The Biodynamic Farm: Agriculture in Service of the Earth and Humanity - Softcover

Koepf, Dr. Herbert H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880101725 ISBN 13: 9780880101721

Publisher: SteinerBooks, Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Bankrupt farmers, erosion of topsoil, and poor food quality owing to pesticides, hormones, and other additives-these are the well-known realities of the modern crisis in farming. This problem is the outcome of the limited vision of conventional methods and a system that focuses exclusively on quick results and profits. The need for changes is clear, and Koepf provides a vast array of research data and results, as well as many helpful details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and fertilizing. He shows that the biodynamic method of farming and gardening is the alternative that can turn farming around. Biodynamics is "the oldest alternative agricultural movement in the world." It is based on the concept of the whole farm as a single organism. Its goals are to protect and nurture the soil, improve the quality of food, and organically integrate the farm into the environment as a whole. This is an essential reference for all farmers who are unsatisfied with conventional methods and for gardeners who wish to improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve their families.

About this title

About the Author

Herbert Hans Koepf (1914-2007) was a hands-on farmer in Germany who went on to receive a PhD in agriculture, specializing in soil science. In 1962, following the death of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, with whom Koepf had worked closely, he became director of Pfeiffer's biodynamic research laboratory in Spring Valley, New York. In 1970, Koepf moved to Emerson College in the UK, leading the biodynamic agriculture course each year until 1990. He was also head of the Agriculture Department at the Goetheanum in Switzerland.

Edition details

• Publisher: SteinerBooks, Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880101725
• ISBN 13: 9780880101721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260