Archived News Articles | Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association

Archived News Articles

Please check back regularly for updated news items. We will continue adding to the current and archived articles.

Biodynamic Agriculture

Biodynamic Winemaking Demystified (Crushpad, 01/20)
Biodynamics in the Philippines: Sowing Patience (Our Farm Blog, 01/04)
Video: Chef Anthony Lo Pinto of Threefold Cafe Makes Truffled Pasta
Peak Soil and Biodynamics in New Zealand (Element, 12/20)
UK: Biodynamic Farm Aims for Back to Nature Approach (Farmers Weekly, 12/18)
Winter Solstice in the North State Garden (aNewsCafe, 12/17)
Biodynamic Viticulture: Waldin: "Nature Gives Her Best When Stewarded Not Enslaved" (Drinks Business, 11/22)
Biodynamic Viticulture: Mineral Content Clue to Vine Health (Drinks Business, 11/21)
New Zealand Biodynamic Vineyards Mixing Preparation 500 (Marlborough Express, 11/14)
CAFO Contamination on a Biodynamic Farm: Downind, Downstream, and Downhill(Biodynamics Blog, 11/02)
Biodynamic Seed Saving (Earth Flora, 08/31)
Tips for Biodynamic Composting (Our Farm, 08/12)
Biodynamics and Economic Botany (Only Ed, 08/07)
When Planting, Go Ahead and Reach for the Moon and Stars (Clarion Ledger, 08/04)
Kinder, Gentler Gardening: Guide to Growing Biodynamic Veggies (Vegetarian Times, July 2011)
Farming for the Future: Egyptian Biodynamic Agriculture (OurWorld 2.0, 07/29)
Farmer John Embraces Biodynamics to Heal the Farm and Build Community (Seedstock, 07/29)
Santa Cruz Biodynamic Farm Featured in Bon Appetit (Green Rootz Cafe, 07/29)
Smitten with Bees: Biodynamic Beekeeping and Colony Collapse Disorder (News Review, 07/28)
"Lovin' It": Change and Growth on the BDA Property (Biodynamics Blog, 07/27)
Learning About Biodynamic Farming (Love Apple Farms, 07/21)
What Is Biodynamic Agriculture?: Introduction by Andrew Beedy and Hugh Chappelle of Quivira Vineyards [Video](Examiner, 07/19)
Biodynamics at Huia Vineyards in New Zealand (Marlborough Express, 07/15)
Listening to the Earth: A Food Movement with an Ecological Heart (ABC Online, 07/08)
Biodynamics in Kentucky: Sisters Continue "Care of Creation" Commitment (Dominican Sisters of Peace, 07/01)
Jubilee Biodynamic Farm: Close Community Connections (GoodFood World, 06/22)
Invitation to Participate in Global Biodynamic Stirring and Spraying (Biodynamics, 06/17)
Biodynamic Farmer Explains That Antibiotic Use in Cattle May Spawn Drug-Resistant Bacteria (WFPL, 06/02)
Genesis Farm: Getting Biblical with Farming (Unfulfilled Expectations, 05/25)
Dry Creek Valley: The Neighborhood and Biodynamic Farming (DCVA, 05/18)
Biodynamics: Recharging Nature's Forces (FLN Blog, 05/11)
Biodynamic farmers in UK: How pigs can compost manure on a farm scale (Permaculture UK, 05/06)
Queen of the Sun: A documentary abuzz with ecological portent (Chicago Tribune, 04/28)
Biodynamic agriculture at core of Frog Belly Farm (Longmont Times, 04/10)

Biodynamics in the Marketplace

(Note: "Biodynamic" is a registered certification mark of the Demeter Association, Inc.)

