Biodynamic pioneer Alan Chadwick turned America on to radical growing methods—influencing everyone from Alice Waters to winemakers Fetzer and Frey. So how come you’ve never heard of him? (Tuesday August 30th, 2016 — Modern Farmer - Hudson, New York USA)

photo gallery (Tuesday August 30th, 2016 — The Coloradoan - USA)

In biodynamic agriculture, the highest goal of cultivation is always an intricate balance of all of these systems, providing for holistically grown foods that continually build on the fertility of the landscape, as opposed to degrade and diminish it over time. (Tuesday August 30th, 2016 — Mother Earth News - USA)

One of only 121 Waldorf schools in the nation, Beverly’s Waldorf School at Moraine Farm, formerly the Cape Ann Waldorf School, will be celebrating its 30th year of operation when the doors open to students in just a matter of weeks. (Tuesday August 30th, 2016 — Wicked Local North of Boston - )

The newly-erected turbines off of Block Island may signal the future of American wind power (Thursday August 25th, 2016 — Smithsonian online -USA)

So wineries invest the time and money to have more sustainable practices. But does it pay off? Here’s what people at a Friday tasting at Sundance Wine Cellars had to say about their willingness to buy organic wines. “I buy organic wines if they taste good,” says Karen Dooley. (Thursday August 25th, 2016 — KLCC FM Public Radio - Oregon, USA)

The newly digitized collection is as ambitious as the art school it documents (Tuesday August 23rd, 2016 — Smithsonian online -USA)

Organic wines have slowly but steadily taken root in Argentina, where climatic conditions are ideal for this niche market. Some 14 wineries showcased pesticide-free organic and holistically-produced biodynamic wines this week at the 3rd Fair of Organic Wines, held at Botica del Angel, a home-turned-museum in the Buenos Aires district of Congreso. (Sunday August 21st, 2016 — Xinhua - Buenos Aires, Argentina)

His philosophy on agriculture was one of healing the earth and the soil, rather than stripping away its life giving properties. For him, this was science combined with the inexplicable, intangible life forces. (Saturday August 20th, 2016 — Santa Monica Daily Press - Santa Monica, California USA)

Over 120 employees from Link’s Development and Asset Management team spent a day carrying out various gardening, joinery/construction, painting, clearing and grounds maintenance tasks to help improve the grounds for residents and visitors at Camphill Blair Drummond. Camphill Blair Drummond is a supportive community for adults with learning disabilities to live, learn, work and relax. It provides residential and day care activities for those with complex learning needs. (Friday August 19th, 2016 — Scottish Housing News - UK)

These new urban forests let you pick your own produce. But will the concept take root? (Tuesday August 16th, 2016 — Smithsonian online -USA)

I was taken aback for a moment when reading Rudolf Steiner’s verse for this week (Week 20). But then I realized that he was presenting an image as if in a photo negative. Now I can see that he was trying to convey how a person’s life would be if separated from others, if severed from the Spirit world. Each one of us would die if left alone. We are spiritual and gregarious creatures. (Monday August 15th, 2016 — Huffington Post - USA)

A COMMON sight on the modest, yet remarkable school campus of Tuburan Institute in Sitio Loon, at the foot of Mt. Talomo here, are children as young as five climbing trees, running, jumping, singing, playing freely, bare earth under their feet. In this school, there are no ringing bells, no warning signboards and no loudspeakers to prompt students. There is only laughter above the silence of the semi-forested campus. The children laugh like they’re the luckiest creatures in the world. (Sunday August 14th, 2016 — Inquirer Mindanao - Philippines)

Xtend soybeans are genetically altered to withstand both glyphosate and an existing herbicide called dicamba. ... 1. It�s illegal to use Dicamba on GMO soy ... 2. Dicamba has a drift problem ... 3. The vicious superweed cycle (Sunday August 7th, 2016 — Care2.com - USA)

Eurythmy can be best described as a form of movement using the human body to express the creative principles underlying speech and music. (Saturday August 6th, 2016 — New Straits Times Online - Malaysia )

Wine made from grapes grown without chemicals or on biodynamic farms scored better in blind taste tests by professional wine reviewers than regular wines. (Thursday August 4th, 2016 — Yorkshire Evening Post - UK)

To be exact, the study shows that ratings in three major publications � Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast � are four points higher on average for eco-certified wines compared to control group wines from the same regions and same vintages. Four points on average is a huge difference: bigger than the standard deviation in two of the three publications. In le (Tuesday August 2nd, 2016 — Wine-Searcher - Auckland, New Zealand)

Food Tank recently had the pleasure of speaking with Bruno Follador, a geographer, biodynamic researcher, and specialist in biodynamic composting and chromatography. Follador, a native of San Paolo, Brazil, first encountered biodynamics at the age of 18 through anthroposophy, a philosophy that postulates that the spiritual world is objective and can be comprehended by the intellectual. (Monday August 1st, 2016 — foodtank.com - )

While it�s not news that a variety of communication happens between non-human elements of the natural world, the idea of mycelia (the main body of fungi, as opposed to the more well-known fruiting bodies � mushrooms) acting as a sort of old-school planetary internet is still a fairly recent one, and may serve as a spore of a new breed of forestry, ecology, land management. (Monday August 1st, 2016 — Care2.com - USA)

Mark Rathbone lost parts from two tractors � the one with a flat tyre and another parked near it � about a month ago when he and wife Kathy were away selling produce at a weekly farmers� market. The thieves� haul included a generator, regulator box, fuel pump and gauges, as well as a $1000 brush cutter, angle grinder and tool kit from a bore shed. It was a major blow for the biodynamic farmers, who grow 40 varieties of vegetables on 43 hectares at Wyuna East near Kyabram under the brand Save Our Soil. (Sunday July 31st, 2016 — Weekly Times Now - Melbourne, VIC, Australia)