Bio-Dynamic Gardening and Farming
Volume 1 Volume 1
Published on 22. July 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-957569-28-4 (ISBN)
Description
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer lays out the essential practices for successfully operating a biodynamic farm, including the principles behind each technique and practice. He backs up these methods with scientific research and data, as well as his own experience as a farmer and researcher, describing what works and what doesn't. Pfeiffer covers soil qualities, making compost, crop rotation, best planting practices, using biodynamic preparations and sprays, and much more--all with the goal of growing the highest-quality foods by using sustainable methods and working with nature and caring for the earth.
Bio-Dynamic Gardening and Farming (Vol.1) includes:
"New Directions in Agriculture""The Organic Chemical Controversy"
"The Decline of American Agriculture"
"How to Buy a Farm; Organic Matter in Soil"
"How Moist is Moist?"
"Mulching--Right or Wrong"
"The Treatment of Soils with Regard to Humus and Structure"
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Person
Dr. Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer (1899-1961) was born in Munich. He worked closely with Rudolf Steiner to test and document many of the effects of biodynamic practices. Pfeiffer visited the U.S. several times during the 1930s, and was awarded a doctorate for his groundbreaking theory of Sensitive Crystallization Processes as a blood test for detecting cancer. In 1940, he immigrated to the U.S., where he pioneered biodynamic agriculture and helped establish the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association. He died in Spring Valley, New York.