The experiment suggests that cyanobacteria ‘batteries’ could run small devices (Tuesday May 17th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Sitting on 12 acres in Chelsea, the Community Farm of Ann Arbor has been producing “food with a face” for over three decades. The oldest CSA (community supported agriculture) farm in Michigan also happens to be a biodynamic farm, which many call the “Cadillac of organic”. (Monday May 16th, 2022 — The Sun Times News - Chelsea, Michigan USA)

Award-winning documentary photographer Joanne Coates has created an exhibition featuring portraits of women in agriculture across Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. (Monday May 16th, 2022 — BBC online)

Interview: Marina O’Connell is a grower and founder of the biodynamic farm and education centre The Apricot Centre, in Dartington, south Devon. In her new book, Designing Regenerative Food Systems, she traces the roots, methods and benefits of six farming methods and describes how she wove them all together to create a thriving, profitable and nature-friendly farm. (Tuesday May 10th, 2022 — Wicked Leeks - Riverford Organic Farmers)

Anthroposophic medicine has the strong capacity to fix and diminish torment on account of hopeless and agonizing diseases. However, it means quite a bit to know the specific treatment to get productive outcomes. The majority of the treatments in anthroposophy depend on the side effects, so counseling a specialist doctor is crucial. (Friday May 6th, 2022 — Cowley Press )

Aseel Rawashdeh’s inexpensive larvicide kills disease-spreading species and spares beneficial ones (Thursday May 5th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Oregon border, under a project aimed at restoring the giant vultures to their historic habitat in the Pacific Northwest. (Tuesday May 3rd, 2022 — Huffpost)

Biodynamic wine-producing is a method developed by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s. The philosopher focused on creating an entire fertile ecosystem and using an astronomical calendar for timing the different farming stages, including harvesting, pruning, watering and giving the vineyard time to rest. Moreover, this biodynamic concept is related to the four elements: earth, fire, water and ear. Steiner`s idea implemented a creation of a balanced and harmonious agricultural ecosystem. (Tuesday May 3rd, 2022 — https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/what-is-the-difference-between-organic-natural-and-biodynamic-wine/)

Seventeen-year-old Benjamin Choi put his spare time during the pandemic to good use designing an accessible device that doesn’t require brain surgery (Monday May 2nd, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

In the year 1924, Steiner gave eight lectures on agriculture that were the basis of the biodynamic method. According to the anthroposophical interpretation, the land and plants are not isolated, but are in tune with the rhythms of the cosmos and linked to their environment, animals and human activity. In this way, to the good traditional agricultural practices based on organic design, crop rotations and the use of legumes, Steiner added the influence of terrestrial and cosmic forces. Agricultural tasks focus on restoring lost vitality to the soil, to the landscape in general and to man in particular. (Sunday May 1st, 2022 — Zyri.net)

Less than 9% of plastic in the U.S. is recycled each year, according to the EPA. The rest ends up in landfills, is burned or released into the environment. (Friday April 29th, 2022 — Huffpost)

Officials estimate this will cut carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over 30 years and will save Americans $3 million per year on utility bills (Thursday April 28th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Organic, biodynamic, and PIWI are terms more and more commonly associated with Italian wine, but what’s behind them? (Wednesday April 27th, 2022 — Italics Magazine)

The pawpaw is in the same family as the custard apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, soursop and ylang-ylang. It's a subtropical fruit that migrated north from Central America, and it is atypical; the only member of the family not confined to the tropics. (Tuesday April 26th, 2022 — BBC online)

Childhood experts like Madame Montessori, Froebel and Rudolf Steiner (of the Waldorf Schools) anticipated modern psychology which accepts that the child who does not conform to accepted patterns from the beginning is not backward at all. Unfortunately education, until now, had rather rigid frameworks. (Sunday April 24th, 2022 — The Island)

Cherokee Nation citizens will be able to gather plants that have cultural and medicinal significance along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas under a new agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), reports Bill Bowden for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. (Friday April 22nd, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

In a typical year, the glass factories here power down only once, for maintenance in August. But with Europe in the midst of an energy crisis, facing a 400 percent increase in natural gas bills, the gas-fueled blazes needed to produce Murano’s richly colored, ornate creations have become a luxury the glassmakers can scarcely afford. (Thursday April 21st, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

Winemaking is hard work, period. Biodynamic winemaking is next level—intensive, expensive, and non-stop. (Thursday April 21st, 2022 — Forbes)

The prestigious award recognises the 95-year-old's commitment to telling stories about the natural world and climate change. Accepting the award, Sir David said the world must take action now to protect nature and the planet. (Thursday April 21st, 2022 — BBC online)

The history of color theory is a story we tell based on available facts. Like many histories, it has mostly been a story by and about men. Isaac Newton’s experiments with optics inspired the broader inquiry. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 1810 Theory of Colors set a standard — visually and philosophically — for books about color in the following centuries. A series of lesser-known names surround them, to the founders of color monopolist Pantone and beyond. (Thursday April 21st, 2022 — Open Culture)