Roederer Becomes Chamagne's Biggest in Biodynamics (Drinks Business, 01/24)
California Wine: It's Good to Be a Wine Snob (KCET, 01/03)
Biodynamic Viticulture: Restraint Puts Sinskey Wines Over the Top (Portland Press Herald, 12/21)
Focus on Organic Wines: Interview with Monty Waldin (Wineanorak)
At the Forefront of Biodynamic Winemaking: Weingut Meinklang in Austria (Schiller-Wine, 10/20)
Ceago Vinegarden: Biodynamic Winery on Clear Lake Is in the Swim (SF Chronicle, 10/16)
For Montinore's Winemaker, It's All in the Soil (Palm Beach Post, 10/13)
Weleda's Jasper Van Brakel Talks Biodynamic Beauty (Take Part, 07/18)
Doing Biodynamics for the Right Reasons: Castello dei Rampolla (Blog, 06/13)
New Zealand: 5 Minutes with Biodynamic Winemaker Mike Weesering (NZ Herald, 06/16)
A toast to a healthier Earth: sustainable, organic, and/or biodynamically farmed grapes (Seattle Times, 06/11)
Uncorking the the great organic discussion: hot debate in modern wine business (Vancouver Sun, 06/10)
Australia: A Wine Romance (Australian, 06/04)
Biodynamic Wine Making in Chablis (Gourmet Odyssey, 05/18)
Organic and Biodynamic Vintners (Missoula.com, 05/16)
Biodynamics: super-duper organic wines (Paula Goddard, 05/09)
Grape growers are pioneers of the sustainability movement (Vail Daily, 05/04)
Ceago Vinegarden: Tour of biodynamic food growing takes place May 14 (04/30)
There's white wine, red wine, and now 'green' wine (South Coast Today, 04/21)
Benefits of Biodynamic Wines: (EcoXpo, 04/11)
London: Biodynamics at Hibiscus restaurant (Foodepedia, 04/11)

Community and Agriculture

Unraveling the CSA Number Conundrum (Call of the Land, 01/09)
Friend of a Farmer: Why Small-Scale Ag Needs Community (Grist, 11/23)
USDA Release Report on Marketing of Local Foods in the US (NSAC, 11/07)
Why Farmers Are Embracing Social Media (GOOD, 05/07)
More Farmers' Markets Expand To Year-Round (Huffington Post, 12/27)
Windowfarms Crowdsources to Turn Urban Food Deserts into Food Desserts (ENN, 12/20)

Food Issues (Access, Sovereignty, Choice, Etc.)

Organic Milk Disappearing from Supermarket Shelves (Delish, 01/03)
2011: Sustainable Food Trends (Grist, 12/13)
Raw Milk Freedom Riders (Biodynamics, 12/12)
Raw Milk Advocates to Defy Ban in Chicago (FSN, 12/07)
Raw Milk Freedom Riders: Mothers, Acting As 'Agents,' to Defy FDA Warning (RMFR, 11/28)
New Projection Shows Global Food Demand Doubling by 2050 (NSF, 11/21)
Consciousness: What You Don't Know Might Kill You (Huffington Post, 11/10)
Consumers Losing Faith in Big Food (Grist, 11/03)
Raw Milk Action Alert: Biodynamic Farmer Michael Schmidt Mobilizing Against Governmental Interference with Property Ownership and Food Rights (Biodynamics Blog, 10/21)
Wholly Without Merit: No Right to Food Choice (Biodynamics Blog, 10/20)
Biodynamic Farmer Michael Schmidt's Hunger Strike for Raw Milk Goes On (Toronto News, 10/18)
We Can Feed 10 Billions of Us, Study Finds - But It Won't Be Easy (Grist, 10/13)
Eating and Cooking the Food Co-Op Way (Maplewood Patch, 08/18)
Programs Cropping up Across US to Address 'Food Deserts' (USA Today, 07/13)
Fracking and Local Food (Madison County Courier, 06/11)
Reimagining Food Systems in the Midst of a Hunger Crisis (IPS, 06/03)
Organic Eggs Not Created Equal, Says New Scorecard (3P, 05/24)
Second Vermont Town Passes Food Sovereignty Measure (Cornucopia Institute, 05/26)
Activists to Green Shoppers: Going to the Farmers Market Isn't Enough (Bay Citizen, 05/23)
New Study Compares Prices at Farmers' Markets and Supermarkets (Politics of the Plate, 05/10)
The New Geopolitics of Food (Foreign Policy, 05/06)
Why being a foodie isn't 'elitist' (Washington Post, 04/29)
Debunking the Stubborn Myth That Only Industrial Ag Can "Feed the World" (Grist, 04/10)

