Great Podcasts for Farmers, Gardeners, and Landscapers

Michael Phillips

Biodynamics Now!, The International Biodynamic Food and Farming Discussion Group, is a great resource for anyone interested in farming, gardening, or land care.  In a series of podcasts, Biodynamics Now! interviews some of the movers and shakers in the sustainable and organic food movement, highlighting many of the key components to living a healthier, happier life.  Recent interviews include Michael Phillips, a holistic orchardist who taught Growing Fruit in a Healthy Orchard Ecosystem, a recent workshop for our Organic Land Care Program, and Dr. Rob Dunn, author of The Wild Life of Our Bodies, a wonderful book that explains how "our mind’s recent requirement for ‘cleanliness’ is denying our old fashion bodies of many of the synergies we co-evolved with" (and a book that is currently making its rounds around our office).

Dr. Rob Dun and his book, The Wild Life of Our Bodies

As the name of the website would suggest, Biodynamics Now! focuses its material around the concept of biodynamic agriculture, an approach that "emphasizes life processes which have potent organisational (syntropic) effects to engage minerals and chemical reactions...In large part, biodynamics involves getting a dynamic interplay going between what goes on above ground and what goes on below."   Understanding the relationships between different life processes and organisms is very important in developing a sustainable way of life.

Check out the Biodynamics Now! website to learn more about how biodynamics relates to food, farming, and your life.