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 The National Trade Union of Biodynamic Agriculture
Defense and promotion of the biodynamists

 

Presentation

The National Trade Union of Biodynamic Agriculture is an agricultural trade union which " represents the organization with which the farmers (bio-dynamists) were equipped, in order to produce food who are more advantageous with the existence of the man, while looking after the natural, social, cultural and economic environment. "

In 2007, the SABD counts approximately 170 members.

The Trade union of Biodynamic Agriculture is a structure seeking to gather a maximum of professionals in order to have a weight in national authorities and to establish a network of producers.

The willpower is to share our experiments and to help, to facilitate the meetings, to defend us and represent our interests, to improve the practice of biodynamics and to make known it.
 

Objectives of the National Trade Union of Biodynamic Agriculture

To represent and defend the bio-dynamists farmers
To promote and facilitate the exchanges between professionals
To help with the conversion to biodynamic agriculture
 

Activities of the National Trade Union of Biodynamic Agriculture
Defense and representation

1.  Our presence to the national authorities allows an official recognition of the biodynamy.

It is done in total dialogue with other national bio-dynamies associations.

Exchanges of information and common actions are carried out with the "FNAB", "Nature et Progrès", the "Simples", "le Réseau Semences Paysannes" and the other organizations of the biological sphere : work on the new European settlement, lawsuits brought against the French state for nontransposition of directives on the GMO, etc.
We have representatives elected near the authorities such as the Bio Agency, the bio committee of the INAO (National Institute of the Labels of origin), the ITAB (Technical Institute of Biological Agriculture)
Contacts with the Ministry for Agriculture to try to obtain exemptions for the use of the organ of cows for the development of the préparats.
We form part of the founder members of various associations working for the promotion and the defense of agriculture and environment: ASAFI French section of the "IFOAM", "Objectif Bio", "Terre de Liens", "Purin d'ortie & compagnie .....

 

Advise/Meeting and formations

2.  Our action for the formation

● A BPREA mixed-farming breeding adapted to the biodynamics is carried out in partnership between the SABD and the CFPPA of Obernai : a formation qualifying over 2 years, to become biodynamic farmer.
A module of 10 days biodynamics set up at the CFPPA of Die (26). Project 2008 for the CFPPA of La Roche sur Yon (85) (Center of Vocational training For Adults).
We organize with the Regions vocational trainings of groups by setting up the files of request for subsidy like by ensuring the promotion of these formations at the national level (Internet site, Formabio network...). A dozen formations take place each year.

 

Exchanges and connections

3.  Our action for the link between the biodynamists farmers

We publish a newsletter quarterly containing information of the trade-union life, information touching with organic agriculture, from the points of view of biodynamists, the articles connecting biodynamic agriculture to its anthroposophic bases...
We support the regional life by helping the regional groups of development of the biodynamic preparations (organization of the exchange of plants and animal organs between the areas)
Annual organization of regional meetings between farmers, for meetings and technical exchanges.
Project of accompaniment of the bio-dynamics farms in Alsace, supported by a European financing: changes, successions, transmissions etc. This project is pilot and will be able to be reproduce in other areas.

 

Help to conversion

4.  Our action for the assistance with biodynamic agriculture conversion

Formations of introduction to biodynamic agriculture ;
Accompaniment and sponsorship of the new members by experienced farmers of their area ;
Documentation on the procedure to be followed to settle in biodynamics.
Setting in connection between the farmers seeking to transmit their farm and those seeking a place to settle.
To work with the inventory of the problems of the farms on the level of viability (economic problems and marketing), of the vivability (request of association) and of the transmissibility (stop of activity).

 

Promotion and communication

5.  Our action for the promotion of biodynamic agriculture

 The SABD finalized in 2006 the rewriting of a work entitled " biodynamic agriculture: an alive culture ", prefaced by Jean Marie Pelt, published and distributed by the Movement of Biodynamic Culture. This work presents a total, ecological and human agricultural process.

 

Research and development

6.  Our action for research

Creation with the Movement of Biodynamic Culture and Demeter, the mark of the products resulting from biodynamic agriculture, a group of Research on topics such as the preparations, the landscape, the manure, meteorology, the seeds... Activities : constitution of groups on the biodynamic bee-keeping, meteorology, the use of copper in vine growing, 2006 ; edition of a teaching sorter on the results of research for the biodynamic preparations in 2006 ; seminar in November 2005 on biodynamic agriculture and research ; travel on research in bee-keeping to Germany in February 2005, in the Netherlands in August 2005 in an institute of research and on farms which make experimentation ...

 

 

Contact US :
Maison de l'Agriculture Bio-Dynamique
5 place de la Gare
68000 COLMAR
 France
Tél: 00 33 (0)3 89 24 36 41
Fax: 00 33 (0)3 89 24 27 41
www.bio-dynamie.org
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