The Agriculture Course: An Intensive Study of the Origins and Future of Biodynamics

January 15 2010 06:00 PM to January 18 2010 02:30 PM

“What food signifies for animals and human beings is always completely misunderstood.” This, probably the least understood part of Rudolf Steiner's agriculture course, will be the focus of the Pfeiffer Center’s 2010 mid-winter weekend intensive study of biodynamics.

“At the esoteric core of biodynamics is a radical view of nutrition.” – Steffen Schneider

In his Agriculture lectures of 1924, Rudolf Steiner offered a revolutionary approach to agriculture that treats the farm as an organism, self-contained yet also worked upon from outside by multitudes of unseen and often unacknowledged forces.

Human beings and animals are vital organs in the farm organism, and the Agriculture lectures offer startling insights into human and animal nutrition. Food and cooking will be an integral part of the weekend, which incorporates a hands-on workshop in the Threefold Café kitchen as well as sharing delicious, healthy meals together.

Faculty

Mac Mead, program director of the Pfeiffer Center
Steffen Schneider is principal herdsman at Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, NY
Gerald Karnow, MD, has been a co-worker at the Fellowship Community for more than 30 years
Hugh Williams is the owner of Threshold Farm, Philmont, NY
Rachel Schneider is Director of Educational Programming at the Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center, Ghent, NY
Anthony LoPinto worked in New York City for many years under noted chefs
Michael Steinrueck founded Creative Speech Spring Valley in 1997