Why I do not farm biodynamically

摘要

Before I discuss biodynamic practices, it is helpful to determine what I mean by biodynamics. I think biodynamics requires belief that Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was a wise man, because Steiner's agricultural lectures are the source of biodynamics.rnSo, what did this man believe? He believed in Lemuria and Atlantis, but not Darwin's evolution. He believed there are nine classes of supernatural beings, seven epochs of history, 12 constellations that correspond to 12 parts of the body, and four elements of human temperaments. He believed that the heart does not pump blood and had a very un-Newtonian concept of the planets moving through the sky, not to mention that he pays attention to only seven planets (ignoring Neptune and Uranus, but includes the moon, and is unaware that if I stand next to a vine, my own mass affects the vine somewhere in the order of 60,000 times greater than the moon's effects on the vine).