Spirituality and Economics

SHORT COURSE IN BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE

FRIDAY, December 5^th & 12 t^h, 2008 and February 6^th 2009 at Carnation Tree Farm, Carnation, WA, and FRIDAY, February 13^th, 2009 at S&S Homestead Farm, Lopez Island, WA

This Short Course will introduce students to proven BD approaches to soil, crop and animal husbandry through lectures, hands-on learning and readings from Bio-Dynamic Farming Practice (Sattler & Wistinghausen). Standard scientific study of biodynamic practices, as well as Goethe’s pioneeringphenomenological studies of plant morphology, the primary background for the biodynamic approach to ecological farming, will be presented.

Workshop tuition:  $200 per person.  Instructors: Barry Lia, PhD; Henning Sehmsdorf, PhD, and Elizabeth Simpson, PhD. For more information, to preview the curriculum and pre-register (required), contact: barrylia@comcast.net. Limited to 20 students.

This Course is made possible by support from the Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR) BIOAg Program.  It is also supported by discounts from the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association.  Sponsored by King County Extension and by the S&S Center for Sustainable Agriculture, a BIOAg Learning Site.