Chesapeake BioDynamic Network Regional
2025 Regenerative Agricultural Conference
Nov. 7, 8, 9, 10
Pick & Choose what you can attend
Donations Are Warmly Welcomed
Biodynamic(BD) Coffee & BD Planting Calendars on sale
Conference Theme:
Biodynamic Beekeeping with Speaker Alex Tuchman Director of Spikenard Bee Sanctuary
November 7 Friday Keynote Address
(6:00pm-7:00pm) Meet & Greet Alex Tuchman Spikenard Bee Sanctuary of Virginia
(7:00pm-8:30pm) Keynote Address Alex Tuchman- Honey Bees & Pollinators
-Location at MOMS (MY ORGANIC MARKET) in College Park, Md 9827 Rhode Island Ave 20740
November 8 Saturday ( 8:00am - 5:30pm )
The Christian Community Parish House 4221 Metzerott Rd College Park, MD 20740 (plenty of parking)
8:00am Meet & Greet & BD
Come see the Josephine Porter Institute (JPI) of Applied Biodynamics conference room
with Stewart Lundy JPI Director
8:30am Optional Morning Movement with Miranda
9:15am Biodynamic BeechTree Puppet Play
10:00am-BD Reports- Chesapeake Region (VA,MD,DE,DC,WV etc.)
11:00 Biodynamic Beekeeping Lecture with Alex Tuchman Spikenard Bee Sanctuary
12:30-2:30 Lunch Time- Bring lunch & enjoy BD fellowship & conversation *Optional Movement at Spiral- Miranda 2:00
2:30pm Biodynamic Beekeeping Lecture with Alex Tuchman Spikenard Bee Sanctuary
4:00 pm Some closing remarks
4:30 Clean-up (Thanks for helping)
Saturday Evening Nov.8
6:30pm at Shanti Yoga Center (Home of Spiritual Foods BD Community Supported Agriculture/CSA)
4217 East West Hwy Bethesda, MD (Park nearby at Chelton Rd at BCC High School)
Potluck Meal- bring your favorite biodynamic/organic dish
Dinner Conversation:
Why should we seek out biodynamically grown food?
*Panel discussion with biodynamic great minds:
Alex Tuchman, Stewart Lundy, and Natalie McGill
November 9- Sunday (12:15 noontime-1:45)
The Christian Community Parish House
Esoteric Theme ( Biodynamics includes a spiritual perspective in its weltanschauung )
What can we consider concerning "the Spirit of the Earth" bearing in mind the progenitor of biodynamic agriculture Rudolf Steiner and his Spiritual Scientific research? With a panel of esoteric thinkers:
Rev. Daniel Kalinov, Biodynamic Beekeeper Alex Tuchman, & Biodynamic Farmer Stewart Lundy
November 10-Monday (10:00am - 3:00pm)
Nearby College Park, MD Field Trip to agricultural sites led by M.Judge
Meet at Christian Community Parish House 4221 Metzerott Rd College Park, MD
*Interesting Maryland Agricultural History
*University of Maryland Ag College bees hives
*US National Agricultural Library (USDA/BARC)
*Famous Cretaceous paleontology site where flowers first appeared on earth & hence pollinators such as honey bees
Further info: mjudge2000@gmail.com
If you are coming from out of town there are many lodging options in College Park, Md
in general walking distance of most of the BD Conference
Much Thanks to our Sponsors
*The Christian Community, MD, (DMV)
*Anthroposophical Society -Greater Washington (DMV) & Richmond,VA
*Spikenard Bee Sanctuary, VA
*Josephine Porter Institute (JPI) of Applied Biodynamics, VA
*Shanti Yoga Center School of Life - Spiritual Foods Biodynamic CSA, MD
*BeechTree Puppets, MD
*Perennial Roots Farm, VA
*Nicola Hain Architect LLC , MD
*m3FIOTA (Florida Institute for Ortho-Bionomy & the Therapeutic Arts), FL, CA, DC, WA