BOOKS & CALENDARS
SN252025 STELLA NATURA CALENDAREcologically GrownNEW!SALE!Stella Natura is an interactive calendar. It is especailly helpful in teaching us about what is going on in the skies and how the positions and movement of the planetary bodies interact with the development of plants. The actual daily record of what is happening in the sky is from the navigation information of the US navy. A must have tool for farmers and gardeners who wish to expeience the depth and breath of a growing season. The calendar contains a star map as well as the tracking of the positions of planets where they are in each month in relation to the zodiac. Each month is also accompanied with an interesting reflection by a farmer, gardener or orchardist. BK2DEVELOPING THE SELFEcologically GrownWhat is this book doing on a seed offering website? Answer from Meadowlark Hearth Biodynamic Seed Initiative: If we are to strive toward healing the earth, we must seek out ways to work with ourselves as farmers toward healing. "Individual effort toward development of the higher self is essential for genuine progress on the inner work path. The clear insights and exercises outlined in this book reveal the meaning and necessity of this essential striving in the present consciousness soul age, contributing toward enlivening both our inner and outer work at the same time. The path of developing the self and our work in the world are not separated, but united through the practices and their results." 145 pages, weight: 170 grams or .40 lb BK5HIDDEN IN THE THIRTEENTH MOONEcologically GrownThis is a collection of stories from one of the growers of some of our best seed varieties:Lutz, ice cream melon, breeding of Harmony sweet corn, delicata, kindred orange squash. Here is what author Marcia Halligan says about the book of farm stories, she and her partner Steven Adams have nurtured for over a couple of decades: " Farmers and gardeners learn by observing plants, animals and weather conditions.From the author: My years of recording stories in my journals of cats, goats, and horses, as well as our wild creature neighbors led to my book, Hidden in the 13th Moon. Our wild neighbors include insects, birds, animals and reptiles. Practicing awareness strengthens our abilities and enriches our daily lives." This book is helping support her retirement. . 
BKGIMAGINING THE GOETHEANUMEcologically GrownNEW!(subtitle)" An Architectural Exploration in the Language of Polar Logic" is the subtitle to this amazing book of study by Jonathan Alesander. The Goetheanum, located in Dornach, in the county of Solothurn, Switzerland, is the world center for the anthroposophical movement. The building was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Quote from the designer of the Goetheanum: “Our building had to be a twofold structure. Its forms express the polar nature of the human being and the architecture of the Goetheanum as well as the principle of polarity is spoken of in one breath.”
Author Jonathan Alesander explores the Goetheanums's structure in meaningful depth of the polarities to be seen in this unique building design and structure and its surroundings. BK7RETHINKING ECONOMICSEcologically Grown14 lectures given by Rudolf Steinere in Dornach, Switzerland July 14-August 6, 1922 (CW 340)6 seminars in Dornach, July 31-August 5, 1922 (CW 341) “In this age of social, economic, and ecological disruption, many people are beginning to realize that perhaps the most important root causes for this crisis originate in an economic thinking that is increasingly out of touch with the social, ecological, and spiritual realities of our time. BK6STEINERIAN ECONOMICSEcologically GrownWe offer this thoughtful compendium because the quandary presented to farmers of true food for human beings, (non comodities) ensnared in US financial games would do well to consider these possibilities presented here. Edited by Gary Lamb and Sarah Hearn: Rudolf Steiner developed a comprehensive view of social life, which he saw as being made up of three interdependent areas of society—spiritual–cultural, political, and economic. His social philosophy grew out of this view to become “associative economics.” In contrast to our current global financial systems, Steiner’s approach is collaborative and serves the real needs of consumers. BK8THE SEVENTH SHRINEEcologically GrownBY ORLAND BISHOP: Knowing that gardens are one of the most cosmopolitan activities, we wanted to share this remarkable writing. From the author: " When I navigate the currents of the soul, I find myself within my ancestral pool. I find myself swimming in their grief, and the longing during the great event and initiation called the Middle Passage. I find myself in their collective soul journey from a place of homeland to a dream of the Promised Land. This book is a telling of the soul striving of people of African heritage into the American experience of creating community."… BK3THE SPIRIT IN THE REALM OF PLANTSEcologically GrownThis is a very thought provoking lecture given in Dec of 1910. It is part of a trilogy of examination of how the spirit manifests in the various aspects of creation. We are suggesting that you take a look. We will NOT be shipping this to you. You can go online and get this lecuture from Rudolf Steiner free. The Spirit in the Realm of Plants:
http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/19101208p01.html 
BIODYNAMIC FOOD PRODUCTS
SN252025 STELLA NATURA CALENDAREcologically GrownNEW!SALE!Stella Natura is an interactive calendar. It is especailly helpful in teaching us about what is going on in the skies and how the positions and movement of the planetary bodies interact with the development of plants. The actual daily record of what is happening in the sky is from the navigation information of the US navy. A must have tool for farmers and gardeners who wish to expeience the depth and breath of a growing season. The calendar contains a star map as well as the tracking of the positions of planets where they are in each month in relation to the zodiac. Each month is also accompanied with an interesting reflection by a farmer, gardener or orchardist.
BKGIMAGINING THE GOETHEANUMEcologically GrownNEW!(subtitle)" An Architectural Exploration in the Language of Polar Logic" is the subtitle to this amazing book of study by Jonathan Alesander. The Goetheanum, located in Dornach, in the county of Solothurn, Switzerland, is the world center for the anthroposophical movement. The building was designed by Rudolf Steiner and named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Quote from the designer of the Goetheanum: “Our building had to be a twofold structure. Its forms express the polar nature of the human being and the architecture of the Goetheanum as well as the principle of polarity is spoken of in one breath.”
Author Jonathan Alesander explores the Goetheanums's structure in meaningful depth of the polarities to be seen in this unique building design and structure and its surroundings.