We warmly invite you the Agriculture Conference 2024 to celebrate 100 years of the Agriculture Course!

We now know that eating too much sugar can harm our health, but we are reluctant to give up sweet treats. Artificial sweeteners therefore provide a…

states Tannaz Daver in her report on the past online course of the Section for Agriculture. "

Over recent weeks, the Section and the Advisory Group have created a varied conference programme with over 90 different contributions. This number…

It has been known for some time that breastfeeding helps prevent the development of allergies in later life [1]. The ideal food for newborns is breast…

The earth’s water balance is out of joint. Extreme weather conditions lead to droughts in some instances and to flooding in others. Water itself is…

Report on a recent study

Seeds for the development of the world-wide movement

Report on the new study by Kliemann et al.

Reflections on Agriculture as a Cultural Impulse

Towards the 100th Anniversary of Biodynamics

Breast milk – as the first food for the newborn, whether human or mammal – contains all the essential nutrients that the newborn requires. Breast milk…

Pesticides are substances that are used in agriculture and public health to control pests. The word “pesticide” comes from the English pest meaning…

The role of animal-source foods is repeatedly hotly debated in the discussion over environmentally sound and sustainable agricultural production…

Does our gut microbiota impact our thinking?

On 27 September the Goetheanum World Conference 2023 begins! During Michaelmas we will be working at the Goetheanum on the next steps for the future…

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How do consumers perceive biodynamics? Sara R. Jaeger and her colleagues are investigating this question in an as yet unpublished study. The…

Feeling healthy is not just a matter of your physical state but also your mental well-being and spiritual activity. According to the World Health…

How do different farming systems influence soil quality over time? The DOK trial (BioDynamic, BioOrganic, Konventionell (German for conventional))…

A lecture by Ueli Hurter & Jean-Michel Florin

The newsletter from the international professional group "Healing Herbs, Aromatic Herbs and Cosmetic Plants" is out! You will find there insights into…

At long last the Agriculture Conference was able to be held in person at the Goetheanum once more, and was more varied than ever before.

If you put a piece of good quality chocolate in your mouth while holding your nose, you will not taste the chocolate. It merely tastes sweet. Only…

On 03.02.2023 the official launch of the Biodynamic Research Platform took place during the annual Agricultural Conference at the Goetheanum. The…

Jasmin Peschke and Lea Sprügel

Theme of the year 2023/24

The climate question is keeping governments busy. In their essay ‘Breathing with the Climate Crisis’, Lin Bautze, Ueli Hurter and Johannes Kronenberg…

The biodynamic brand ‘Demeter’ is known around the world, the foundations of biodynamic agriculture less so. In the year leading up to the centenary,…

Agroecosystems are managed by humans but remain subject to ecological processes. The type and intensity of management measures have an impact on the…

On the Agriculture Conference 2023

Eat like the French! Nutrition as Culture

Lin Bautze and Ueli Hurter’s Participation in the COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the Section for Agriculture

The European biodynamic trainer and teacher workshop took place from 18-19 November as part of the international biodynamic trainers’ and teachers’…

In a paper published in 2018, a French research team examined biodynamic and conventional viticulture methods. The researchers, led by Isabelle…

This text calls on you to adopt a new perspective. On our climate. To find hope that we can breathe in health together.

We invite you to the…

October 18-22, 2022, we hosted the first ever African biodynamic trainer workshop at a Learning Centre called Kufunda Village in Zimbabwe. 30…

The Asia Pacific Biodynamic Conference was held on 20th-23th of October 2022. It was a great success in bringing so many very different people…

Around 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown away globally every year – a third of the entire annual food production. Each food item has a history and…

Geisteswissenschaftliche Grundlagen zum Gedeihen der Landwirtschaft – Komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage nun auch als Taschenbuch

One conference at four different times, in four different places, prepared by four different teams

The Section for Agriculture seeks solutions to the global challenges of climate change, contradicting the claim that anthroposophy denies climate…

Jasmin Peschke and Lea Sprügel

"The course was excellent", was how an Argentinian chef and nutritionist who teaches in biodynamic education summed up her feedback.

