What is Biodynamics?
Like organic farming, biodynamic farming doesn’t allow GMOs, synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, or pesticides. It goes a step further by requiring farmers to create a closed-loop system, where everything the farm needs comes from within. This makes the farm highly sustainable and environmentally friendly. The goal is to make the farm’s natural systems more active and alive.
Dr. Rudolf Steiner, who started biodynamic farming, believed that by supporting nature and helping it thrive, we could help heal the Earth. He shared this idea after witnessing the destruction caused by World War I. We follow his teachings closely, always experimenting and finding ways to improve the original methods.
All our farming and landscaping is done in sync with the moon, stars, and sun. We start our crops in compost we make ourselves, which helps them grow quickly and stay healthy from the beginning.
What is Biodynamic Agriculture?
Biodynamic agriculture is a natural and ethical way of farming that looks at the farm as a whole, living system. It is a “holistic, ecological, and ethical approach to farming, gardening, food, and
nutrition” developed from lectures by Dr. Rudolf Steiner. Unlike conventional farming, it focuses on using the farm’s own resources to grow food and maintain soil health, without relying on outside resources. Farmers also pay attention to the spiritual side of nature, treating the farm like a self-contained world. They align their activities with the moon's cycles, believing that its gravitational pull affects water and life on Earth.
The core of a Regenerative-Biodynamic farm’s health comes from reusing and storing the carbon it produces—like a full-circle system. By rotating crops and using manure only from plant-eating animals, the farm avoids using harmful chemicals that are common in conventional farming. Traditional farms sometimes use waste like sewage sludge, which can pollute the land and nearby water. This kind of pollution—like from pesticides or fertilizer runoff—can cause serious problems, such as toxic algae blooms.
Regenerative-Biodynamic farming focuses on healthy soil and rich biodiversity, making it a strong, natural system—like a wild forest. In fact, that’s our model: a balanced, self-sustaining ecosystem, where everything works together. That’s why we chose to farm in Palmer Park, Detroit, near one of the last untouched forests close to a major U.S. city, just as Dr. Steiner advised in 1924.
We build soil health by mixing oak leaves from the forest with local horse manure and special compost blends known as preparations #502–#507. We do this around the Spring and Fall Equinoxes, aligning with the cycles of the moon and stars to boost fertility. Because of this natural strength, pests and disease are rare, healthy soil and plants don’t attract them.
We believe that pests and plant diseases show up when plants are weak, often due to poor soil. In nature, pests actually help break down unhealthy plants to return nutrients to the soil. It's all part of nature’s way of keeping ecosystems strong through natural selection.
