Mailing Address
BDASBC
PO Box 95004, Kingsgate RPO
Vancouver, BC V5T 2T8
Contact Info
Administrator: Gwen Huber
Phone: (604) 441-8215
Email: certify(a)bcbiodynamics.ca
Accreditation
BC Certified Organic Program (BCCOP)
Scope: Crops, Livestock, Processing
Date of Certificate
May 11, 2020 – May 11, 2021
Biodynamic Principles
A foundation of the Biodynamic method of farming is a Goethean observation of nature and its application to a farming system. This encourages a view of nature as an interconnected whole, a totality, an organism endowed with archetypal rhythm. Biodynamic farming involves managing a farm utilizing the principles of a living organism. A concise model of a living organism ideal would be a wilderness forest. In such a system there is a high degree of self-sufficiency in all realms of biological survival. Fertility and feed arise out of the recycling of the organic material the system generates. Avoidance of pest species is based on biological vigor and its intrinsic biological and genetic diversity. Water is efficiently cycled through the system. While agriculture takes nature to a state that is one step removed from wilderness, the wisdom of the farmer that guides its course can reflect these ancient principles of sustainability. The view of the farm organism extends beyond the fence line and includes the tangible and intangible forces that work through it. Examples include the climate, inherent wildlife of the earth (above and below the ground), the light and warmth from the sun and the more distant astronomical influences. Biodynamic agriculture attempts to harmonize all of these factors within a holistic, living farm system. The food that results is very pure and true to its essence and provides deeply penetrating nutrition that is essential to an increasingly unhealthy human population.
Board of Directors | 2021 |
President | Niklaus Forstbauer & Thomas Schnieder |
Vice President | |
Treasurer | Stefan Butler |
Secretary | Larisa Knutsen |
COABC Rep | Niklaus Forstbauer |
Alternative Rep | Gabe Cipes |
Certification Committee Members | Thomas Schnieder |
Larisa Knutsen | |
Gabe Cipes |
Membership Listing, Found 4 entries
Transitional Assessed to the BC Organic Standards and in transition to full organic status. For more information click here.
Pending Application for assessment to the BC Organic Standards submitted - certification review decision pending. For more information click here.
Enterprise | Contact | City | Status | Class |
---|---|---|---|---|
Forstbauer Family Farm | Niklaus Forstbauer, Travis Forstbauer |
Chilliwack | Certified | Farm/Livestock |
Four Beat Farm | Naomi Martz | Pemberton | Certified | Farm |
Lost Savanna Farm | Kris Arbanas, Brittany Arbanas |
Black Creek | Certified | Farm |
Summerhill | Gabe Cipes, |
Certified | Farm/Processor |