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Enrichment of putative plant growth promoting microorganisms in biodynamic compared with organic agriculture soils Milke et al 2024 Abstract The potential of soils to maintain biological productivity, defined as soil health, is strongly inf luenced by human activity, such as agriculture. Therefore,...

Physicochemical Properties and Microbiome of Vineyard Soils from DOP Ribeiro (NW Spain) Are Influenced by Agricultural Management Pilar Blanco et al 2024 Abstract: Agricultural management influences the soil ecosystem by affecting its physicochemical properties, residues of pesticides and microbiom...

Biome Makers’ BeCrop soil intelligence technology proven effective Biome Makers, a global leader in agtech, has unveiled groundbreaking findings from two scientific studies affirming the efficacy of its BeCrop soil intelligence technology. These studies shed light on key insights for agricultural p...

Where in the UK can you see the Monday 8 April solar eclipse? A total solar eclipse is set to span North America on Monday - from Mexico to the very eastern tip of Canada. The astronomical phenomenon will be less dramatic in the UK, but a partial eclipse could be visible in some parts of the countr...

The scarily big literature database has swelled in recent months as I have found more and more work on the subjects covered by Considera. This literature serves a few purposes. One is to show that there is a large academic input to biodynamics and (particularly) agrohomeopathy despite both disciplin...

An impressive set of posters shows the footprint of biodynamics around the globe

A B-D HOMEST'EAD MARJORIE SPOCK AND MARY T. RICHARDS When the drift from a neighbor's repeated poison spraying forced us to consider leaving our 2-acre suburban holding on Long Island, we were not entirely sorry. Eight years' experience of building up our soil and growing delectable BD fruits and v...

Biodynamic Farming in India Biodynamic farming: acreage, geographies, and cultivation details Impact of biodynamic farming This section considers the economic, social, and environmental impacts of biodynamic agriculture. ECONOMIC IMPACT 1. Yields A few studies comparing organic management with and ...

Animals in biodynamic agriculture Biodynamic agriculture is a step beyond organic farming. It tries to give back to the land much more than what is taken from it when it is used for cultivation or animal husbandry. Unlike traditional agriculture, biodynamic agriculture is more about a different, mu...

Easter clay preparation now ready. If anyone wants any do ask. I sprayed it mixed with 501 this morning in the general Easter spirit of upwards-streaming forces after doing 500 on Good Friday. We probably need plenty of the 501 pole after the very wet months we've had.

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HornClayParty.jpg Horns filled in 2009 HornsInPit.jpg Horns buried for 6 months - exhumed in 2010 IMG_20240329_163339.jpg Horn and mixing / sedimentation jar IMG_20240329_163339.jpg Horn squished and 'dispersed'' into rainwater to make a suspension on Good Friday 2024 to be allowed to settle and be...

Hugh Lovel again How BD Works Applying the BD preps establishes patterns that organize the energies and substances in nature. The patterns of light and warmth associated with silica bring about photosynthesis, blossoming, fruiting and ripening in the atmosphere where the elements of air and fire ar...