Zenbunni Chocolate founders Bunni and Zen Nishimura remember the exact moment they first tried biodynamic food, about seven years ago at a friend’s farm. “We took a bite of some lettuce he was growing ...

When is the last time you utilized a deer bladder, cow horn or skull in the ordinary dispatch of your farm or garden? If you’re a biodynamic farmer, it may have been just yesterday. Whether you were ...

FEET FIRST: Jeff Poppen, the "Barefoot Farmer," returns to Asheville July 9-10 to lead an intensive workshop on biodynamic principles at Living Web Farms in Mills River. Photo courtesy of Living Web ...

Biodynamic farms must meet all the organic requirements, as well as the additional standards laid out by Demeter. This includes dedicating at least 10% of the land as a wildland reserve, generating ...

A small, Brown Swiss cow grazing in sight of the Teton Range raised her head upon hearing Mike Reid’s call. She trotted to her master’s side and licked his face. “My cows are pets,” explained Reid, ...

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, ...

Matt Taylor's fantasy is about to come true. Just 33, he's already made top Cabernet, distinguished himself as a biodynamic viticulturist and launched his own wine. But recently he was approached to ...

Tara Smith does not mind squealing on herself about the mistakes she has made since becoming a farmer at 47. Early on, she kept the runts of a litter of pigs, not realizing they could not survive ...

John Chester is not the typical entrepreneur. He gets excited watching animals eat grass and finding worms in his soil. The filmmaker-turned-farmer runs a different kind of startup: a biodynamic farm.

“My favorite thing about farming is putting my hands in the soil and feeling its life,” says Audrey James, proprietor of Odd Trees Biodynamic Farm. The phrase “Odd Trees” is a play on her first name ...

Dutchess County, a Hudson Valley region just north of New York City, boasts more than 675 farms over 10,000 acres of arable land. There are orchards, vineyards, fruit farms and flower farms that ...