Short Course in Biodynamic Husbandry

NOTE CHANGE OF DATES
SATURDAYS, March 27th, and April 3rd & 10th, 2010
Puyallup Room, WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center, Puyallup, WA
& Zestful Gardens, Tacoma, WA
and
SATURDAY, APRIL 17th, 2010 (Field Trip)
S&S Homestead Farm, Lopez Island, WA
 
This Short Course will introduce participants to proven BD approaches to soil, crop and animal husbandry through lectures, experiential exercises, and hands-on learning. The fourth all-day session, including meals of farm-produced food, will be a field trip to S&S Homestead Farm, a WSU BIOAg Learning Site on Lopez Island (sshomestead.org/).  The curriculum will cover scientific study of BD practices, as well as complementary phenomenological science based on Goethe’s pioneering work. The instructors (Barry Lia and Henning Sehmsdorf) have held on-farm BD workshops for many years, and offered this Short Course for the first time last year supported by a WSU BIOAg mini-grant. Course may be applied toward curriculum requirement for North American Biodynamic Apprenticeship Program (www.bdtraining.org/).
 
Tuition: $210-260, depending upon number of participants (20-25).  This includes class expenses and field trip expenses (two farm-produced meals & ferry fares).  Text: $40 (Bio-Dynamic Farming Practice, by Sattler & Wistinghausen at discount from the BDFGA).
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For more information, to preview the curriculum, and to register and purchase text, please contact:
Barry Lia at barrylia@comcast.net
Pre-registration required.  Limited to 25 participants.
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This Course is supported by textbook discount from the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association.
Sponsored by Pierce County Extension and by the S&S Center for Sustainable Agriculture, a WSU BIOAg Learning Site.
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