To explain bio-dynamic farming today typically requires the word 'resurgence'. The increasingly popular tradition of chemical free, high soil fertility, and crop-rotation, has after all been around for centuries, and was once considered standard; basic; dare one say, 'normal' practice in agriculture and farming.
And now, with a monstrous demand for food, crop disease problems, and general land degradation - issues that are typically man-made - chemical-use to combat bugs, produce larger and greater quantities of fruits and vegetables, has been the savior for many farmers across the world.
Enter Rudolf Steiner (1860-1925), then and now. His philosophies and influences surrounding bio-dynamic farming helped farmers of Eastern Germany in the 1920's, and today continue reminding the world about the importance of healthy soils, purely organic resources, and... for those of you with an astrological inclination... his belief systems that connect the weight of the cosmos to plants vitality. :)
G R E E K:
bios=life; dynamis=energy
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