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farmers, erosion of topsoil, and poor food quality owing to pesticides,
hormones, and other additives—these are the well-known realities of the
modern crisis in farming. This problem is the outcome of the limited
vision of conventional methods and a system that focuses exclusively on
quick results and profits. The need for changes is clear, and Koepf
provides a vast array of research data and results, as well as many
helpful details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and
fertilizing. He shows that the biodynamic method of farming and
gardening is the alternative that can turn farming around.
Biodynamics is “the oldest alternative agricultural movement
in the world.” It is based on the concept of the whole farm as a single
organism. Its goals are to protect and nurture the soil, improve the
quality of food, and organically integrate the farm into the
environment as a whole.
This is an essential reference for all farmers who are
unsatisfied with conventional methods and for gardeners who wish to
improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve
their families.
 Herbert Koepf
was led to pursue formal studies in agriculture as a result of his
experience as a farmer. He received his Ph.D. from Germany’s leading
agricultural university and later became the head of the School of
Biodynamics and Earth Sciences at Emerson College in England. Dr. Koepf
has lectured extensively in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. He is also the
author of Research in Biodynamic Agriculture: Methods and Results (1993). |
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