Biodynamic agriculture

Biodynamic agriculture has repeatedly played an important pioneering role in the development of life-oriented farming systems. Within the currently mainly practiced forms of agriculture, biodynamic agriculture consistently pursues the concept of the agricultural farm organism with the living members soil, plant, animal, human in the agroecosystem.

Since 2012, the Coordination Office for Biodynamic Agriculture has been working as an independent working group on various research topics and offers teaching at the Witzenhausen site. The working group is located at the FÖL.

Focal points of the coordination office are:

• Soil health and wine quality in biodynamic viticulture
• Differentiable milk quality and nutritional significance

• Copper chloride crystallization

Fritz J, Athmann M, Bornhütter R, Busscher N, Geier U, Mergardt G, Scherr C, Doesburg P (2022) Analytical perception and kinesthetic engagement in evaluation of copper chloride crystallization patterns of wheat, grape juice and rocket samples from conventional, organic and biodynamic cultivation. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 9: 103, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-022-00361-9

Rodas Gaitán H.A., Fritz J., Dahn, C., Köpke U., Joergensen R.G. (2022) Biodynamic compost effects on soil parameters in a 27-year long-term field experiment, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-022-00344-w

Abbring, S., Kusche, D.; Roos, T.C.; Diks, M.A.P.; Hols, G.; Garssen, J.; Baars, T.  and van Esch, B.C.A.M. (2019) Milk processing increases the allergenicity of cow's milk-Preclinical evidence supported by a human proof-of-concept provocation pilot. Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Jul; 49(7):1013-1025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13399