Biodynamic agriculture
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Biodynamic agriculture has always played an important pioneering role in the development of sustainable farming systems. Within the main forms of agriculture currently practised, biodynamic agriculture consistently pursues the concept of the agricultural farm organism with the living links of soil, plant, animal and human in the agroecosystem.
Since 2012, the Biodynamic Agriculture Coordination Unit has been working as an independent working group on various research topics and offers teaching at the Witzenhausen site. The working group is based at the FÖL.
The coordination center focuses on
- Soil health and wine quality in biodynamic viticulture
- Differentiable milk quality and nutritional significance
Copper chloride crystallization
Selected publications
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