A recent study published in the renowned journal "Nature" confirms what researchers and non-experts alike have long suspected: humans are affecting…

Wine is a matter of taste. But can taste and quality be measured? And which would you trust more: a chemical analysis or a human being? 

Humus is good for soil health. But why is that? What exactly is humus, how is it formed and what functions does humus perform in the soil? In a review…

How has biodynamics developed and spread around the world over the last 100 years? John Paull and Benjamin Hennig's 2020 study is the first to provide…

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

This study deals with the complex interactions in soils of different agricultural systems. For this purpose, various fertilizers were applied to…

The use of pesticides in agriculture, especially viticulture, leads to high levels of environmental pollution. How can this be avoided? The…

Many paths lead to sustainable agriculture. Biodynamics describes one of them, but how does it deal with modern technologies? What are these…

How does the cultivation system affect the health and shelf life of our food? A team of researchers led by Marjolein Doesburg-van Kleffens…

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

Fungal communities play an essential role in plant health, whether as pathogens or beneficial symbionts. They are present in every agricultural soil,…

Many Swiss farmers voluntarily refrain from marketing their wines under a biodynamic or organic label, even though they meet the relevant…

The DOK trial was launched in 1978. It is coordinated by FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) and Agroscope and serves as an experimental…

How do the biodynamic spray preparation BD500 and soil microvariability affect vines and grapes? Pierluigi Mazzei wants to answer this research…

How can science and agriculture be connected closer together? Jean Masson explores this question in a study published in 2024. He examines how…

How does silicon affect the growth of grapevines and the quality of the grapes? An Australian research team led by Cassandra Collins is investigating…

Can a modern farm be autonomous? For this conference paper, Marion Lebrun, Martin Quantin and Cyrille Rigolot looked at different biodynamic farm…

The results of the long-term DOK trial

What impact do different agricultural practices have on soil life in orchards in the long term? A team of researchers led by Aissa Arous investigated…

How widespread are agroecological practices, and what impact do they have? Using the Netherlands as an example, Verkuil et al. explore these…

An increased salt content in the soil impairs plant growth. But can agricultural practices mitigate this effect? A team of Iranian researchers…

How do different agricultural systems influence grapevines and wine quality? Ana Aguilar-Paredes et al. analysed fungal networks in Chilean vineyards…

Agricultural systems are as diverse as the landscapes in which they are embedded. In their latest study, Anil Shrestha and David Horwitz provide an…

In a 2020 research study, Hendgen et al. investigate the long-term effects of viticulture on physical and chemical soil parameters. They compared the…

In this study, Vaish et al. analyse biodynamic preparations at the genetic level. The aim is to gain a better understanding of their effects on soil…

A study on the Biodynamic Movement and Demeter in Nazi Germany describes the proximity of the biodynamic movement to the Nazi regime, even though the…

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

In this article, John Paull and Tord Tutturen shed light on the early actors of the biodynamic movement in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. A…

In a discussion article, Cyrille Rigolot, a member of the INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France), analyses…

A recent study by Moreira et al. investigates biogenic amines in wine. In addition to their formation and the microbial processes involved, the study…

This article goes into more detail on the study report by Milke et al. on the microbial soil community in both biodynamic and organic agriculture. Ind…

Combining soil health and crop yield. Is that possible? The team of researchers led by Felix Milke wants to get to the bottom of this and other…

Meta-analysis reveals bacterial populations involved in improving soil health, yields and crop quality.

This article goes into more detail on the study report on the review by Skinner et al. of the escape of greenhouse gases from agricultural…

Whether through fertiliser production or field work, agricultural practices release greenhouse gases. Using the DOK experiment, Skinner et al.…

The DOK trial comes up repeatedly when talking about organic farming. It provides invaluable results, especially for biodynamic agriculture. But what…

In their book “Managing Healthy Livestock Production and Consumption”, editor Nadia El-Hage Scialabba and her co-authors describe what the future of…

In 2020, a group of indigenous leaders published the online article “Whitewashed Hope”, encouraging the current organic agriculture movement to…

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

For a long time, biodynamic agriculture and organic agriculture were seen as different approaches that arose independently of each other. The report…

Eco-labels are often used in agriculture to inform consumers about the ecological characteristics of a product. They aim to provide credible and…

Claire-Isabelle Roquebert works at the University of Lausanne, where she is conducting a historical analysis of the biodynamic movement in…

Holism, in other words looking at the whole, is one of the key concepts in biodynamic agriculture. Consequently, every agricultural enterprise is seen…

An Italian research team from the University of Florence headed by Margherita Santoni analysed 147 publications on biodynamic agriculture, and have…

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

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…

New book from Julia Wright and Nicholas Parrott "Subtle Agroecologies – Farming with the Hidden Half of Nature"

An interview with Professor Alessandro Piccolo, one of the leading international experts on agrochemistry

In January 2020 the science journal Open Agriculture published a special issue on the 1st International Conference on Biodynamic Research (Dornach,…

Abstract

Research into biodynamic food and farming has a long history within the biodynamic movement. Whilst the basic aim of this research has…