Soil, Compost, Cover Crops & Seed Saving Basics
Type:
Community Event
Date:
Sáb, 11/08/2025
Region:
East Coast
The ideal biodynamic farm is a self contained individuality in which the animals play a major role. Mac Mead and Megan Durney share about the essential nature of the animal and Kim Vaughan covers the basics of biodynamic dairy herd management, including the life rhythms of a dairy cow and the role healthy soil plays in animal and pasture health. The day includes a visit to our herd, cow barn, and dairy, the only one in Rockland County.
The biodynamic preparations harness life-regulating processes and are subtle catalysts to help create conditions for healthy growth. Mac Mead and Megan Durney lead us in making several of the biodynamic compost preparations and discuss their healing effects on soil and plants.
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Mac Mead introduces biodynamics in the context of the spiritual-scientific understanding of the human being and earth evolution. In the garden we will do hands-on work with making and applying the biodynamic horn manure preparation, transplanting, forming raised beds, and cover cropping.
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Saving Real Organic: Antitrust and Food
9 compelling Ted-Style talks, Organic Lunch
Breakout Sessions, Churchtown Dairy Walking Tour & More
2025 Speakers:
JM Fortier (Market Garden Institute)
Marion Nestle (Advocate, author)
Eliot Coleman ((Four Season Farm, Maine)
Zephyr Teachout (Author, Advocate)
Austin Frerick (Author)
Click here to get more information and register!
Saving Real Organic: Antitrust and Food
9 compelling Ted-Style talks, Organic Lunch
Breakout Sessions, Churchtown Dairy Walking Tour & More
2025 Speakers:
JM Fortier (Market Garden Institute)
Marion Nestle (Advocate, author)
Eliot Coleman ((Four Season Farm, Maine)
Zephyr Teachout (Author, Advocate)
Austin Frerick (Author)
Click here to get more information and register!
Healthy Soils in Action: 2026 NOFA / Mass Winter Conference
Friday, July 18, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
This two-part series is a beginner-friendly workshop on biodynamic gardening intended to get students excited, inspired, and empowered to grow their own organic plants at home. Attendees will walk away with flower and vegetable seeds and encouraged to grow for a free community food swap in late summer.