Pfeiffer's Introduction to Biodynamics
Published on 12. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-86315-848-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer was a pioneer of biodynamics in North America. This short but comprehensive book is a collection of three key articles introducing the concepts, principles and practice of the biodynamic method, as well as an overview of its early history.
The book also includes a short biography of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer by Herbert H. Koepf.
The book also includes a short biography of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer by Herbert H. Koepf.
Reviews / Votes
'A classic text by one of the earliest biodynamic farmers in North America ... A very useful introduction.'-- David Lorimer, Scientific & Medical Network Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
110 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86315-848-3 (9780863158483)
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Person
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1899-1961) was born in Munich. He visited the USA several times in the 1930s, was awarded a doctorate for his groundbreaking Sensitive Crystallisation theory as a blood test for detecting cancer, and emigrated there in 1940. He pioneered biodynamic agriculture in the USA and helped found the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association. He died in Spring Valley, New York.