why organic & biodynamic farming?

Biodynamics resonates with our values, as it’s regenerative agriculture aimed at enlivening soil and building plant health.

Biodynamics is based on the 1924 lectures of Dr Rudolf Steiner, a philosopher and scientist, and is an impulse that gives farmers a new way to integrate scientific knowledge with a deeper recognition of spirit in nature. 

It incorporates organic farming methods but also seeks to harness the dynamic rhythms and cycles of earth and cosmos to enrich plant life and the flow on effects of nutrient dense food.

We've been using organic gardening methods and learning about biodynamics for many years mostly through growing veggies in Sydney. So it was only natural to expand these practices on our farm and the truffle paddock once we began working with the soil in preparation in 2011.

It's been a bit of a wild journey since then: green manure crops coming up so fast and thick we could hardly find the baby trees, and wombats deciding to take up residence, creating mysterious and dangerous holes.

However, all the chicory, clovers, lucerne, oats, and hand weeding, plus regular applications of biodynamic sprays and annual tree paste have paid off, creating a rich and abundant, sparkling microcosm under the ground and very good quality truffle. 

Photo: Six year old Blake helps to stir the biodynamic preparations to enliven the water.