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BDANC Autumn Michaelmas Gathering
Saturday and Sunday, Sept 27th - 28th
BDANC Autumn Michaelmas Gathering
at Blossom's Farm Aromas, CA.
Make Biodynamic Preparations, Learn about Biodynamic Agriculture, Share the Harvest Bounty
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BDANC Winter Gathering
The BDANC Winter Gathering is January 10-11th, 2026 at Ridgewood Ranch.
More Upcoming Events
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Saturday workshops offered throughout the year at Millefolium Farm include Biodynamic Composting, Orchard Maintenance, Plants and Planets, Healing the Land through Biodynamics, Sacred Garden Design, Distilling Hydrosols, The 4 Elements, Social Economy, Seed Saving, and more!
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3rd International Biodynamic Research Conference: The Whole and the Parts, Researching Biodynamic Agriculture - Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester England, UK.
We invite researchers interested in biodynamic agriculture to join the 3rd International Biodynamic Research Conference and share their work on holistic farming across all knowledge systems. Anthony Mecca from the BDA will be presenting workshops and will share outcomes and reflections when he returns.
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An intimate, full-day experience and dinner at Neal Vineyards, in the heart of Napa Valley. Neal is a second-generation wine grower, vintner, and one of the region’s leading voices in organic and regenerative agriculture. Mark really farms soil. You will taste amazing organic wines, some not available to the public. This master class is more than a look behind the scenes—it’s an invitation to walk the land, taste the legacy, and understand the philosophy that shapes every bottle we make. Neal's vineyards are certified organic, regenerative organic, and biodynamic.
“This sense world is a manifestation of the spirit hidden behind it.”
Cosmic News: Northern Hemisphere
Friday, August 1st is Lammas or Festival of the First Fruits - cross-quarter day, halfway between summer solstice and autumn equinox. Our crescent moon is growing nightly. Near August 6th oppositions of Venus and Jupiter with the Moon are beneficial for optimizing plant health. August 8th and 9th - with Mars in earthy Virgo, apply preparations near the full Moon. For specific biodynamic indications and research in August subscribe to Lloyd Nelson's Substack from JPI.
OPPORTUNITIES:
New Biodynamic Farm Community opportunity! 11 acres outside of Grass Valley, CA in the Sierra Nevadas at 3,100’, south-facing and off-grid but with a great well & pump, creek, and a natural spring (plus a few outbuildings). Plans are in place for creating a Food Forest, passive-solar Natural Buildings such as cob and straw bale construction but help is needed at the ground level. Stay/camp for free and build your dream house here in work-exchange. Contact Sarah Thomas Gulden 301.806.9436 or email.
Folk Life Farm/Radicle Herbs: Covelo - Needs workers to help plant for fall. We also excited to announce a new way to support your local farmer with our new discount cards. Find out more about our Produce Subscription
Ridgewood Ranch, Willits, CA: Find out about The Farm School at The School of Adaptive Agriculture
Heartwood Farms is a production walnut and fruit farm accepting Seasonal Internship applications of 1-3 months. Shorter stays or group farm visits are also welcome. Help us build Biodynamics - Organics - Regenerative into our orchard systems. Outside work in the orchards, gardens and grounds, construction, mechanics, food preservation, consumer relations. Interns accepted on a rolling basis. Interns receive room and board. The Internship is a five day a week vocational training. Email your interest statement, resume and 2 references to Emma or inquire by phone 209-284-5850. Applications will be accepted until housing is full. Farmers: Franz Eilers & Emma Wade.
Becoming Free is a nine-month in-person full time Foundation Year in Anthroposophy located in Santa Cruz, CA. Participants work to discover and bring to full consciousness the true nature of the youthful, future-orientated forces that are demanded by the objective needs of ongoing evolution. Our aim is to actively develop a new thinking and new willing by means of innovative community experiences through study, art, and practical work (BD Agriculture). (831) 946 8321 Email
The Farm Studio is a non-profit dedicated to loving the earth through farming and art. We offer embodied learning experiences throughout Sonoma County. Our workshops, events, and apprenticeships grow practical and creative capacities, reveal the intelligent design embedded in living systems, and foster care for the health and inter-relationship of all living beings.
Nurturing Arts on the Farm - Connect with Self, Nature and Community Come to Blossoms Farm in Aromas Fridays 8:00AM for workday, bring your lunch and stay for Nurturing Arts. Or just come for the Arts at 1:00. We will work out of the universal into the individual. With themes from the season and from the life of the farm. Email Denise if you would like to join.
Daciana Iancu, MD, a Doctor of Anthroposophic, Internal and Integrative Medicine Practice in Sebastopol, CA is an experienced Internal Medicine physician, who is also certified in Integrative Medicine and Anthroposophic Medicine. She uses multiple modalities to determine the underlying cause of your illness and come up with an individualized treatment plan that can help restore your body's innate ability to heal. We provide Primary Care and Chronic Conditions management. Inquire about our special rates for farmers, teachers, and students. Book your 10-minute discovery call.
Apis Arborea embodies an innovative approach to honeybee conservation and apiculture, rooted in the transformative concept of “wilding”. Wilding represents a shift towards supporting self-willed ecological processes, the rehabilitation of their natural nesting habitat, and the restoration of their fundamental birthrights. It is a pioneering niche of conservation that we spearhead in the US. It represents a comprehensive, ecosystem-based strategy that empowers the wisdom of non-human communities.
