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The Biodynamic Movement in Britain, A History of the First 100 Years, Bernard Jarman, Floris Books, 2024 (Book Review)
Get PDFThe book ‘The Biodynamic Movement in Britain, A History of the First 100 Years’ is timely but disappointing. Timely, because Dr Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) presented his Agriculture Course at Koberwitz a century ago, and thereby laid foundations for the development of the Biodynamics (BD) and organic agriculture movements. Disappointing, because it is riddled with errors, hearsay, and gratuitous fabrication. The book is not founded on rigorous scholarship but rather presents a mischmasch of truths, half-truths, and fabrications as historical fact. In Britain, the Biodynamics movement dates back to an Anthroposophy Conference at the Quaker Centre in London in 1928, where Dr Carl Mirbt (aka Mier) (1902-1975), as an emissary of Count Carl Keyserlingk (1869-1928), presented a lecture on Steiner’s agricultural ideas. The newly widowed Marna Pease (1866-1947) promptly took up the challenge of advancing the cause and recruited Mirbt to promote BD in Britain. Under Marna Pease’s stewardship the BD movement took root in Britain and the Anglo-sphere more broadly. The book’s account of her is muddled. On a positive note, this book lists all the office bearers of the three British BD associations from 1928 through 2023. The book creates and propagates false narratives and is not recommended for reading or acquisition. The book is recommended for retraction and subsequent revision; or alternatively, reassignment as ‘historical fiction’
Invasive Neophyten: Strategien für die nächste Saison
Get PDFDie Erntezeit ist in vollem Gange und viele Betriebe haben bereits reichlich Energie in die Bekämpfung von Problemkräutern gesteckt. Doch diesen Sommer sorgten besonders die invasiven Neophyten für Ärger. In vielen Wiesen und Kulturen trat das einjährige Berufskraut vermehrt auf, was die Artenvielfalt und die Stabilität ganzer Pflanzengesellschaften bedroht
Kuh und Klima
No full textWie lässt sich Rinderhaltung mit Klimaschutz vereinbaren? Dieses Faktenblatt beleuchtet den Zielkonflikt zwischen den Methanemissionen von Wiederkäuern und ihrer wichtigen Rolle in einer nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft. Es zeigt mögliche Strategien zur Verringerung der Treibhausgasemissionen und ordnet die biologische, graslandbasierte Tierhaltung in den grösseren Zusammenhang von Ernährungssicherheit und Ökosystemdienstleistungen ein
LinkedIn opslag angående deltagelse af Innovationcenter for Økologisk Landbrug ved Naturmødet 2025
No full textDeltagelse af Innovationcenter for Økologisk Landbrug ved Naturmødet 2025, hvor Organic RDD projekterne Organic+ og EcoMetric var præsenteret på stand
Næringsstoftilbageholdelse i den økologiske grisefold
No full textMulige anvendelser af N-immobilisering med flis/savsmuld i fremtiden - I udendørs grisefolde
I kombinationer med træer (bedre dyrevelfærd):Indarbejde større mængde findelt flis i jorden under træer så høje N niveauer kan fastholdes over tid og tillade træer at optage det over flere år. Ny tilførsel med års mellemrum, træer med dybere rødder).
På foldarealer uden træer, men med korn eller andre afgrøder i rotation: Evt. tilføre en lille mængde fint flis indarbejdet i jorden før grise kommer på arealet således at løbende N opbygning ikke giver tab i løbet af året (især ved flere hold grise på samme areal). Og efter grise er fjernet fra areal før vinter, udbringe en lidt større mængde fint flis/kulstof indarbejdet i jorden, som kan fastholde høje N niveauer gennem vinteren (ingen N tab) og tilpasset frigivelse af N i foråret til nye afgrøde
Biolandbau mit Auftrag
No full textDas Wassergut Canitz liegt im sensiblen Trinkwassereinzugsgebiet der Stadt Leipzig. Im Juni 2025 veranstaltete FiBL Deutschland dort die Öko-Feldtage
Odore di stalla e verde pascolo
No full textIncontro informativo: a fine ottobre presso l’azienda FiBL si terrà la 4a giornata del bestiame bio
SMART-bærekraftsanalyser på gårdsnivå
Get PDFEtter flere års erfaring med bærekraftsanalyser på norske gårdsbruk har vi hatt som mål å gjøre bruken av SMART Farm-verktøyet noe mer effektiv. Lov- og regelverket og gyldig KSL bidrar til bærekraftig gårdsdrift, og gir grunnlag for å forenkle datainnsamlingen på de fleste gårdene
Toward better biodiversity impact assessment of agricultural land management through life cycle assessment: a systematic review
No full textAgricultural intensification has driven global biodiversity loss through land management change. However, there is no consensus on assessing the biodiversity impacts of changes in land management practices and intensity levels using life cycle assessment (LCA). This study reviews 7 expert scoring-based (ESB) and 19 biodiversity indicator-based (BIB) LCA methods used to assess biodiversity impacts, aiming to evaluate their quality and identify research needs for incorporating land management change in LCA. Overall, BIB methods outperformed ESB methods across general criteria, especially in robustness (95% higher). BIB methods assess biodiversity impacts based on land management intensity levels, whereas ESB methods emphasize specific land management practices. Neither approach fully captures biodiversity impacts across supply chains. For future studies, it is advisable to (1) model the direct (on-farm) impacts of land management change at the midpoint level; (2) establish cause-effect relationships between key land management practices and biodiversity indicators, while distinguishing between direct (on-site) and indirect (off-site) biodiversity impacts resulting from land management change; (3) characterize land-use intensity levels with specific land management practices and include the positive impacts from agroecological practices. This Review examines LCA methods for biodiversity concerning land management practices and discusses improvements to better account for the biodiversity impacts of agricultural land management
Granollers Manifesto: Fostering Cultivated Biodiversity in European Municipalities
Get PDFWe, the organisers and participants of the 1st European Symposium “Fostering Cultivated Biodiversity through Local Food Policies”, held in Granollers, Spain, on 29–30 April 2025, have jointly prepared this document to issue a call to action to European municipalities and higher levels of governance. In light of the growing unpredictability threatening European food security, in this Manifesto we propose cultivated biodiversity as a key lever for building sustainable and healthy local food systems across Europe