GMOs

Effort Gets Underway to Require GMO Food Labeling (Petaluma 360, 01/20)
Maria Rodale: Just Label It! So We Know When It's GMO (Huffington Post, 01/09)
Label GMO Food Campaign in California (Redwood Times, 01/05)
GMO Fears Halt EU Import of U.S. Corn Gluten Feed (Reuters, 12/21)
The Bugs That Ate Monsanto (Grist, 12/13)
Monsanto & Other BioTech Giants Deeply Entrenched in US Politics (12/11)
Monsanto (Still) Denies Superinsect Problem, Despite Evidence (Mother Jones, 12/08)
Genetically Modified Mosquitos? (Sun Sentinel, 12/05)
Monsanto Corn May Be Failing to Kill Bugs, EPA Says (Bloomberg, 12/02)
Colorado City Bans Growing of GMO Crops (The Canadian, 11/25)
Monsanto's Caribbean Experiment (CPI, 11/21)
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow Face Trial for 'Systemic Human Rights Abuses' (Ecologist, 11/16)
Orthogonality for GMOs: Good Fences Make Better Neighbors (GEN, 11/14)
Why Are Genetically Modified Foods Not Labeled? (Business Insider, 11/12)
Environmental Groups Sue U.S. over GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges (MNN, 11/07)
CT: Legislation May Pass GMO Labeling Duties to Produce Distributors (Hartford Business Journal, 11/07)
Shareholder to Monsanto: Be Transparent About Genetically Engineered Food Risks (FIC, 11/04)
'People Don't Want to Be a GMO Experiment' (MarketWatch, 11/04)
GM Crops Promote Superweeds, Food Insecurity and Pesticides, Say NGOs (The Guardian, 10/19)
Superweed Spreading "Exponentially" in GM Cotton (GM Freeze, 10/19)
Push for GMO Labeling on Food (Epoch Times, 10/18)
Politics Heating Up Over Labeling Genetically Modified Foods (NPR, 10/17)
GMOs: Obama's Organic Game (Daily Beast, 10/15)
FDA Suit Wants Labels on Genetically Modified Foods (WSJ, 10/11)
Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance (WSJ, 08/29)
Monsanto's Genetically Modified Seeds Are No Miracle (OneEarth, 08/25)
ConAgra Sued Over GMO '100% Natural' Cooking Oils (FSN, 08/24)
Why a Deregulated Approach to GM Crops Is 'Deeply Flawed' (The Ecologist, 08/23)
Why GMOs Won't Save the World (Grist, 08/20)
Monsanto Rolls Out GMO Sweet Corn (The Packer, 08/17)
Lawsuit to Halt GE Crops on Southeastern Refuges (CFFS, 08/12)
Weeds Crossbreeding with GMO Crops (Eat Drink Better, 08/10)
US Push for GM Wheat (The Land, 08/03)
Advocates for GM Labeling Announce Two-Week 'Right2Know' March from NYC to White House (PRNewswire, 07/25)
Welcome to the Age of GMO Industry Self-Regulation (Mother Jones, 07/14)
Going Rogue: USDA May Have Just Opened the GMO Floodgates (Grist, 07/11)
Bayer to Pay $750M in Genetic Rice Settlement (NWI Times, 07/01)
House Votes to Ban FDA from Approving Genetically Modified Salmon (Daily Mail, 06/16)
Organic Farmers v Monsanto (Slow Food Blog, 06/10)
What about the GM seed? (MMN, 06/09)
BT gene in GM crops harmful for growth (Decan Chronicle, 06/03)
GMOs: Waiter, There's a Fish in My Tomato! (Unfulfilled Expectations, 06/05)
A Scary Side Effect of Eating GMO Foods (Live in the Now, 06/03)
Family Farmers Amplify Legal Complaint Against Monsanto's GMOs (Cornucopia Institute, 05/31)
Children of the Corn: GMOs Don't Qualify As Food (Salem News, 05/28)
With no labeling, few realize they are eating genetically modified foods (Chicago Breakings News, 05/24)
Toxic pesticides from GM food crops found in unborn babies (Telegraph, 05/20)
GMO Study: OMG, You're Eating Insecticide... (Food Integrity Now, 05/19)
States lead debate over modified food labeling (WP, 05/19)
What we know - and don't know - about the safety of eating GMOs (Grist, 05/16)
Glysophate drift to rice a problem for all of us (MS Rice Council, 05/12)
New California Bill Calls for GMO Labeling (EatDrinkBetter, 04/28)
USDA Outsources Biotech Crop Evaluation to the GMO Industry (Treehugger, 04/24)
Monsanto Will Create Own GMO Environmental Reports (3P, 04/21)
Organic Farmers Sue GMO Juggernaut Monsanto (Veterans Today, 04/18)
Messing with Mother Nature: Genetically Modified Organisms (FoxNews, 04/11)

