East Coast

From the Chesapeake BioDynamic Network (CBDN): 

The Chesapeake BioDynamic Network of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware,District of Columbia, & West Virginia announces:

Yearly Regional 2024 Biodynamic Conference November 15-19. Donations Warmly Welcomed, for further info contact: mjudge2000@gmail.com

Conference Theme: The Living Farm Organism as overseen by the Biodynamic Farmer as a Scientist & an Artist

- A Great Hope for our Future ! -

Pasa's annual Conference, entering its 34th year, draws a diverse audience of rural and urban farmers, educators, advocates, entrepreneurs, community groups, artisans, researchers, policymakers, home cooks and gardeners, youth, and others for three days of learning on sustainable agriculture and food system topics.

In honor of National Farmer’s Day, the National Young Farmers Coalition & 

From Threefold Community Farm: 

Join Perennial Roots Farm from Friday evening to midday Sunday, October 18, 19, and 20, for food, fellowship, and inspiration! Click here for full details. 

The Chesapeake Biodynamic Network of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, & West Virginia announces a wokrshop on Permaculture & Biodynamics with Biodynamic Farmer Student Lundy

Thursday, August 22

4711 Poole Road Sykesville, MD 21784

10:00am-2:00pm

Developing the concept of the "Living Farm Organism" on five acres. Donations are welcomed to help compensate Stewart Lundy. Do bring a lunch and yu are invited to stay afterwards to hike the surrounding landscape if you so wish. 

The Chesapeake Biodynamic network of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, DC, & West Virginia announces a talk by biodynamic farmer Stewart Lundy: Herbs at Hand in Our Landscape for the Earth's Healing and Our Health. 7pm meet & greet with biodynamic food distribution and complimentary biodynamic coffee served. Select biodynamic produce, coffee, and books on sale. Reach out to Michael Judge for more info: mjudge2000@gmail.com. 

Water is crucial to biodynamics: Not only to water plants, but for the process of stirring, which potentizes the preparations. But do we really know what water is, what tasks it has in life processes, or how it carries them out? Jennifer Greene of the Water Research Institute takes us far beyond what we commonly know, or suppose we know, of this element.

Barrel compost is an efficient way to boost soil fertility, especially when access to cow manure is limited. In the garden, Mac Mead leads the class through every step of making this valuable substance, and how to use it. Mac also covers weed and pest control using biodynamic preparations, and discusses small animal stewardship (primarily chickens and sheep). An afternoon artistic activity rounds out the day.

Tickets: $125

In the morning, Craig Holdrege explores how to work with the living dynamic qualities of plants and animals to better understand the world around us. In the afternoon, Sherry Wildfeuer, a long-time editor of the Stella Natura planting calendar, explains how the calendar is created, what it tells us, and how we can use it to learn to work with, rather than against, nature’s rhythms and forces.