Biodynamic agriculture aims to make the organism of the farm live better, producing fruits that are as healthy as possible and that contain to the highest degree what makes them suitable for food.
In a biodynamic farm ancient and modern practices are used, with total respect for nature, living beings, plants and insects, therefore a biodynamic farm definitely intended for the production of organic food, not as a main impulse, but as a result of a worldview; that is, through biodynamic agriculture, only organic products are necessarily obtained. Therefore, in a biodynamic farm there are no concepts such as: preventive antifungal treatments, chemical pesticide treatments, synthetic fertilizations. qualitatively healthy vegetables and farm animals.
Those who decide to cultivate with the biodynamic method should pay close attention to the enrichment of the soil, trying to fertilize the soil in the most natural way possible:
– Use of natural fertilizers; such as horns and nails of animals, composting products, manure.- Implementation of agricultural rotation techniques, with the use of green manure plants between the various crops; In ancient times the soil was enriched by sowing plants that enrich the soil, typically plants that have nitrogen-fixing bacteria between their roots, in the periods of rest of the soil. Growing these plants instead of removing nutrients from the soil, adds some; at the end of the vegetative cycle these plants are not removed from the ground, but are left in the plot and reworked together with the clods to further enrich the substrate – Use of completely natural plant products; In biodynamic agriculture, macerates based on extended plants are used, such as dandelion and lachillea, specially prepared and used in very small quantities. regulate life on our planet.- Observation of very precise rules for the use of macerates, for watering the fields, for sowing, for any activity that must be carried out on a farm.
As in many cases, biodynamic agriculture has both admirers and detractors; Since Steiner’s time, biodynamic farms have spread throughout the world and products from biodynamic farms are generally identified with the Demeter brand.
Surely the detractors of this method of cultivation have many implications to comment and hit; The truth is that biodynamic farms place high quality organic food products on the market, which do not affect the few resources of our planet and have a low ecological impact, with little pollution, in addition to this, many scientific studies have found highly biodynamic preparations . content of mineral salts, high levels of bioavailable nitrogen for the fields In general for the consumer, biodynamic products are synonymous with high quality, so it seems that Steiner has been successful in his attempt.