The new study by Malagoli, M., Sut, S., Kumar, G. et al. on the influence of the horn silica preparation 501 on the plants and berries of grapevines…

Quality through biodynamics!

perceive – experience – develop

In the recently published "Wochenschrift für Anthroposophie", Ueli Hurter outlines seven key points of a biodynamic and associative wheat strategy to…

In this study, Cyrille Rigolot, supported by Martin Quantin of Biodynamics Research, investigated the potential as well as the challenges of…

The second biodynamic research conference (BDRC 2021) was held from 30 August to 2 September. Over 60 contributions in the form of presentations, work…

The author and Master of Wine in conversation with viticultural researcher Georg Meissner

Opening lectures of the Agriculture Conference 2022 accessible for free on YouTube

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The Section of Agriculture in collaboration with BFDI describes the field of research communication and the role of research within the biodynamic…

Biodynamic quality put to the test – with Jean-Michel Florin

Presentation of the book and work report of the editors

For the second year, the Agriculture Conference at the Goetheanum took place online.Over 650 people from all the continents joined in a varied…

Interview by BFDI with Arizona Muse

Geisteswissenschaftliche Grundlagen zum Gedeihen der Landwirtschaft – Komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage

The family business Alois Lageder started with a small wine shop in Bolzano and two nearby vineyards. Alois Lageder took over responsibility for the…

Rekola Farm in Finland lies in a gentle landscape of forests and lakes. The family has been working this land since 1619 and has been able to develop…

The Martinelis biodynamic family farm near Vilnius in Lithuania lies amidst lush green countryside. Despite the growing numbers of biodynamic farms,…

Biodynamic agriculture put to the test - with Ueli Hurter and Lin Bautze

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Biodynamic farming produces food of high nutritional quality. Studies prove this to be measurable beyond subjective factors such as taste. The Section…

A round table with seven French speaking organic thinkers : Jacques Caplat, Véronique Chable, Gauthier Chapelle, Jean-Michel Florin, Corentin Hecquet,…

Children who regularly spend time on a farm with animals have fewer allergies because exposure to diverse stimuli enhances the immune response.…

Review of the second international biodynamic research conference from 30 August to 2 September 2021.

Review of the Organic World Congress in Rennes 2021

Biodynamic farming is proof that agriculture without pesticides is possible. Introduced a hundred years ago, it is by now even applied to demanding…

Breathing with the Climate Crisis –

ecologically – socially – spiritually

Lecture by Ueli Hurter

Growing beyond Resilience – The 2nd International Conference on Biodynamic Researchfrom August 30 to September 2, 2021 will be held online this year.…

Looking back at the conference "Breathing with the climate crisis"

Jasmin Peschke illustrates the relationship of food and health

Newsletter including a review of the meeting for the 2020 Agricultural Conference, and a short portrait of the work of "Hortus Officinarum".

Keeping the earth inhabitable far into the future –

Collaboration of young people and biodynamic agriculture

In order to guarantee humanity‘s food supply we need plans for dealing with climate change, promoting biodiversity and improving soil fertility.…

The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum has set itself the aim for everyone to be able participate in the biodynamic agricultural and food…

Contributions by Ueli Hurter and Stefan Hasler on November 30, 2020 as part of the lecture series of the Goetheanum Leadership Signature of the…

Signature of the present times - A contribution by Jean-Michel Florin on October 26, 2020 as part of the lecture series of the Goetheanum Leadership.

Nutritionist Jasmin Peschke on the World Food Day 2020

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For many people in poorer regions and countries, the pandemic policies of governments have simply created a new hunger crisis, as there are many…

The Biodynamic Movement stands for human rights, freedom of opinion, pluralism and cosmopolitanism and clearly distances itself from extremism and…

In August, the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum piloted four further-training web seminars.

Biodynamic farming has developed fast and…

The Limbua Macadamia Group started off as a pioneer in establishing small-scale farming cooperatives. In the video series ‘Living Farms’, Lin Bautze…

The Limbua Initiative covers the Mount Kenya region where 5,000 small farmers produce valuable macadamia nuts under one umbrella organisation. Since…

There is no such thing yet as an uninterrupted, transparent and sustainable supply chain. By using ‘impacTrace’ to investigate the impact products…

Finding the Spirit in Agriculture

The School of Spiritual Science, with its headquarters at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, has eleven sections that are active worldwide in…

In the Living Farms project, Lin Bautze and Philip Wilson visit farms around the world to document their lives and opportunities for action and then…

In November last year around 80 participants from 27 countries assembled at the Goetheanum to discuss the various issues in biodynamic training and to…

Jasmin Peschke, nutritional scientist from the Section for Agriculture, describes why biodynamically cultivated and produced food is especially…

As soon as you arrive at the Rudolf Steiner School in Mbagathi all the traffic noise from the suburbs of Nairobi is left behind. You enter a safe…

“When everyday life seems monotonous, it‘s time for a change”.

Even as the coronavirus measures restrict our lives, one place offers some balance:…

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