What is biodynamic farming you ask? I think it can be described as equal parts witchcraft, astrology, homeopathy and bullshit. Heres the original word salad from Rudolf Steiner: 500: A humus mixture prepared by stuffing cow manure into the horn of a cow and buried into the ground, 40-60 cm below the surface, in the autumn and left to decompose during the winter. 501: Crushed powdered quartz prepared by stuffing it into a horn of a cow and buried into the ground in spring and taken out in autumn. It can be mixed with 500 but usually prepared on its own (mixture of 1 tablespoon of quartz powder to 250 litres of water) The mixture is sprayed under very low pressure over the crop during the wet season. It should be sprayed on an overcast day. Both 500 and 501 are used on fields by stirring the contents of a horn in 40-60 litres of water for an hour and whirling it in different directions every second minute. 502: Yarrow blossoms stuffed into urinary bladders from Red Deer, placed in the sun during summer, buried in earth during winter and retrieved in the spring. 503: Chamomile blossoms stuffed into small intestines from cattle buried in humus-rich earth in the autumn and retrieved in the spring. 504: Stinging nettle plants in full bloom stuffed together underground surrounded on all sides by peat for a year. 505: Oak bark chopped in small pieces, placed inside the skull of a domesticated animal, surrounded by peat and buried in earth in a place where lots of rain water runs by. 506: Dandelion flowers stuffed into the peritoneum of cattle and buried in earth during winter and retrieved in the spring. 507: Valerian flowers extracted into water. 508: Horsetail. One to three grams (a teaspoon) of each preparation is added to a dung heap by digging 50 cm deep holes with a distance of 2 meters from each other, except for the 507 preparation, which is stirred into 5 litres of water and sprayed over the entire compost surface. All preparations are thus used in homeopathic quantities, and the only intent is to strengthen the life forces of the farm. --- This is what the dimwits at the organic consumers association wants to replace all agriculture with, regular organic just being a stepping stone. 2014 and we are dealing with this shit is beyond me. skeptoid/mobile/4026
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:39:03 +0000
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