What motivates the biodynamic farmer? What perceptions do they hold that are a little bit different than those in the mainstream? So many of us yearn for connection—with Nature, with the Divine, with each other. When you can view each living thing as an expression of its Divine nature, our connections have a different meaning. M Mueller is the Biodynamic specialist on Against the Grain Farm in Zionville, NC. He has held positions most recently in Williamsburg, VA, as Gardener in Residence for Grove Community Garden and as orchard keeper and part time milker on Gospel Spreading Church Farm, operated by descendants of M. O. Smith and supported by the Church of God at Williamsburg. M began using Biodynamic principles in his gardening in 2011 and has been a member of the Biodynamic Association since 2012. He is an approved mentor of the Spikenard Beekeeping Method. “Whatever we do, if we do it with love, we are being fully human”. In this episode… Soil: the earth’s magical skin! The on-farm community Spikenard Beekeeping: a bee-centered method The easiest access to the spiritual world might be through the growing of plants Seeing the eternal nature manifested in each living thing The nature of biodynamics as a technology that puts living elements together to strengthen the whole Biodynamic observations and resources Resources Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up by Daphne Miller Biodynamic Association Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics Agriculture: Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture by Rudolf Steiner; notes by Malcolm Gardner The Philosophy Of Freedom by Rudolf Steiner Theosophy : An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos by Rudolf Steiner Pablo Neruda Check out our Patreon page where you can support the show and see our offerings!