Let us gather and return again to Summerfield School and Farm for the BDANC Summer Solstice Meeting! As the Sun reaches its  zenith in the sky, we will come together to share and celebrate another year of Biodynamic Agriculture. Come join us as we look closely at the Valerian plant through Geothean observation with Dr. Daciana Iancu, and in pastel drawing with Denise Sacks.  

Through social exercises with Luke Frey, and Eurythmy with Lilith and Sebastien Dupuis, we will explore the qualities of warmth, both in the plant world and with each other. Together we will be making the valerian and stinging nettle preparations. Farmers and interns will lead us as we talk together about our deepest farming questions. This gathering is appropriate for parents, teachers, farmers, doctors, interns and anyone interested in exploration of the healing properties of Biodynamic Agriculture.

Join us for this year's Spring 2025 BDANC gathering exploring Light: What is light? What is the relationship of light to darkness? How do we work with the phenomena of light in our agricultural practice?  How does light transform into fruit? Ehrenfreid Pfeiffer, bearer of Biodynamics to North America, recounts that the word “biodynamic”  was chosen by the initial group of experimenting farmers 100 years ago as meaning, “a working with the energies which maintain life.”  He goes on to point out that the biological aspect began to reveal itself in science in the first half of the 20th century, yet,  “Despite recognition of the importance of the biological conditions of ecological relationships…all of this still gives no answer to the question of energy, to its source…the dynamic side still waits understanding to which Rudolph Steiner pointed the way.”

This weekend offers sense perception and experience based inquiry into the role of light in human capacities and Biodynamic farming practices. Particular attention will be brought to the use of the Horn Silica and Horn Manure preparations, their polarities and how they complement one another. Practical work will include making Horn Silica and applying it to the land. Horn Manure and other winter buried preparations will be dug up and observed. The weekend's work together will be participatory and accessible to all levels of experience. 

We are excited to return for the second year to Heartwood Farms' cherry and walnut orchards for the Spring Meeting 2025. Program Lead by Franz Eilers, Emma Wade, Sebastian Dupuis, Lilith Dupuis, and Harald Hoven.