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*20.10.07*	Wall Street Journal	Dishing Up the Fall Harvest	THE CHEF: David Kinch is chef-proprietor of Manresa, which features contemporary American cuisine with European influences in Los Gatos, Calif., south of San Jose. Since opening in 2002, Manresa has won two Michelin stars and four Mobil stars. Mr. Kinch, a graduate of Johnson and Wales University, previously worked at the former Quilted Giraffe and La Petite Ferme in New York City.more
*18.10.07*	Brazil-Arab News Agency	Company invests in greater value-added organics	The line of organic cookies launched by brand Native at Biofach Latin America 2007, is going to be added to the coffees, juices and chocolate drinks produced by the main Brazilian producer and exporter of organic sugar. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon are among the 57 countries that imported products made by the company. more
*18.10.07*	Epoch Times Ireland	NZ Doco 'How to Save the World' Wins at US Festival	A New Zealand produced documentary took out the Best Non-broadcast Film prize at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in the United States. more
*17.10.07*	International Herald Tribune	A journey to the heart of India's tea territory - Darjeeling	The Himalayas rose almost out of nowhere. One minute the Maruti Suzuki hatchback was cruising the humid plains of West Bengal, palm trees and clouds obscuring the hills to come; the next it was navigating a decrepit road that squiggled up through forests of cypress and bamboo. The taxi wheezed with the strain of the slopes. more
*14.10.07*	New York Times	High Tea, India Style	THE Himalayas rose almost out of nowhere. One minute the Maruti Suzuki hatchback was cruising the humid plains of West Bengal, palm trees and clouds obscuring the hills to come; the next it was navigating a decrepit road that squiggled up through forests of cypress and bamboo. The taxi wheezed with the strain of the slopes, and the driver honked to alert unseen vehicles to our presence — one miscalculation, one near miss, could send the little car over the edge and down thousands of feet, returning us to the plains below in a matter of seconds. more
*07.10.07*	LBC	Jenni Barnett Show	On tonights show Jeni was joined by author of China Modern - Ching He Huang to talk about the Chinese Moon Festival. Wendy Cook joined Jeni too to talk about bio-dynamic agriculturre and cooking. It was a good show today so go on treat yourself and have a listen on the pod cast. more
07.10.07	London SE1 website	Michel Roux Jr launches Biodynamic Food Fortnight	"A happy pig makes a better crackling" declared Michel Roux Jr speaking in Borough Market's boardroom. "It's so true." more
06.10.07	Guardian	Anatomy of a garden	Want to know how best to garden with nature? Well before the issue became trendy, one place was pioneering the organic approach. Andy Sturgeon is inspired by Ryton more
*04.10.07*	Islington Tribune	A dynamic approach to organic wine production	Rudolf Steiner’s theories on sustainable wine production were largely ignored for many years, but are now enjoying a resurgence. more
04.10.07	The Hindu	Growing crops by following the lunar calendar	Biodynamic farming (BD) is also a form of organic farming as it not only avoids the use of pesticides and chemical-based fertilizers but also offers advise on the time of crop sowing according to the lunar crop cycle. more
*04.10.07*	Guardian	Food Chain	Had lunch with the lovely Jane from Fern Verrow yesterday. She was on a rare midweek trip to town to make her debut TV appearance with Matthew Fort and Tom Parker Bowles on UK Food Channel's Kitchen Market (to be shown next week, Thursday, I think). more
03.10.07	BBC	One formula for organic farming	The former world champion racing driver Jody Scheckter runs his farm the way he ran his racing career - from the front and at breakneck speed. more
28.09.07	Decanter	The chemicals don't work so go biodynamic: Joly	Mildew has affected biodynamic and non-biodynamic farmers alike this year, Nicolas Joly has said - proving the uselessness of chemicals. more
*23.09.07*	Observer	Land of plenty	As autumn arrives, a fresh batch of manure and a visit to Fern Verrow inspire Allan Jenkins to take stock of the first year of The Observer's organic allotment. more
*21.09.07*	Tribune of India	Urgently wanted: Soil healer in Punjab	Soil in Punjab has become sleepy, lazy and even dead at certain places because of over exploitation and excessive use of harmful chemicals, including pesticides. “It needs healing,” says Peter Proctor, an international consultant on biodynamic agriculture, an advance form of organic farming which in simple terms is described as natural farming, free from the use of pesticides and chemicals. more
*16.09.07*	Observer	The bounty hunters	Stuffed stag bladders, buried pig skulls, chocolate-coloured compost ... A trip to Jane Scotter's verdant biodynamic farm gives Nigel Slater a taste of paradise. more