Health Issues

The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods: New Research Shows We Absorb MicroRNA (Atlantic, 01/09)
FDA Caves in to Lobbyists on Antibiotics, Putting Public Health at Risk (3P, 01/04)
Doctors Join Fight Against Livestock Antibiotics (ENN, 08/19)
How Genetic Engineering May Have Created E. Coli Outbreak (ISIS, 06/26)
GM Regulators Chose Ignorance over Science (Guardian, 06/15)
FDA finally admits chicken meat contains cancer-causing arsenic (Natural News, 06/09)
It's official: Monsanto's Roundup causes birth defects (Red Green & Blue, 06/08)
Superbug Time Bomb: Scientists Fear Over-Use of Antibiotics in Medicine and Farming May Have Led to Deadly E.coli Outbreak (Daily Mail, 06/07)
Toxin from GM crops found in human blood (India Today, 05/11)
19 Studies Link GMO Foods to Organ Disruption (FoodConsumer, 04/27)
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? (Scientific American, 04/27)
Studies link low IQ to prenatal pesticide exposure (Sydney Morning Herald, 04/21)
High Prices Sow Seeds of Erosion (NYT, 04/12)
Coming Soon to a City Near You: Open-Source Agriculture (Grist, 04/12)

International News

Scientists Urge Countries to Adopt 'Climate-Smart' Agriculture (EcoBusiness, 01/23)
Europe: 'Climate Farms' Highlight Green Agriculture Practices (EurActiv, 01/10)
Beekeepers Occupy Monsanto France (Current, 01/07)
Nitrate in the Thames: What Are the Prospects for Sustaining High-Quality Groundwater (Bristol University, 12/19)
Degraded Land Threatens Food Supply, UN Finds (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/29)
French Minister Says Will Seek to Keep Ban on GMO Maize (Reuters, 11/28)
Nepal Pushes Back Against Monsanto's Hybrid Seeds (Organic Authority, 11/20)
Worldwide Water Use Growing Twice As Fast As Population (Reuters, 10/25)
Polish President Vetoes Bill Allowing GMO Seeds (WTAQ, 08/24)
World Nations See Six All-Time Record High Temperatures, No Lows So Far in 2011 (ENN, 08/19)
Kenya: Officials Stop Offloading of Alleged GMO Maize (KBC, 08/07)
Hungary to Penalize Planting, Distribution of GMO Seeds (Budapest Business Journal, 07/26)
Hungary: Imported Seed Blamed As GM Corn Destroyed (Budapest Times, 07/15)
UN: New Green Farming Vital to End Global Hunger (Reuters, 07/05)
EU Lawmakers Give Backing for National GM Crop Bans (Reuters, 07/05)
Africa: Maize Shortage Plays into Hands of Genetically Modified Food Advocates (Business Daily, 06/27)
Lima, Peru Becomes a GMO-Free Zone (Eat Drink Better, 06/23)
Peru's Capital Declares Itself GMO-Free Zone (AFP, 06/17)
Emergency "Call to Action to Protect Earth" by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigeneous (eNewsChannels, 06/03)
El Salvadoran Government & Social Movements Say No to Monsanto (AlterNet, 05/27)
Columbia shifts from drugs to food in farm expansion(Reuters, 05/23)
Prince Charles' Prescription for America (Denver Post, 05/15)
EU farm chief: GM food meets no quality, diversity criteria (EurActiv, 05/05)
Prince Charles take on agricultural lobbies on both sides of the Atlantic (Guardian, 05/05)
Peru: Lima to declare itself a GMO-free zone (France 24, 04/28)

