“We carefully tend our member’s plots but encourage them to come here to cultivate their land and gather their own produce so that they can enjoy having contact with nature,” says Eleni Apergi. “We can advise them on how to farm their produce, and they are free to use whatever farming methods they choose, such as Biodynamic farming, for example – as long as it’s organic. (Monday August 1st, 2022 — Greek City Times)

Regenerative farming practices have always been the cornerstone of biodynamic farming, but the practice is becoming increasingly organic as farmers recognize the essential role that soil, plants and animals play in keeping their farms healthy. and integrated into conventional agriculture. (Monday August 1st, 2022 — Eminetra Canada)

In hindsight, it is a fitting image for the 52-year-old. While his wines’ black and gold label imposes old world grandeur, Duroux has been pushing innovation at the 207-year-old estate since taking charge in 2004. One of his greatest achievements was convincing his bosses to adopt biodynamic practices, an agricultural approach that priorities organic material, biodiversity, and often times lunar-based farming cycles. Since 2017, Château Palmer has been certified as fully biodynamic, and remains one of the handful of Bordeaux wineries that farm this way. (Friday July 29th, 2022 — Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong)

Better camera tracking and a crackdown on poaching have led to higher estimates of the top predator’s abundance (Friday July 29th, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

As I show in my new book, “The Mind of a Bee,” the latest research indicates that even tiny-brained bees are profoundly intelligent creatures that can memorize not only flowers but also human faces, solve problems by thinking rather than by trial and error, and learn to use tools by observing skilled bees. They even appear to experience basic emotions, or at least something like optimism and pessimism. (Friday July 29th, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

Small, bug-like creatures can transfer pollen to red seaweed underwater (Friday July 29th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

With a commitment to preserving the environment and the pure quality of their terroir, they employ organic, biodynamic and ecological practices that in 2021 won an International Gold in Sustainable Practices at the 'Best of Wine Tourism' awards presented by the global network, Great Wine Capitals. (Thursday July 28th, 2022 — Jamaica Observer)

Standing here, in the Guadiana Valley of the Extremadura region in south-western Spain, I imagined how different this dusty and arid flatland would have appeared 2,500 years ago when it was a hub of trade and worship for Tartessos, a mysterious Iberian society that thrived between the 9th and 5th Centuries BCE – and then abruptly disappeared. (Thursday July 28th, 2022 — BBC online)

Born in Zofingen, Switzerland in 1925, Eva Aeppli grew up in Basel, where she studied anthroposophy under the field’s progenitor, Rudolf Steiner. Only by passing through the unique artistic universe of Eva Aeppli can a spectator come to understand how her work encompasses fictions that come to her in dreams, or the alternate states that she transmutes into her unique compositions, filling otherwise inanimate objects with life, and thereby situating them such that they never escape the omnipresence of death constantly present in Eva’s work. (Wednesday July 27th, 2022 — Whitehot Magazine)

Since 1988, Mumbulla School for Rudolf Steiner Education has been thoughtfully developing and enhancing their Bega campus. (Tuesday July 26th, 2022 — Bega District News)

The 560-million-year-old specimen, which was found in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, is likely a forerunner of cnidaria - the group of species that today includes jellyfish. (Monday July 25th, 2022 — BBC online)

Across the planet, Indigenous communities, from the Heiltsuk in British Columbia, to the Powhatan on the Chesapeake Bay on the United States’ Atlantic Coast, to the Māori in New Zealand, have successfully stewarded the sea for thousands of years. These communities avoided diminishing their productive sea gardens despite, in some cases, seeing harvests that rival modern commercial fisheries. (Monday July 25th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

“Demand for vegan, organic and biodynamic wines has grown as more consumers adopt eco-conscious and healthier lifestyles. It’s great to see that the desire for top-quality vegan-friendly wines is growing so strongly and we have every reason to believe that this will only continue to rise, creating a great opportunity for Virgin Wines to capitalise on this growing sector”. (Monday July 25th, 2022 — Wales Online)

Christian receives ongoing training in biodynamic culture from the Spanish biodynamic federation and follows great philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka's inspiring way to carry out balanced and sustainable agriculture. (Monday July 25th, 2022 — Yahoo Finance)

Octopuses are problem-solvers, mischief-makers and notorious escape artists. They also appear to have a rich inner life – so what is it like to be an octopus? (Sunday July 24th, 2022 — BBC online)

Biodynamic farming based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (of the Steiner Schools) is the next level. Biodynamics follows the phases of the moon and has some scientifically dubious methods, but grape quality seems to improve further. (Friday July 22nd, 2022 — Irish Examiner)

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as “endangered” — two steps from extinct. The group estimates that the population of monarch butterflies in North America has declined between 22% and 72% over 10 years, depending on the measurement method. (Thursday July 21st, 2022 — Huffpost)

As climate change continues to become a hot topic with record-high temperatures being set, Cape Coral-based health food supplement company Mercola is hoping to do something about it by promoting biodynamic farming. (Thursday July 21st, 2022 — Gulfshore Business)

Esrawe Studio collaborated with architect Francisco Pardo to design the world’s first biodynamic tequila distillery, envisioned crowning the top of an extinct volcano in Los Altos de Jalisco, Mexico. The project is at the heart of a new agro-tourism ecosystem that weaves along a continuous corridor of sustainable agriculture and free-range. In addition to the distillery, the ‘Biodynamic Community’ proposal will be home to a carefully tended extension of biodynamic agro-ranching, agro-tourism, natural hot springs, ranches, ethnobotany for homeopathic products, regional cuisine from edible gardens, sale of homegrown products, workshops for the practice and teaching of traditional crafts, a cultural center, and school, artist residency, and seminars. (Thursday July 21st, 2022 — Designboom )

The crew of Grain de Sail, a sailboat carrying a load of French biodynamic wines—without the carbon emissions of a cargo ship—hoists the mainsail and floats into town. (Monday July 18th, 2022 — The New Yorker)