BDA Joins "Friend of the Court" Brief in Monsanto Lawsuit

The Biodynamic Association joined a "friend-of-the-court" amici brief earlier this month, along with 11 other organizations, to support the recently filed lawsuit challenging Monsanto's assertion of GMO patent rights. The amici brief describes the various harmful effects of GMOs and illustrates just how easily they can contaminate a farm. Find out more here.

We strongly support the efforts of the plaintiffs in this case, who include a number of our farmer members. We will delve more deeply into the issue of GMOs in our upcoming issue of the Biodynamics journal and will continue to provide news and information on our website and our Facebook page.

Biodynamic Education Planning Retreat

Education Program Planning Committee: Janet Gamble, Laura Riccardi, Natalie Brinkley, Jim Barausky, Rachel Schneider, Robert Karp, Thea Maria Carlson, and Andrew Lorand (not pictured)

Who are these people, and why do they look so happy? These are the members of our new education program planning committee who had just completed a three-day planning retreat in Wisconsin at the beginning of August. They are so happy because they just gave birth to an incredible vision for the future of biodynamic education in North America! We have much more work to do now refining this vision, building consensus, and drafting a program plan, but we wanted at least to let you know that this work is progressing with great enthusiasm and courage. Stay tuned for more details this winter when the plan is completed and we begin moving forward to implement the first stages.