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Do pesticides affect body weight?

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Knöpfler | 07/07/2025 |   Nutrition

Pesticides are harmful to people and nature. Nevertheless, twice the amount is used today than in 1990. At the same time, the prevalence of overweight…

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Water quality as a reflection of how it is used

Created by Jasmin Peschke und Lea Knöpfler | 06/04/2025 |   Nutrition

Water is a vital resource. The global water situation shows that the current use of water is neither sustainable nor healthy. The consequences are…

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In which direction is nutrition heading?

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Knöpfler | 05/06/2025 |   Nutrition

Current trends

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Food as a remedy for soil and people

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke | 04/17/2025 |   Research

Healthy food can only be produced in living soil. Biodynamic agriculture has many positive effects, one of which is humus formation. The soil…

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Stress storage test – biodynamic cucumbers are the most vital

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 04/08/2025 |   Nutrition

The vitality of cucumbers can be tested by means of a stress storage test, thus enabling a quality assessment that goes beyond ingredients. In three…

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Bacteria from the field to the gut – a comparison of biodynamic and conventional apples

Created by Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 03/04/2025 |   Research

The relationship between gut bacteria and human health is well known. However, how bacterial communities differ in different parts of apples and…

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Iranian Saffron and Appenzell Yodeling

Created by Sarah Sommer | 02/18/2025 |   LWT-25

A delightful kickoff event to the Agriculture Conference 2025

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Sugar – a question of balance

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 11/20/2024 |   Nutrition

If too much sugar is eaten on a permanent basis, health, including brain function, is impaired. At the same time, the food preferences developed in…

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Are Vegan Products Alternatives to Animal-Based Products or Simply Different?

Created by Jasmin Peschke | 10/25/2024 |   Nutrition

Vegan products are becoming increasingly popular. Some are convinced they offer a healthy and climate-friendly alternative, while others are simply…

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Supporting self-sufficiency and independence

Created by Sebastian Jüngel | 09/26/2024 |   Press

Biodynamic agriculture supports the cause of World Food Day 2024

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Partnership instead of laws and regulations

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 09/25/2024 |   Nutrition

Fertile soils, biodiversity, healthy food, and cooperative collaboration—these and many other aspects characterize biodynamic agriculture and…

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Art meets cuisine: a sensory experience at the Goetheanum

Created by Anna Storchenegger | 09/09/2024 |   Nachhaltige Entwicklung

Celebrating 100 years of biodynamic food quality

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Intensive processing reduces the quality of grain products

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 08/29/2024 |   Research-Results

Breakfast cereals are gaining in popularity, often perceived as healthy options, including among organic and Demeter customers. However, roasted…

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Naturally cloudy apple juice works right into the intestines

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 08/07/2024 |   Nutrition

Natural foods support health. A healthy gut with a well-functioning intestinal barrier, which is influenced by exercise and diet, is an important…

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Get out into the countryside – a healthy immune system thanks to the farm effect

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 07/02/2024 |   Nutrition

Allergic diseases and environmental conditions are closely linked. A large Europe-wide cohort study reviewed what is known as the Hygiene Hypothesis.…

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Nutrition Guide by Dr Jasmin Peschke: From Food System to Food Organism

Created by Sebastian Jüngel | 06/19/2024 |   Press

Healthy eating is a question of relationship. It starts with the time one takes to attend to the flavours one can distinguish. Shopping is also part…

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Ripening is part of growth

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 06/01/2024 |   Nutrition

The development of plants involves the formation of mass as well as differentiation, which is reflected in the secondary plant substances they contain…

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Better food competence instead of traffic lights

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 05/05/2024 |   Nutrition

Europe has introduced the Nutri-Score nutrition traffic light to promote healthy eating and simplify food choices. After some criticism, a revised…

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Will animal products be produced in the lab in future?

Created by Dr. Jasmin Peschke und Lea Sprügel | 04/02/2024 |   Sektion für Landwirtschaft

Will our food come from a laboratory in the future? Given the current situation with the world and its climate, it is becoming increasingly urgent to…

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A feast for the senses in the Schreinerei (joinery) at the Goetheanum

03/10/2024 |   SLW News

The joy of meeting again. Looking, smelling and tasting together. Discovering new things. Listening, marvelling, getting to know each other. Warmth,…

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