This workshop is dedicated to a reflection on the relationship and practice of fertilisation and preparation work in the first 100 years of biodynamic agriculture.
2 February, 10:45-12:15
3 February, 10:45-12:15
4 February, 10:45-12:15
Schreinerei Backofen
English | German
Bruno Follador is an agrarian geographer trained in Biodynamic Agriculture at the Pfeiffer Center, USA. He worked as the gardner at Camphill Heartbeet, USA. He was the founder and director of the “Living Soils” project at The Nature Institute, USA. Currently, he works in Brazil as an associate researcher from The Nature Institute, is part of the teaching faculty of the Medical Anthroposophical Association of São Paulo , teaches at different Waldorf Pedagogy Seminars and conducts advisory work and courses in Latin America, Europe and the United States. The focus of his research is Goethean Science out of Anthroposophy and some of the themes he works on are: biodynamic agriculture, farm-scale composting, Pfeiffer’s Round Filter Chromatography, the 4 elements, the role of human imagination and landscape perception, the 12 senses and the 7 vital processes. He lives in Botucatu with his wife and two children.
Vincent Masson runs the company BioDynamie Services created with his father Pierre Masson in 2005. With his team, they make and provide preparations for over 3000 farms, vineyards and gardens in France and Europe. Specialist in making and using biodynamic preparations, he spends a large part of his time in France and in the world, giving courses and accompanying farmers and winegrowers to start or progress with biodynamic methods. With the association Soin de la Terre, which he chairs, he conducts research and experimentation projects in connection with agricultural fields and with French and European research institutions.