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The City with Golden Garbage

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.

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The Compost Manufacturer’s Manual

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. 
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Biodynamics Journal No. 013

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

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 014

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 015

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 016

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

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Biodynamics Journal No. 017

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

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 018

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 019

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 020

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 021

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 022

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 023

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 024

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 025

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 026

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

 

 

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Biodynamics Journal No. 027

Observations of Bio-Dynamic and Mineral
     Treatment op Soil..........EhrenfriedE. Pfeiffer......................2

Agriculture in Mexico................Carlos Caballero...................13

Green Manuring, Organic Fertilizer,
     Compost in Spring?..........................................................18

Success With Bio-Dynamics ........... Evelyn Speiden.............22

Farming in the Rio Grande Valley.....Peter A. Escher.............27

Grindstone Lies Buried
      Under Snow..................SterlingW. Edwards.................32

Book Review ......................................................................36

Notes and Correspondence..................................................41

 

 

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