This book embodies agriculture thinking outside the box; it explores surprising alternative ways of enhancing soil and plant health. Ranging from remineralization to unusual cover crops to biodynamics to quantum entanglement, its practical recipes are sure to be of benefit…
Another rare and obscure article on Pfeiffer regarding his bacterial cultures to compost Oakland’s garbage (probably simple food wastes and paper wastes in the late 40s and early 50s) – talked about in legendary terms but out of reach.
Fifty years before the soil foodweb became in the 1990s, Pfeiffer was using microscopes, preparing microbial inoculants, making superior quality composts, teaching farmers how to employ biological farming practices to improve soil organic matter, soil structure, and soil fertility – which in modern times is known as “soil health” -- and conducting cutting edge research on soil fertility, soil biology, soil humus, and food quality.
Actual trial results from using Thun's planting calendar.
A Steinerian / biodynamic viewpoint on the way agriculture should evolve.
INTRODUCTION To Bio-Dynamics as a Quarterly and To the SpecialConference Number
SPRING CONFERENCE—March 21-23, 1947
AUTUMN CONFERENCE—September 3-8, 1947
Story of a Citrus Grove .............Harold S. Richmond
Organic Farming and Its Influence on the Health of
Soils, Plants, Animals and Man......JohnW. Hershey
Grindstone Run Empties into the Potomac . .S. W. Edwards
Cattle Feeding Along Bio-Dynamic Lines......E. Pfeiffer
Hog Feeding .................................E. Pfeiffer
Personals
From Our Mail Bag
Vol. VI No. 3
The Bio-Dynamic Method
What It Is and What It Is Not......EhrenfriedPfeiffer
What Will They Discover Next?
Collected by ...........................AliceHeckel
Book Reviews
"Chemicals, Humus and the Soil"......DonaldP. Hopkins
Reviewed by Ehrenfried' Pfeiffer
"The Earth's Face and HumanDestiny".....Ehrenfried Pfeiffer
Reviewed by Jeannette S. Griggs
From Our Mail Bag
Vol. VI No. 4
Food: Where Does Yours Come From? ... .S. W. Edwards
Siberian Kale as a Cover Crop Plant ..........C. M, Blake
"A Remarkable Conference"........Dr. Benjamin F.Hubert
The Meaning of pH ..........................E. J. Davis
Some Bio-Dynamic Activity in Germany
Eyeing Potatoes..........................Ludwig Piening
A Preliminary Report on Humus Formation in the
Root Areas of Plants under Different
Soil Management..................EhrenfriedPfeiffer
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This and That
"Let Us Get Back to Earth".............Lord Northbourne
VOL. VII No. 1
Know Your Soil .......................Ehrenfried Pfeiffer
Save That Raindrop..........................C. M. Blake
Observations and Thoughts on
the Sugar Maple .......................R.C. Schon
Food: Where Does Yours Come From?
Part II, ...................................S.W. Edwards
From the Four Corners of the Globe........Alice Heckel
'The Toxicology of the Newer Agricultural
Chemicals ....................ArnoldJ. Lehman, M.D.
Notes and Correspondence
The Treatment of Soils with Regard to
Humus and Structure .............EhrenfriedPfeiffer
Resources Conference of the U. N.
