Precision Bred Organisms Raises Concerns for the Biodynamic Association
11th October 2024Biodynamic Farmer and Land Manager
24th October 2024
Biodynamic Farming for Our Planet, Our Food Health & Our Future Generations
Help Biodynamic Association Raise £100,000
Earth faces not only a climate emergency. It faces a global nature crisis, food security issues and the potential collapse of its healthy, nutritious food systems. Our wildlife and ecosystems are being driven to the brink of extinction. Healthy, living, food-growing soils turned to dust and destroyed. We do have choices though. Together we can make decisions to deliver solutions that restore nature and encourage health-sustaining biodynamic farming practices. Biodynamic methods restore soil life, plant and animal health using natural preparations. Through biodynamic farming – farmers, growers, and gardeners aim to produce delicious, healthy, nutritious foods. Growing food in harmony with nature without using chemical fertilisers or pesticides – benefits us and our planet.
Our Appeal to Farm with Nature & Living Soils Seeks to Raise £100,000
£100,000 to enable the Biodynamic Association to engage with and support farmers, gardeners and growers to produce healthy, nutritious food in harmony with nature and climate using living soils.
Priority Projects for Biodynamic Association
- Nature-Loving Climate Solutions, Living Soils & Nature Restoration Programme.
- Food Health & Security Campaign.
- Biodynamic farm community education events.
- Farm services advice & consultancy development.
- International Biodynamic Research Conference.
- Certification: support for growers, farmers, producers going through conversion to biodynamic status.
- Support for young biodynamic farmers, growers & gardeners.
Kiran Tawadey, Founder of Hampstead Tea
“I created Hampstead Tea to bring organic teas that are ethical and delicious. Biodynamic farming is my passion, it ensures that you put more in than you take out. The animals, plants, people and soil all work together in harmony to create a forever living environment. Biodynamic is super organic”
A Centenary of Biodynamic Agriculture
Biodynamics represents an ancient way of managing land and food produce organically with a modern approach. Respect is at its very core, while good practice, scientific and nature-based understanding, with a recognition of the spirit, seek to balance the harmony of nature. It was in 1924 that the Austrian philosopher and scientist, Dr. Rudolf Steiner first indicated how to develop this new agricultural approach, in a series of lectures given to farmers in 1924, which is now practised:
- in 55 countries and
- on over 251,000 hectares of biodynamic farmland and market gardens.
Importantly, with your help and generous gift, the Biodynamic Association can now look beyond the first 100 years to ensure farming and gardening is fit for future generations to enjoy sustainably and in harmony with our Earth; its living soils, nature and its life-sustaining climate. We need you to help the Biodynamic Association realise our vision. Any donation, of any value, supports our ambition to deliver ‘Our Appeal to Farm with Nature & Living Soils’. To raise our £100,000 target the BDA seeks to nurture and grow partnership opportunities with companies, our members, supporters and donors, and the wider public. We urgently need your support. To make a donation click here or phone: 01453 759501
Cheques can be sent to: BDA, Painswick Inn, Gloucester Street, Stroud GL5 1QG
