
For the opening of the Agriculture Conference, Swati Renduchintala, a scientist at World Agroforestry, Naglaa Ahmed and Thoraya Seada from the Egypt Biodynamic Association (EBDA), as well as Ercilia Sahores, director of the Organic Consumers Association in Mexico, will share their work for a sustainable agriculture. Through their projects, they will demonstrate how natural and biodynamic farming can be scaled and become a livelihood for thousands of people.
On 6 February, Pereri King, a musician and practitioner of the Māori healing tradition, Feya Marince, co-founder of the Indigenous Biodynamic Association of Africa, and Anthoniselvi Savarimuthu, a biodynamic farmer from India, discuss the significance of indigenous wisdom for the future of biodynamics. They illustrate how the intimate connection to the Earth was preserved in indigenous cultures, how humans acted as intermediaries between the spiritual and the earthly in agriculture, and how a deep appreciation for the Earth as a living being developed. These insights remind us of the concepts from the Agriculture Course and may serve as encouragement and guidance on the path into the second century of biodynamics.
Finally, on 7 February, a transdisciplinary conversation will bring together four people from medicine, education, and agriculture. Berni Courts from the Ruskin Mill Trust, Dr. Martin Günther Sterner, internist and gastroenterologist, Tobias Hartkemeyer, CSA pioneer, as well as Ruben Segers and Antoinette Simonart from the De Kollebloem farm in Belgium discuss how Rudolf Steiner’s life processes are addressed within their respective fields and which integrative approaches can be created for a holistic practice.