For those of you who are not familiar with biodynamics, let me set the scene for you: It is a method of agriculture that originated from the scientist and philosopher, Rudolf Steiner. The method was ...

There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

When is the last time you utilized a deer bladder, cow horn or skull in the ordinary dispatch of your farm or garden? If you’re a biodynamic farmer, it may have been just yesterday. Whether you were ...

David Kinch is known to drive at almost 90 miles per hour. When asked why, Kinch says, with a shrug, "I have to get somewhere." Yet when this has-to-get-somewhere chef and owner of the four-star ...

FEET FIRST: Jeff Poppen, the "Barefoot Farmer," returns to Asheville July 9-10 to lead an intensive workshop on biodynamic principles at Living Web Farms in Mills River. Photo courtesy of Living Web ...

Romantic, sun-dappled notions of winemaking in Tuscany are just that, notions. The real truth is buried, along with the cow manure, in the soil and carried in the hard-working hands of the people who ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. the making of Preparation 503 began just after dawn on a cold October morning at ...

The Beckmen Vineyards team is no stranger to breaking some ground. The California family has been making wine for 25 years in Santa Barbara County, and in that time they've hung their flag on a few ...