White Feather Ranch, Placerville, offers to host a think tank planning place for anyone who wants to gather to plan strategy and encourage farming in the face of the hostile takeover of the global seed banks and food sources for more information email Nancy Jewel Poer.
YutopiaLab (Fundación Yutopialab) - We (Eric and Lola - former members of BDANC) are running a farm-based educational non-profit organization located near Cali, Colombia. We are looking for collaborators to join us in our community-driven work, demonstrating and sharing the agrarian lifestyle we cherish and recognizing its positive impact on the surrounding community. We blend our experience in Biodynamic, Biointensive, Permaculture, and Agroecological practices to work wisely and creatively with the land and local community. Email for more information or see @yutopia_lab
MENTORS:
Harald Hoven offers consulting services for farm conversions to Biodynamics as well as developing homesteads or properties. He also mentors farmers in their development to successful farming. He can teach any subject related to Biodynamics to your community. A good introduction would be on composting. For details, Email Harald or call him 916-837-8776.
Ronni Sands co-authored the book Growing Sustainable Children - a Garden Teacher's Guide. Willow and I offer trainings for garden teachers and parents who wish to learn hands-on gardening skills and BD practices. I am a Waldorf teacher, also available to mentor new garden teachers and consult with schools starting gardening programs. We offer herbs or herbal products, catering, educational classes in farming, basket weaving and herbal studies for children and adults. Email
Fulcrum Farm, Grass Valley We can provide mentoring about animal husbandry, classes in biodynamic agriculture, and help with business and economic consultations. Marney is also a writer or storyteller. She is happy to help with biodynamic farming questions: Email
TERA- Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance - We can come out to private land in Lake and Mendocino Counties and help you plan and implement a prescribed/cultural burn, to benefit native plants, restore good fire to the landscape, and reduce fuels. The Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance is a cross-cultural, multi-organizational collaborative that works to revitalize ecology, economy, and culture through indigenous-led stewardship.
BIODYNAMIC PRODUCTS:
Purchase Biodynamic Preparations: Made by local biodynamic practitioners in Northern California under the supervision of Harald Hoven. For details Email Harald or call him 916 837-8776.
Purchase Biodynamic Skincare, Tinctures, Superfoods, Hydrosols from Blossom's Farm
Ridgewood Ranch, Willits, CA: Golden Rule Gardens CSA sign up
Stella Natura Calendars 2025 - are still available from Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary: Orders of 1-9 calendars may still be placed. There are quantity discounts that automatically apply online. For orders of 10 or more, or discounts over 20%, please email
Herbs, Natives, Plants for Pollinators: I have hundreds of plants seeking their 'forever homes'...lovingly and organically propagated from seed and cuttings in NW Santa Rosa. Email for appointment or phone: 707-546-4386
Prickly Poppy Farm: Watsonville - Offering CSA Bouquet Subscriptionsfor pick-up in Watsonville or Santa Cruz, or delivery to Watsonville, Aptos, Capitola, Santa Cruz and the Lower San Lorenzo Valley. Support the farm and receive unique, lush bouquets filled with seasonal blooms and cultivated native wildflowers every week starting in March. Purchase on our website or email for more info.
Mendocino Meats at Heart Arrow Ranch: Redwood Valley We offer grass-fed beef, lamb, goat, free-range pork, chicken, and eggs. We deliver to Ukiah, Redwood Valley, Willits, Fort Bragg, and Boonville every other Saturday. Humanely-raised, sustainable proteins.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
Viva La Vida in Colorado has a new website.
Learn about Biodynamics at Heart and Soil
Resources from the Biodynamic Association of America
The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum is regularly summarizing research.
The Living Farms Magazine is available.
Rhythm in Human Life: The Craft of Becoming Online at Soil, Soul and Spirit with Dennis Klocek. Gain a deeper understanding of Biodynamics through the lens of alchemical science, a rational system based on the complex rhythms of natural phenomena. *Free and for-purchase articles, lectures, and videos* teach systems of plant and animal husbandry based on the alchemical four elements to bring tempering between seasonal tasks and natural fluctuations minimizing labor and maximizing health.
Eurythmy Online: Join Cynthia Hoven’s live eurythmy webinars - exercises to ground yourself, improve your immunity, overcome stress and strengthen your spiritual practise. Cynthia Hoven, creator of eurythmyonline, offers a series of classes in eurythmy and anthroposophical studies. Eurythmy classes are held on Tuesday mornings from 8:15-9:15 AM (Pacific). All classes are funded by donations only, and are accessible both to beginners and those who have already begun their eurythmy practice.
Eden's Almanac is a biodynamic planting calendar app that brings real-time astrological data to the palm of your hand. It makes planning ahead, scheduling tasks, journaling progress - with photos - and keeping in communication with your gardening/farming family or team easy. It supports the needs of beginners all the way through to the well-seasoned biodynamic gardener/farmer. Try it free for 30 days.
Biodynamic Wine Newsletter Recently Launched: Pam Strayer cell: 510.213.9525
The Heart and Soil Community: Join a regenerative and biodynamic learning community - get your marketing right.
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