There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

Biodynamic compost made from cattle dung but adds the horns of dead livestock to enrich nutrients in the fertiliser. Photos: SUDARSHAN CHAUDHARY Across Nepal, the organic matter content of the soil is ...

Googling the term “biodynamic agriculture” can send you down a rabbit hole of articles and posts discussing the purported benefits of burying a cow horn full of manure and planting on the lunar cycle.

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This article by Sanjib Chaudhary was originally published in Nepali Times and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Across Nepal, the soil has ...

We’ve never been up for wallowing in the mud, but here’s an event that’s making us think twice. While the term “compost heap” doesn’t sound so tasty, composting is really an environmentally beneficial ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The journey to biodynamic farming at Montinore Estate began with a tiny soil-dwelling insect. Rudy Marchesi, former president of the 200-acre vineyard and winery west of Portland, ...