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[https://www.guide-collective.com/gc-magazine/biodynamic-farming-a-balancing-act by Anna Savino 11/1 GUIDE COLLECTIVE]

One of the most well-known practices in biodynamic farming is burying a cow’s horn, which has been filled with ground quartz or manure, deep in the soil. This is usually done in autumn because the horns, which act as antennae, collect cosmic energy when it is at its peak in the soils. The horn is ready to be lifted in the spring and emptied. The quartz and manure are mixed with water and stirred in one direction until a vortex is created and then switched and stirred in the opposite direction until the vortex is formed again. This dynamization goes on for one hour, stirred by hand. This preparation is then sprayed into the fields in small quantities and nourishes the plants with potent energy.

=====Biodynamic farming is on the rise – but how effective is this alternative agricultural practice?=====

[https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/mar/05/biodynamic-farming-agriculture-organic-food-production-environment by Esha Chhabra 5/3/17 The Guardian]

When John Chester, a filmmaker from California, quit his job to become a farmer, he didn’t do it out of a desire to “feed the world”. Instead, he says: “I’m trying to feed my neighbors – and if everyone did that, we would be able to replicate this.”

He is referring to Apricot Lane Farms, a 213-acre biodynamic and organic farm in Moorpark, California, that Chester runs with his wife, Molly. The couple nurtures 100 different types of vegetables, 75 varieties of stone fruit, and countless animal residents: Scottish highland cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, ducks, hens, horses and livestock dogs. Last year, Apricot Lane Farms was recognized by the National Wildlife Federation and the North American Butterfly Association for supporting so much wildlife – not a recognition typically given to farms.

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 [https://www.guide-collective.com/gc-magazine/biodynamic-farming-a-balancing-act by Anna Savino 11/1 GUIDE COLLECTIVE]
   One of the most well-known practices in biodynamic farming is burying a cow’s horn, which has been filled with ground quartz or manure, deep in the soil. This is usually done in autumn because the horns, which act as antennae, collect cosmic energy when it is at its peak in the soils. The horn is ready to be lifted in the spring and emptied. The quartz and manure are mixed with water and stirred in one direction until a vortex is created and then switched and stirred in the opposite direction until the vortex is formed again. This dynamization goes on for one hour, stirred by hand. This preparation is then sprayed into the fields in small quantities and nourishes the plants with potent energy.
+=====Biodynamic farming is on the rise – but how effective is this alternative agricultural practice?=====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/mar/05/biodynamic-farming-agriculture-organic-food-production-environment by Esha Chhabra 5/3/17 The Guardian]
+ When John Chester, a filmmaker from California, quit his job to become a farmer, he didn’t do it out of a desire to “feed the world”. Instead, he says: “I’m trying to feed my neighbors – and if everyone did that, we would be able to replicate this.”
+He is referring to Apricot Lane Farms, a 213-acre biodynamic and organic farm in Moorpark, California, that Chester runs with his wife, Molly. The couple nurtures 100 different types of vegetables, 75 varieties of stone fruit, and countless animal residents: Scottish highland cattle, pigs, chickens, sheep, ducks, hens, horses and livestock dogs. Last year, Apricot Lane Farms was recognized by the National Wildlife Federation and the North American Butterfly Association for supporting so much wildlife – not a recognition typically given to farms.