This exciting programme delivers core units in understanding biodynamics in its Anthroposophical context. Read below about the modules and the essential information for enrolment.

The unit titles are:

1. Introduction to biodynamics (history, anthroposophy, physical world – spiritual world, the four spiritual bodies of the human being, the threefold constitution of the human being, …)

2. The farm as an Organism

3. Biodynamic spray preparations

4. Astronomy and the influences of the celestial bodies on plant growth and development

5. Introduction to Biodynamic Urban Agriculture

6. Formative forces in the living world (expansion & contraction, metamorphosis, etheric forces and their effects in different stages of plant development, plant evolution and specialisation …)

7. Biodynamic compost making

8. Dealing with pests and diseases in crops in a biodynamic way

9. Introduction to biodynamic livestock production (three different types of animals: nerve/sense, rhythmical, metabolic/limb)

10. Biodynamic chemistry: the roles of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur and hydrogen in nature

11. Creating a community: the biodynamic farm as a crystallisation point for local communities

As the programme developes there will be more modules.