Relation of Sustained Livestock Production
to Condition of Grazing Land......ClarenceL. Forsling
Are Soils Merely A Matter of
Minus and Plus?........................AliceHeckel
A Bit About Organics in Britain..............Bo Rodehn
Book Review ...............................Fred Heckel
The Gardener's Year: Summer.................The Editors
Vol. VII No. 3
The Treatment of Soils with Regard to Humus
and Structure Part II.............EhrenfriedPfeiffer
Bio-Dynamic Meeting
The West Coast Branch...................Evelyn Speiden
Report from Lake Success
All That Glitters is Not Nutritious ........Alice Heckel
The Gardener's Year; Autumn...............The Editors
Vol. VII No. 4
Observations on Bio-Dynamic
and Mineral Treatment of Soil.....EhrenfriedE. Pfeiffer
Nature's Compost.......................Henry I. Baldwin
Faith Homestead .........................Helen Philbrick
The Use of Lime in B. D. Composting
D. H. I. A. Test at Threefold Farm..........ErnestDaniel
Announcement Regarding the B. D. Compost Starter
We Weathered the Drought.................Esther Eaton
The Gardener's Year ........................The Editors
From Our Mail Bag .......................Evelyn Speiden
Municipal and Industrial Composting......Ehrenfried Pfeiffer.............2
Hybrid Corn vs. Open Pollinated Corn.....Ernest M. Halbleib..........7
Food: Where Does Yours Come From?
Part III .................................S.W.Edwards............................9
Bio-Dynamic Spray 500........................Evelyn Speiden...............12
Forestry or Famine?..........................Rolf Gardiner......................19
Some Observations on the Citrus Industry......L. P. DeWolf........28
Vol. VIII No. 2
The Bio-Dynamic Method in 1950 .................................................2
Bio-Dynamic Spray 501 .........................Evelyn Speiden..............10
Texas Looks at B.D. Compost......................................................13
Book Reviews ...........................Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer...................16
Experiences with a Farm Pond.................George Bechtold............21
Bogs, Bottom Land and "Banking"
in Southern New Jersey..................ClaudeN. Terry ................24
Soil and Health ..........................Walter Vander Beek...................27
Summer Conference ...................................................................2
Impressions of Agriculture Abroad —
1950 ....................... EhrenfriedPfeiffer...............................10
Bio-Dynamic Spray 508 ................Evelyn Speiden...................17
Quotations and Abstracts ........................................................20
Book Review ..........................................................................26
Some of the Reasons for us Going
Bio-Dynamic....................CharlesW. Eddy........................28
A Bird's Eye View of World Conservation
Practices ..........................Alice Meckel............................32
Basic Principles Don't Change.................................................36
Soil Improvements with the
Bio-Dynamic Method..........EhrenfriedPfeiffer ........................2
Variable Levels of Biological Activity in Sanborn Field
after 50 Years of Treatment .......Wm.A. Albrecht .................6
IMPRESSIONS OF ACRICULTURE IN ENGLAND
AND SCOTLAND 1950 .........EhrenfriedPfeiffer................17
Brief Directions for the Use op the Bio-Dynamic Sprays ............24
Earthworms Rejuvenate the Soil .....Lawrence C. Lemmon.........27
Quotations and Abstracts........................... ...............................33
Stressing Thoroughness ..................Paul Pfund..........................36
Vol. IX No.1
Organic Matter Rebuilt
in Pure Sand.................EhrtenfriedPfeiffer............................2
Thick is the Ice on Grindstone — Sterling W. Edwards..............9
Herb Teas............................Evelyn Sveiden.............................13
A Good Recipe for Milk............Walter VanderBeek................19
Some Observations on Feeding, Health
and Production of Dairy Cows.......R.G. Schonbeck..........25
Book Review ..........................................................................27
Some Notes on Growing Good Sweet Corn.............................29
VOL IX No.2
Compost and Fertilizer on Peas......Ehrenfried Pfeiffer................2
Bread Making — Science and art......Evelyn Spieden................6
The Experimental Garden of 1950......Ehrenfried Pfeiffer..........11
Notes and Correspondence ....................................................13
Report on Airlie Farm ..................R. C. Schon........................18
Vol. IX No.3
Summer Meeting.......................................................................2
Save Your Own Seeds...................Evelyn Speiden...................7
Summer Showers are Heavy
on Grindstone.....................S.W. Edwards.......................15
Building a Garden..........................John Scott.........................21
Jottings from Vermont...............Charles W. Eddy...................23
Book Review ........................................................................29