Weed control with John Priestley

Chris Bird interviews Alex Podolinsky during their six weeks, 6000 mile discovery journey of Biodynamics in Australia.  Tape A    Introduction to Biodynamics According to Alex Podolinsky. This material and 20 other tapes are condensed into chapter 6 of Secrets of the Soil. 

Shabari Bird continues her interview with John Priestley where he expounds on certification, what is quality and how the soil is the foundation for nutritive dense food.

John Priestley continues discussion with Shabari Bird about the use of local animals in Australia for Biodynamic Preparation making.

Shabari Bird and John Priestley continue their discussion of farming and biodynamic methods. Weeds, what they indicate and various methods of working with them. 

Shabari Bird continues with her interview of John Priestley on the use of clay in compost and more of his farmer stories.

John Priestley interviewed by Shabari Bird October 2014 at his Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia home on using Biodynamic Silica for sweet high brix Citrus. John then age 83 shares his brilliance and innovative uses of Biodynamic Preparations to bring his oranges to ripeness at one time. Saves time and labor having every fruit ready to pick in two rows.

In keeping with indications from The Agriculture Lecture Series by Rudolf Steiner, John Priestley pioneered a new Biodynamic silica known as 501 using diatomaceous earth. Diatoms are the most ancient of living creatures on the earth. John explains how he makes it. This is widely accepted among biodynamic farmers around Australia.

Shabari Bird interviews John Priestley on carbon, biochar, sulphur and silica for fruit

Kym Green grows the best tasting cherries and apples in Australia. This fifth generation fruit grower from South Australia uses Biodynamic, Biological and Quantum Agriculture methods.  He is the innovator of the pruning method known as KGB which he teaches to stone fruit growers in Chile, US and Canada. He has served as the Chairman of Biodynamic Agriculture Australia.

Cris and Lee-Anne Geri manage their small farm in Tansey, west of Gympie, Queensland (Rawganix Farm) in a way that reduces their farm inputs and their environmental impact as much as possible. For them this means having a range of different crops and stock, and being mindful about the biological systems on their farm, and how their farm interacts with biological systems outside it. As well as chickens and eggs, they have sheep and cattle and grow lucerne, grains and other fodder to keep all their animals well fed and happy.