Biodynamic Agriculture: A matter of life

The conference Biodynamic Agriculture: A matter of Life will take place in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, from 30 October to 2 November 2014. It will explore the contribution that biodynamics can make to enhancing food quality, soil, plant and animal health and social and economic renewal.

Keynote speakers will be Patrick Holden, Patron of the Biodynamic Association and director of the Sustainable Food Trust with “Soil, Food and Health”; Gunther Hauk, beekeeper at Spikenhard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in the USA and also starring in the award-winnig film Queen of the Sun; and Vincent Masson, managing director of Biodynamic Services that makes and supplies preparations for over 3000 farms, vineyards and gardens in France and Europe.

Shorter talks will be held too as well as workshops and farm visits. There will be a special presentation at the end of the conference to Tyll van de Voort for his contribution to the biodynamic work, followed by an address from Tyll. The full program as well as further details of the conference are available from here and here.