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Six northern Virginia farms in Rappahannock and Warren counties, whose owners use no toxic pesticides or herbicides and who practice farming methods which do not deplete the soil, will be open to visitors Sunday, October 19th.
The farm tours will be the second part of a two day meeting co-sponsored by the Virginia Association of Biological Farmers (VABF) and the Bio-Dynamic Association of the United States. The VABF is an organization of farmers, gardeners and consumers interested in sustainable agriculture. The Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association first developed from the teachings of Rudolph Steiner, an Austrian philosopher of the early 1900’s.
On the first day of the two day meeting, to be held at the Rappahannock Elementary School, near Washington, three speakers from the Bio-Dynamic Association will speak on three aspects of Bio-Dynamic Farming. Trauger Groh, biodynamic farmer and planner of the Bushberghof farm and community in Germany, will talk on the social and economic aspects of bio-dynamic farming. Rod Shouldice, administrator of the group, will tell about the conversion from conventional or organic farming to bio-dynamic farming. Hugh Courtney will talk on bio-dynamic preparations and experiments.
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