*27.08.07*	Desicritics.org	A Different Sort of Tea	The music is never loud. The service is pleasantly discreet, without being hoity-toity. There is a large selection of teas on the menu, but the past 4 or 5 times, I've always settled for their beautiful Makaibari tea. more
*24.07.08*	Observer (allotment blog)	Our heroes	It was odd heading out of London for the second time this week. Almost like we left in dank early October and arrived in Herefordshire in sun-drenched July. The occasion: our favourite cookery writer visiting with our favourite producer. While Jane Scotter showed Nigel Slater around Fern Verrow, Howard Sooley and I followed behind like lovestruck piglets marveling at the quality of her composting, her planting and her growing. Even after the worst summer in memory, this is still the best-looking food we've ever seen. more
*23.08.07*	New Consumer	Health and beauty entrepreneurs: Up close with Weleda’s Susie Fairgrieve	Weleda’s Susie Fairgrieve talks us through Rudolf Steiner’s ‘anthroposophic’ theory and the use of biodynamic ingredients. more
*22.08.07*	Birmingham Weekly	New Worlds of Wine Our Lady of the Vineyards	felt very small, very fast on my August 2007 trip to visit the wineries I work with in Argentina, and not just because I know only an infinitesimal amount of what there is to know about the infinite world of wine. more
*20.08.07*	Slow Food	Less Milk, More Profit	There was once a conventional livestock farm in the Sienese hills. It had 150 dairy cows with free stabling (i.e. in a shed with a minimal concrete space for movement) and 400 hectares of land cultivated with cereals and legumes for feed. A farm like so many others, with modernization carried out over time to maximize production: at the end of the 1990s daily production was 32 liters of milk per head of cattle. more
*17.08.07*	New Consumer	The secret to brilliant biodynamic wine	French viticulturist Christophe Ehrhart has been producing biodynamic wines on the Josmeyer Estate in Alsace for more than a decade. more
*17.08.07*	Farmer's Guradian	Former F1 star taking pole position on the "biggest smallholding in the world"	One-time Formula One champion Jody Scheckter has a steely determination to be the biggest and the best in biodynamic farming. KATIE ROEBUCK finds out why he has relinquished life in the fast lane for the slower curves of the countryside. more
*May 2007*	The Global Intelligencer	We are what we eat	ANYWHERE, North America - An enormous, pale cabbage nestles in the produce section at your local grocery store. Bloated with water soluble nitrogen fertilizer, it looks picture perfect. The fertilizer responsible for its size, ammonium nitrate, is used as the oxidizing agent to make explosives. In fact, terrorist groups often build cheap “fertilizer bombs.” Ammonium nitrate is the only “food” the cabbage ever gets. more
*20.05.07*	Observer	Full of Promise	As spring gets into its stride, so our Organic Allotment finds its feet. Allan Jenkins and friends get the seeds in, the weeds out - and take tea at sunset more
*10.05.07*	EurekAlert	Drinking farm milk reduces childhood asthma and allergies but raw consumption remains unsafe	Researchers study 15,000 children in five countriesDrinking farm milk can protect children against asthma and hayfever, according to a study of nearly 15,000 children published in the May issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy. more
*29.04.07*	Observer	The hottest cuppa in the world	Fifty years ago, Darjeeling was the 'champagne of teas'. Then came pesticides and mass production, the tea gardens withered, families starved. But now, there is hope of a revival, as tea workers are returning to the terraces to restore their age-old farming methods. more
*26.04.07*	Guardian	Grape Expectations	Interest in 'ethical wines' is fast increasing, but what do buyers really get for their money? Wine writer Patricia Langton raises a glass to an ever-improving range - and selects some of her favourites. more
*22.04.07*	Mail on Sunday	Tom Parker Bowles investigates the holistic side of farming	The first time I heard about the techniques practised in biodynamic farming – a system often described as ‘super-organic’ – I was a little perplexed. more
*08.04.07*	Observer Magazine	The avant gardeners	In autumn it must be very interesting when the postman arrives at Bernard Jarman's house in Stroud. more
*08.04.07*	France 24 News Channel	Biodynamic wines join big league of bottle tasting	The biodynamic farming movement, for those who know it exists, would more likely be associated with moon worship than an exclusive Bordeaux wine futures tasting -- but this year they are as one. more
*06.04.07*	World Poultry.net	Biodynamic farming: good for poultry and environment	According to two Dutch studies, both animal welfare and the environment profit from eco-friendly farming. more
*05.04.07*	Independent	Organic wine: Uncorking a purer pleasure	We all know that organic food is healthier - and often tastier. more
*17.03.07*	Guardian	The perfect farm	Once I had a compost heap of which I was very proud. It was hugely satisfying to be able to take leftovers from my kitchen labours and convert them into earth-enhancing compost. more