Dear Hugh
Thanks for an interesting note - your mexican
friend is obviously enjoying his success.
I think the major problem with the old guard in
Australia was one of communication (lack of it) , that disenchanted farmer
that I quoted said " Alex wont address the problem", it should have been
up to the farmer himself to recognise the problem in its early stages and to
do something positive about it himself, and after twenty or so years as a
practicing, certified, Biodynamic producer he should have been equipped to do
that without needing to call on the services of the master.
Striving for certification is part of the problem
- there are rewards for organic certified produce - but I think only isolated
opportunities for further premiums (above organic) from Demeter and then
only for restricted quantities and specific situations.
Our newer (Biodynamic Agriculture) organisation
has taken a more open and educational position and many farmers are learning
to do things for themselves. There will be more mistakes made for sure,
but learning always involves mistakes.
If the traditionalists manage to take over that
organisation (and its likely, politics being what it is ) then there are
enough of us free thinking loonies on the outside to carry things forward
whatever happens.
I believe that homeopathic remedies and what I
term low level radionics - field broadcasters, potentiser instruments, (and
probably some of the paper based systems), combined with dowsing and
basic soil remineralising are the way of the future for agriculture. Energy
farming!
I sure have met some interesting people in the
last few years!
Cheers all
Lloyd
Charles
