Reflective sketches: the biodynamic impulse (Dr Rudolf Steiner) in Central Europe

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dc.abstract.enThe year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the historic lecture entitled the ‘Agriculture Course’ given by Dr Rudolf Steiner in Koberwitz. This was the beginning of the biodynamic agriculture movement and was the inspiration for the development of organic farming. The concept was a negation of the theory of Justus von Liebig, the ‘father of fertilisers’, which developed rapidly after the First World War. In this way, Steiner strongly opposed the use of an industrial path in agriculture, standing against it to a natural path, a biological path using the phenomenon of biodiversity in the agricultural environment for salutogenesis, and a dynamic path based on the rhythms of nature and the calendar describing natural phenomena in nature. On Polish soil, Senator Stanisław Karłowski made a great contribution to the field of biodynamics. An economist and banker by education, he was also an excellent practising farmer, who implemented and successfully applied the principles of biodynamic farming on his estate in Szelejewo covering over 1700 ha. He developed this idea further, let it grow for the future, and it is therefore consistent with what Dr Rudolf Steiner assumed. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the Second World War put a tragic end to his activities. However, the concept of the organic farm initiated at the Szelejewo estate has been reborn today within the Stanislaw Karłowski Foundation as the ‘Juchowo Rural Project’. Today, the Foundation promotes agricultural culture based on the principles of biodynamic agriculture and the teachings of Dr Rudolf Steiner throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Biotechnologii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Agronomii
dc.contributor.authorBietkowski, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorGrześ, Stanisław
dc.date.access2024-08-07
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-07T12:12:54Z
dc.date.available2025-08-07T12:12:54Z
dc.date.copyright2024-04-03
dc.date.issued2024
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dc.description.number1
dc.description.points20
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume71
dc.identifier.doi10.17306/J.JARD.2024.01838
dc.identifier.eissn1899-5772
dc.identifier.issn1899-5241
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/4107
dc.identifier.weblinkwww1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1838
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
dc.relation.pages125-134
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enStanisław Karłowski
dc.subject.enbiodynamic agriculture
dc.subject.enSzelejewo
dc.subject.enKobierzyce – Koberwitz
dc.subject.enJuchowo
dc.subject.enRural Project
dc.subject.enAgriculture Course
dc.subject.enRudolf Steiner
dc.titleReflective sketches: the biodynamic impulse (Dr Rudolf Steiner) in Central Europe
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