The Biodynamic Organic Agriculture Training at Emerson College is a unique combination of using scientific knowledge and artistic skills in order to create healthy balanced sustainable farms. We use the insights into the formative processes at work in minerals and plants to create life abundant soils that nourish crops on all levels. We use our observational skills to get a glance of farm animals' innate soul qualities in order to create the natural environment in which they thrive. And we use the latest scientific insights in life force research to assess the nutritive quality of the food we produce. The Biodynamic Organic Agriculture Training is not just about learning how to drive a tractor - although that is part of the curriculum too! - it is about developing new ways of working with nature and increasing your knowledge of the supersensible world.
The Biodynamic Organic Agriculture Training is a offered as a winter school: from September to March students study at Emerson College, working on subjects like vegetable and fruit production, animal husbandry, soil science, phenomenology and art. From April to August student do a placement on an organic or biodynamic farm. In September students come back for the second year of the training, with subjects like seed growing and breeding, farm business management, research in formative forces and social dynamics. In April the second placement takes place, and in August students graduate with an official level 3 BTEC National Certificate in Agriculture. Graduates are then ready to take on a responsible position on an organic or biodynamic farm as herdsman, crop producer or vegetable grower.
There is a high demand for graduates, most students find a paid job within 3 months of finishing the course!
Tuition fees: £ 2,178 per year, reduction possible through placement farm contribution.
Students can apply for financial support (Adult Learning Grant, etc.)
Emerson College, tel. 01342-822238
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