Biodynamic agriculture: the journey from Koberwitz to the world, 1924-1938

Journal article

In the last year of his life, the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner challenged the direction and practice of contemporary agriculture. This was an early response to the proliferation of chemical agriculture. Steiner laid the foundation for an alternative agriculture, one that would ‘heal the earth’, in the agriculture course1, a series of eight lectures at Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce, Poland) in 1924. Steiner set in train a process that led to the development, articulation, and naming of biodynamic agriculture, culminating in the publication of Bio- Dynamic Farming and Gardening by Ehrenfried Pfeiffer in 1938.

Authors: Paull, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Journal: Journal of Organic Systems
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 27-41
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• ISSN: 1177-4258
• Language: English
• Keywords: agriculture course; Poland; bio-dynamic agriculture; agricultural course; Kobierzyce; Rudolf Steiner; organic agriculture.; biodynamics; Ehrenfried Pfeiffer; biodynamic farming; biodynamic gardening