He would take my elbow and lead me, without saying anything. Sometimes we walked all the way across a field in total silence. Then he’d show me a nest with young birds in it. He loved the birds and animals and plants. He knew where they all were around the farm. He wanted me to be careful when working around the nest. He would do the same in the fields, if there was an unusual plant growing or something nesting I had to avoid those places when mowing the grass, and he would keep the cattle off them (Singleton and Law 2013: 259).1
The Italian Senate recently considered equating biodynamic agriculture with organic farming (legislative decree n. 988, discussed in May 2021). The choice has been criticized and pointed out by many as antiscientific. A group of scientists wrote a letter to senators, stating it was not...
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