This document summarizes the biodynamic farming principles and practices utilized at Bella Farm in Colorado. Bella Farm uses biodynamic techniques like whole farm planning, living compost fertility, on-farm breeding for adaptation, and working with natural rhythms. These principles build a living soil ecosystem, improve soil microbiology, increase crop efficiency and farm profitability. Bella Farm integrates dairy cows, poultry, a market garden, orchard and trout pond using biodynamic methods to create a diversified and self-sustaining farm landscape.

1. Practical Biodynamic Farming
How We Utilize Biodynamic Principles to Generate
Fertility, Wealth and Beauty at Bella Farm
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Adam Klaus Bella Farm

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With no Background in Farming, I had to Find a Way-
Biodynamic Farms demonstrated Exceptional Quality

3. Principles of Biodynamic Farming
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-Whole Farm Organism
-Living Compost Fertility
-Breeding for Farm Adaptation
-Natural Rhythms and Human Timing

4. The Living Farm Organism
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A Balance of Plants and Animals, like a Healthy Ecosystem

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Compost more Valuable for its
Microbiology than its Fertilizer
Biodynamic Compost Fertility

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Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle at Bella Farm
Vivian Cow and Arthur Bull
On-Farm Breeding Creates Local
Adaptation

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Human Timing in Harmony with Natural
Rhythms makes more Productive Farms
Moon Tides Move
all Water on Earth,
from Oceans to
Plant Sap

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These Principles
Work Together to
Build a Living System

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Bella Farm is a Diversified
12 acre, Family Farm in
Western Colorado, 6200’
-Market Garden
-Meat and Egg Chickens
-Dairy Cow Herd
-Fruit Orchard
-Perennial Greenhouse
-Trout Pond

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Living Garden Organism-
Sequential Polyculture

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Poultry in Garden to Create Ecological Balance

12. Soil Fertility in the Market Garden and
The True Value of Compost
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How is Biodynamic
Compost Different?
Use of Specific
Inoculants-

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Specific Soil Improving Microbes are
Produced in Biodynamic Preps,
Multiply in Compost,
and Feed Upon and Convert Soil Minerals

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Microbes in BD Compost
Make Healthier Immune
Systems in Plants

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Efficiency of Fertility Cycle makes Biodynamic Farms Profitable

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Fermentation also
Multiplies Value of
Existing Nutrients
Harvesting
with Rising
Moon for
Juicier
Produce

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Descending Moon
Cycle draws Plant Sap
Downwards, making
superior Onions

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Breeding Plant
Varieties to
Improve Local
Performance
Tomatoes, Squash,
Chiles, Swiss Chard,
Lettuce, Green Beans,
Sweet Corn, Garlic,
Cucumber

19. Poultry at Bella Farm
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Integration in Orchard to Create
Complete Ecosystem

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Chicks in Greenhouse as Perfect Nursery

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Scratching in
the Cow Yard
Promotes
Nutrient
Capture

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Deep Litter in Henhouse Stores Nutrients in Manure

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Natural Shelter
with Wire
Floor to Collect
Manure
Natural Diet-
Sprouted Grains
Raw Milk
Pasture Forage

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Locating Chicken Houses
Adjacent to Garden for
Efficient Compost
Handling

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Hatching Eggs
in Spring,
ideally in
Concert with
Waxing Moon

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Simple Nest Boxes
Encourage Instinctive
Seasonal Behavior

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Homestead Chicken Breeding Project
Original Rooster and Hens
Desirable Traits from Both Parent Breeds

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Sixth Generation-
Creation of the new
Eldorado type

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Selected for Performance in Orchard
Environment, fed without
Commercial Chicken Feed

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Winter
Hardiness in
Unheated
Henhouse

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Current Flock of Eldorado Chickens
at Bella Farm

33. Cows are Essential for
Pasture Ecology
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Rotational Grazing
Fertilizes our Farm

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Natural Herd Behavior
for Health and Wellbeing

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The Particular Value of
Cow Manure Compost in
Biodynamic Soil Fertility

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Seasonal Calving, like all grazing mammals

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Calves Nursing
on Momma
Cow for first
months of life

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Line Breeding Improves the
Dairy Quality in our Herd

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Fruit Orchard with Meat
Chickens and Perennial
Medicinal Herbs

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Biodynamic Tree
Paste keeps Fruit
Trees Healthy
and Free from
Insect Pests
Compost
Releases Soil
Minerals

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Winter Pruning with Descending
Moon minimizes Tree Bleeding

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Full Moon Makes Juicier Peaches

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Trout Pond at
Top of Farm

45. Bringing Life to our Farm Water
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Oxygenation increases
Metabolism

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Habitat for Trout
in Pond Bottom
Control of Irrigation
Water to Entire Farm

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Pond in Winter

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Sun and Water Generate Life and Fertility
Irrigating with Nutrient Rich, Clean Pond Water

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Trout as Pinnacle
Aquatic Species
Fishing with the
Full Moon

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Perennial Mediterranean Solar Greenhouse,
grows transplants for garden, houses baby chicks

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In Zone 6 Colorado, with
zero heating, we grow
Asian Persimmons,
Pomegranate, Olives,
Figs, Seedless Grapes,
Rosemary, Bay Leaf, and
Pluots as Perennials.
In summer, we grow okra,
eggplant, and sweet
peppers.

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Working with both
Sun and Moon cycles
Lunar Cycle is like Compressing an
entire Solar Cycle into each Month

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Biodynamic Management is Most Beneficial in most
Artificial Contexts, such as Market Gardens and
Permanent Greenhouses

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Beauty is the Best
Measure of Life
Biodynamic Farms are Beautiful!

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The Farmer is the most
Important Animal on the
Biodynamic Farm

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Masanobu Fukuoka —
'The ultimate goal of
farming is not the
growing of crops,
But the Cultivation
and Perfection of
Human Beings

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Adam Klaus Bella Farm
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our Apprentice Program-
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