In 2020, a group of indigenous leaders published the online article “Whitewashed Hope”, encouraging the current organic agriculture movement to rethink its approach. The authors argue that…
Breast milk – as the first food for the newborn, whether human or mammal – contains all the essential nutrients that the newborn requires. Breast milk is a whole food in the sense that the baby is…
Pesticides are substances that are used in agriculture and public health to control pests. The word “pesticide” comes from the English pest meaning “harmful insect or plant, parasite”, and “-cide”,…
The role of animal-source foods is repeatedly hotly debated in the discussion over environmentally sound and sustainable agricultural production systems. To clarify the issue, a research team led by…
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 of the anthroposophical movement in a time of…
The biodynamic method is the oldest certified way of practising organic agriculture. Despite a growing number of studies on the effects of biodynamic practices, how biodynamic compost preparations…