Biodynamic farming started why before organic. I believe in the 1920's Rudolph Stiener, yes like the schools, gave a series of lectures. He believed his food was degraded because of the use of chemicals in farming. He saw the farm as one living organism and self-sustaining.
* The animals poop
* The poop is turned to compost
* The compost feeds the ground
* The ground feeds the crops
* The crops feed the animals
* The animals poop on the ground...
That's obviously a simple way to look at it
but we'd like our home to be as biodynamic as possible
we don't have the room for farm animals or crops
but we have enough for a small garden and compost
we have leaves and dead material
food that goes unused
things that we can put back into the Earth so that it will give back to us
Plus....
I found this Biodynamic Co-op farm just a few miles from my house
(did I mention Biodynamic farms are co-op's?
*The farmer grows the food
*The community supports the farm with money
* The farmer gives the crops to the community
Kind of how all farmers do it
except
if there's a bad year the farmer still gets the money and doesn't have to sell his land
and the community gets organic food, at a cheaper price, skipping the grocery store, the shipping, the storing, and the get it in your house two days before it goes bad part
We want to join this farm
We'll see. I think I'm calling those dirty Hippies tomorrow to see if I can become one of them.
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I just discovered your blog this morning. What a find! I applaud your efforts and you inspire me.
We have a family of five living in cold CT. Not as cold as where you live...but still pretty darn chilly! We have not made as strong a commitment as you, but we are beginning.
Last year we joined a CSA (community supported agriculture) and we chose an organic farm to join. It was terrific. We've lowered our thermostats this winter. We plan to start a vermiculture project. We started using dryer balls instead of those little fabric softener sheets. We try to recycle as much as possible. And our newest venture is to eat vegetarian just one day each week. Apparently, if families did that, it would save unbelievable amounts of fuel, water, rainforest, etc, etc.
Anyway, I'm rambling. But I'm so happy I found your blog.
I actually used to have the Steiner book on Biodynamic farming but I loaned it out and well you know how that goes sometimes.
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