“A farm is true to its essential nature, in the best sense of the word, if it is conceived as a kind of individual entity in itself—a self-contained individuality...A thoroughly healthy farm should be able to produce within itself all that it needs.”
BDANC Winter Gathering
All are warmly invited to join us for the BDANC Winter Gathering Saturday and Sunday January 10-11, hosted by Luke Frey at Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, CA. Bring family, bring friends, bring everyone interested in learning more about Biodynamics.
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
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The EcoFarm Conference is January 21-24, 2026. Register by 12/5 to get $100 off registration. If you would like to be an Exhibitor at the event Email Deb.
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Millefolium offers in person Biodynamic Workshops throughout the year at Blossom's Farm in Aromas, CA including 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!
COSMIC NEWS by CAROLYN DREWES
December 2025 Northern Hemisphere
This season’s sun storms and comets are energizing the ionosphere, bringing brilliant auroras, and awakening volcano and earthquake activity. Now the earth has settled into deep listening. As it inhales deep into Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, we can open our hearts inwardly with Advent contemplations. See JPI’s Reality Rhymes with Itself here. Or join others to Dive Deep into Advent’s Mysteries on Anthroposophy.Social.
First week of Advent (11/30 - 12/6) gives reverence to the light of Stones - crystals, shells and bones. Gratitude for the stabilizing structures that uphold and protect us. The Full Super Moon in Taurus is electrified by Uranus, intensifying earthy activities.
Second week of Advent (12/7 - 13) gives reverence to the light of Plants, the light that lives and grows, blossoms and enchants.
Third week of Advent (12/14 - 20) gives reverence to Beasts, and the light that feels and moves in creatures great and least. Our visiter 3I/Atlas brushes closest to Earth on Friday with New Moon in The Centaur, to fly out now towards Jupiter on The Archer’s bow.
Fourth week of Advent (12/21 - 27) is the light of Humankind, who think and will and seek to understand. The longest night is on Solstice, Sunday and we celebrate Christmas on Thursday, beginning the Twelve Holy Nights. To find Three Kings Spray for New Years or Epiphany go here.
OPPORTUNITIES
~ 3 Springs Community Farm in Bodega, CA is seeking donations of $5,000 and up to fund the creation of a fully self-sufficient outdoor education campground providing covered education spaces and overnight facilities — that will permanently increase their capacity to welcome students for farm trips each year going forward. For more information or questions email Willow.
3 Springs is also accepting intern applications. We are an educational farm, hosting Waldorf classes for overnight visits, a CSA, and a community of interns and farmers practicing Biodynamics. Our internship provides room and board and a 4 day per week work schedule. Please email a letter of interest, resume and 3 references to Lew Summer- Intern Coordinator.
~ 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 or phone (301) 806 9436.
~ Folk Life Farm/Radicle Herbs, Covelo - We are excited to announce a new way to support your local farmer with our new discount cards. Find out more about our Produce Subscription
~ The Farm School at The School of Adaptive Agriculture at Ridgewood Ranch, Willits
~ 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.
~ 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.
~ Becoming Free is offering a conference call study of Goethe's Theory of Knowledge Wednesday 8-9:30am. For more information email or call (831) 946 8321.
Sunday, Dec. 14th. 10 am to 12:00 pm PST
with Ian Bass & Sebastien Dupuis
on Anthroposophy.Social
Wrestling With What it Means To Be Free
A deep dive into The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity by Rudolf Steiner
Can human beings be free or are we determined by the iron necessity of natural law?
For anyone who wants to join us in letting go of assumptions and practicing rediscovering Steiner’s fundamental and revolutionary work, our approach may help you directly to:
Engage your individual will to tackle your life’s deepest questions
Wake up the two pillars of our spiritual life: observation and thinking
Practice overcoming fixed prejudices in a direct and practical way
Discover the Universal being as a new source of free, individual, moral action
Transform your intellect into pure thinking, a new capacity for an active seeing
~ Daciana Iancu, MD, 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.
~ Dawn Rose and White Feather Ranch, Placerville are adjacent healing sanctuary lands on the granite ridge between two rivers in El Dorado county. Consecrated by native Americans before, our almost forty years of focused agriculture community work at White Feather, and other Bio dynamic farms makes it and area of conscious healing work at all levels. We offer to host 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 (916) 837-8776.
Ronni Sands co-authored the book Growing Sustainable Children - a Garden Teacher's Guide. Ronni and Willow 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. Email for information about herbs or herbal products, catering, educational classes in farming, basket weaving and herbal studies for children and adults.
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 and storyteller. ContactMarney for help with biodynamic farming questions.
TERA- Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance 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.
LOCAL BIODYNAMIC PRODUCTS
Blossom's Farm Biodynamic Skincare, Tinctures, Superfoods, Hydrosols
Golden Rule Gardens CSA sign up from Ridgewood Ranch, Willits, CA
Prickly Poppy Farm: Watsonville Offers CSA Bouquet Subscriptions for 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.
I have hundreds of herbs, natives, and plants for pollinators seeking their 'forever homes' lovingly and organically propagated from seed and cuttings in NW Santa Rosa. Email or phone: (707) 456 4386
ONLINE RESOURCES
Biodynamic Association of America offers many resources.
To receive emails from the BDA of America Sign up here.
Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum regularly summarizes research.
Anthroposophy.Social is a site to support community initiatives.
Josephine Porter Institute has a great newsletter. Sign up for it here.
The Living Farms Magazine is available.
Contact The Western Regional Council of the Anthroposophical Society if you would like to subscribe to their new e-newsletter.
Viva La Vida in Colorado has a new website.
Heart and Soil teaches about Biodynamics.
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.
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 contact Pam Strayer cell: 510.213.9525
The Heart and Soil Community: Join a BD & regenerative learning community -get your marketing right.
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.
