Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two of those approaches, organic farming and biodynamic farming, often get lumped together – but they’re far from identical. If ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The journey to biodynamic farming at Montinore Estate began with a tiny soil-dwelling insect. Rudy Marchesi, former president of the 200-acre vineyard and winery west of Portland, ...

“The miracle is nature’s waiting for us to do the right thing.” – Brook LeVan, Sustainable Settings The canary yellow flag that flickers in the wind above the rustic farm buildings and golden fields ...

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — When vintner Randall Grahm chose the softly sloping hillside and time to plant his new pinot noir vines, he weighed all the things farmers usually consider: drainage, soil ...

Ivo Jeramaz, vice president of vineyards and production at Grgich Hills Cellar, went to his great-uncle, Miljenko ("Mike") Grgich, and told him about a lecture he had attended on biodynamic farming.

To understand biodynamic agriculture, consider egg labeling. “Free-range” stamps previously suggested eggs laid by chickens raised on pastures. Then, it turned out, they were laid by chickens with ...

Biodynamic compost made from cattle dung but adds the horns of dead livestock to enrich nutrients in the fertiliser. Photos: SUDARSHAN CHAUDHARY Across Nepal, the organic matter content of the soil is ...

There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

One preparation for biodynamic agriculture involves grinding quartz to the consistency of talcum powder, and burying the material in cow horns for six months. It is then dug up, mixed into a spray and ...