Sustainable Farming and Gardening

New Study Predicts Declining Rangeland in California (ENN, 01/23)
Chefs, Farmers Join Forces (LA Times, 01/19)
Honeybee Problem Nearing a 'Critical Point' (Grist, 01/13)
Genetically Engineered Crops in the Real World - Bt Corn, Insecticide Use, and Honey Bees (UCS, 01/10)
Mercury in the Atmosphere (ENN, 01/03)
FDA Gives up on Antibiotic Restrictions in Livestock (Grist, 12/28)
Leading Scientist Says Agroecology Is the Only Way to Feed the World (Non-GMO Report, 12/27)
Traditional Farming 'Can Save Threatened Species' (SDN, 12/22)
Exploring Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture (ENN, 12/21)
Challenges to Wine-Making in a Warming World (ENN, 12/19)
More Shrubbery in a Warming World (Science Daily, 12/08)
Sow Seeds, Not Greed: Farmers Gather on Wall Street (12/06)
The Organic 1%: Sustainable Farming in a Broken System (3P, 12/02)
How Rural Can Reclaim Sustainable Ag (Daily Yonder, 11/23)
US Fair Trade Split: A Question of Fairness (NYT, 11/23)
Young and Beginning Farmers Need Capital, Land, Health Insurance (NYFC, 11/09)
Killing the Competition: Meat Industry Reform Takes a Blow (Grist, 11/09)
Incredible Shrinking Farmland (Grist 11/07)
Farmers Visit DC to Advocate for Local Food Bill (NSAC, 11/05)
How the Supercommittee Could Kill New Farmers Markets (Mother Jones, 11/02)
'Local Farms and Food Bill' Introduced in Congress (Agriculture, 11/01)
From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Earth (Grist, 10/27)
Empty Fields Fill Urban Basins and Farmers' Pockets (NYT, 10/23)
Farmers Sense the End of Big Boom (WSJ, 10/22)
If You Eat, Occupy Wall Street (Huffington Post, 10/18)
Vermonts Experiments in Cow Power (ENN, 10/17)
Foodies, Get Thee to Occupy Wall Street (Mother Jones, 10/14)
Occupy Wall Street and the Food Movement (Civil Eats, 10/13)
Sustainable Agriculture Programs Are on the Rise (MNN, 08/16)
Grass Is Good: Natural Meats Benefit the Economy and Family Farms (Grist, 08/15)
MN: Women Farmers Taking Root (Star Tribune, 08/05)
The Secret Minds of Bees (OnEarth, 07/29)
USDA Farm to School Team 2010 Summary Report (USDA, 07/21)
In Defense of Organic (Grist, 07/21)
Why Grass Fed Beef Isn't Just Healthier (3P, 07/21)
Resistant Weeds Leave Farmers Desperate (STL Today, 07/17)
A Way to Save America's Bees: Buy Free-Range Beef (Atlantic, 07/14)
Pesticide Pathways: Loss to Atmosphere Through Volatilization (ENN, 07/13)
Decreasing Natural Habitat in Midwest, More Insecticide Use (ENN, 07/13)
Here Come the Superweeds: USDA Approves Invasive GMO Grass (Red Green & Blue, 07/13)
In Midwest, Butterflies May Be Far Fewer (NYT, July 11)
Study: Cows Have Best Friends and Get Stressed When They Are Separated (Daily Mail, 07/05)
Conservation a Concern as Fewer Farm Owners Manage Land (Ames Tribue, 06/25)
Food Ark: Saving genetic diversity of seeds and breeds (National Geographic, 07/01)
House Agriculture Committee to Hold 2012 Farm Bill Hearings (NSAC, 06/17)
Urban Farming to Become Part of Boise City Code (Boise Weekly, 06/14)
A New (Old) Way to Raise Meat (GoodFood World, 06/13)
Young generation of farmers begins to crop up (NJ.com, 06/12)
Making a living on a farm, crop sales optional (Mercury News, 06/10)
White House: Establishment of Rural Council (White House, 06/09)
Small U.S. Farms Find Profit in Tourism (NYT, 06/09)
Extreme Heat the New Norm (Discovery News, 06/08)
A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself (NYT, 06/04)
Chemicals in Farm Run-off Rattle States on the Mississippi (NYT, 06/02)
Sustainable Agriculture Key to Green Growth, Poverty Reduction - UN Officials (UN, 06/01)
Worst Ever Carbon Emissions Leave Climate on the Brink (Common Dreams, 05/30)
"The Organic Movement" Report (Washington Post, 05/25)
Factory Farms Produce 100 More Waste Than All People in US Combined (AlterNet, 05/23)
How Agriculture Can Provide Food Security Without Destroying Biodiversity (Bioscience Resource Project, 05/23)
Court of Appeals Dismisses Monsanto's Appeal of Biotech Beets Case, Preserves Victory for Farmers, Environment (CFS, 05/20)
Farm states suffer expanded drought, wheat suffers (Reuters, 05/19)
How gas drilling contaminates your food (Salon, 05/18)
Heirlooms prove their worth in organic gardens (Clarion Ledger, 05/12)
Backyard beehives the new buzz in town (Seattle Times, 05/09)
WSU Soil Scientist Lead's Expert Panel's Call for 'Transforming U.S. Agriculture' (WSU, 05/05)
Organic Uses Less Energy, Searches for Even Lower Carbon Farming (Treehungger, 05/04)
Farming in the 21st Century: More Than Riding a Tractor (Chronogram, 04/29)
Steven McFadden: Sacred Tobacco Teachings Illuminate Bee Colony Collapse Catastrophe (Call of the Land, 04/23)
Sustainable Ag Education Loses Funding (HCN, 04/20)
Cultivation Meets Regulation: Bay Area Urban Agriculture (Food Freedom, 04/19)