plants. We try to
bring in the cosmic rhythms in to the plants forms and use the Biodynamic
formulations that enhance these influences.
Planetary development
council studies, found that Ground water contamination caused by
Chemical Fertilizers and Synthetic Pesticides, runoff effecting
wells, Streams and Lakes. Dangerous Chemical residues in the food
supplies. Destruction of natural predators resulting in crop loss
from insect damage that has doubled since 1945, the same period
farm chemical use soared. In 1995 chemical usage grown upped 800%
and Chemical Fertilizers up to 53%, resulting the soil degradation.
Animal & Plants diseases proliferating and becoming more and
more difficult to control. The protein content of the Wheat in USA
dropped from 17% (1940) to 9% today.
The Organic
Farming will restore the Soil and Organic Matters to hold its fertility
in the form of Humas and convert in to living soils erosion, helps
to plant roots to penetrate deeper. The porous soil natural produces
such as Animal Manure, Green Crops and Crop Rotation for enrichment
of Soils.
The tendency
of Biodynamic Agriculture is that, food raised Biodynamically is
Nutritionally superior and tastes better than foods produced by
conventional methods. This is a common thread in alternative Agriculture,
because other ecological farming systems make similar claims for
their products. DEMETER a certification program for Biodynamically
grown foods was established in 1928. 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.
In a nutshell,
Biodynamics can be understood as a combination of "Biological
Dynamic" agricultural practices. "Biological " practices
includes a series of well known organic farming techniques, that
improve soil health "Dynamic" practices and intended to
influence biological as well as metaphysical aspects of the farm
(such as increasing vital life force), or t adapt the farm to natural
rhythms (such as planting seeds during certain lunar phases).
Biological
Practices
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Dynamic
Practices
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Green Manures |
Special
Compost preparations |
Cover Cropping
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Special
Foliar Sprays |
Composting |
Planting
by Calendar |
Companion
Planning |
Peppering
for Pest Control |
Integration
of Crops and Live Stock |
Homeopathy |
Tillage
and Cultivation |
Radionics
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