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The SEKEM story: A miracle in the desert became reality
Experience the SEKEM story in 8 minutes: The story of how a miracle in the desert became reality brilliantly told by the great filmmaker John D. Liu. Share the SEKEM story and join our mission for a sustainable future!
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Conference Contributions
Biodynamic research is carried out in every agriculture field and in many places around the world. It makes use of a broad range of methods and links to various other research areas such as agroecology.
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Agricultural Conference 2019
Annual International Conference of the Biodynamic Movement
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Pierre Masson †
Pierre Masson had been deeply involved with the development and spread of biodynamic agriculture for many decades, with a special interest in the preparations.
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The 1st International Conference on Biodynamic Research
Taking an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach, we aim to bring together both academic research and farmer’s expertise to explore and discuss issues in biodynamic food and farming systems.
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SEKEM Spring Festival 2018: A 40-Year Look Back, A 40-Year Look Ahead
Same time every year, music, short skits, eurythmy pieces and inspiring speeches lead the scene at the SEKEM Farm.
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The Demeter-Community is Grieving for Ibrahim Abouleish
The founder and chair of the Sekem-Initiative in Egypt died on 15th of June at the age of 80.
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Agricultural Conference 2019
Land and economy: agriculture between the farm and the world
Biodynamic agriculture works in direct partnership with living nature. If it wants to avoid running financially dry, it must make a conscious effort to get close to the market. Many innovations (such as Community Supported Agriculture) have developed in response to this need. The conference is a platform for exchanging information and sharing inspiration for taking initiatives in farming economics. Examples will be presented from different countries. How can we understand and develop the farming organism economically? How do regional associative networks operate? Does agriculture have a particular purpose in the global economy? Based on these questions and using examples from practice, we aim to re-envision the basic principles of and approaches to associative economics.
In addition to the plenary sessions there will be more specialised themed sessions, for example on food systems – from field to plate, associative north-south trade relations, soil as a common good, etc. Opportunities for sharing experiences are offered in 20 workshops and there will be artistic courses and guided tours of the Goetheanum. The conference will be held in five languages (German, English, French, Spanish and Italian). It is open to all interested parties.
Presenters include: Maaianna Knuth (Zimbabwe), Gerald Häfner (Germany), Änder Schanck (Luxembourg), Choitresh Kumar Ganguly und Manisha Kairaly (India), Helmy Abouleish und Mona Lenzen Abouleish (Egypt), Christoph Simpfendörfer (Germany), Aline Haldemann und Christian Butscher (Switzerland), Jennifer Chang (South Korea), Boris Voelkel (Germany), Jacqueline Barin (Canada) und Esteban Acosta Pereira (Mexico) und Hermann Pohlmann (Germany), Claude Gruffat (France), Ueli Hurter (Switzerland), Volkert Engelsman (Netherlands), Patrick Holden (England).
Further information and registration at www.sektion-landwirtschaft.org (from end of October 2018).