Guest: Kym Green, biodynamic fruit grower at Ellimatta Orchards (South Australia). Introduction to this episode: My guest on this episode of the series, Kym Green, is a sixth generation fruit grower from Lenswood, near Adelaide in South Australia. Kym and his brother Peter run Ellimatta Orchards which are intensively planted with multiple modern varieties of organic and biodynamic apples and cherries. This was not always the case and Ellimatta Orchards were once standard commercial orchards farmed chemically for many decades. The story of the biodynamic transformation the orchards have undergone is told by Kym in this interview. A written account of Kym's biodynamic growing experiences is contained in a companion text profile booklet of all the guests interviewed for this podcast series. Also entitled ‘Stories of our Biodynamic Farmers and Gardeners in Australia' details of this written publication are available from the Biodynamics Agriculture Australia Ltd. website. INTERVIEW TALKING POINTS - with approximate time elapsed in mins. Guest foreshadow comment - 0.00Generic podcast series introduction. – 0.30This episode introduction – 2.02Guest self-introduction – 3.10How would you describe biodynamics in 2023 – 6.27How do biodynamics contrast to more conventional agriculture – 14.46How did you first become involved with biodynamic growing in the first place? – 23.28 Can you tell us more about the biodynamic methods you are use on your farm - and the beneficial effects they have. – 31.02How have you incorporated the spiritual/cosmic aspects of biodynamics into your work? – 45.05What are some of the challenges you have faced in your biodynamic journey? – 58.30 (comments on black spot fungus) What does the future hold for your farm? - 1.07.57 Guest take home message – 1.14.55Guest parting advice to audience on biodynamic adoption – 1.17.00Thanks, acknowledgements and episode close. – 1.20.45End of episode – 1.22.23 GUEST AND CONTACT DETAILS: Guest: Kym Green, Ellimatta Orchards, Lenswood, South Australia Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc.(Australia) Tel: 07 4639 2135 Email WEB Facebook Biodynamic Agriculture Australia Ltd. 25 Nobles Lane, BELLINGEN, NSW 2454,Australia Tel: 02 6655 0566 Email WEB Facebook Production: Produced for HOPE by Andrew Nicholson. This episode recorded in Toowoomba, S.E. Queensland, Australia on 11th October 2023 Interview questions developed by: Anna Kula-Kaczmarski Incidental Music: James Nicholson BFGA podcast series - brief survey (2 – 5 minute) completion The Stories of our Biodynamic Farmers and Gardeners podcast series was produced for Biodynamic Agriculture Australia Ltd. Our short listener survey is available now on Survey Monkey. It consists of simple questions which should take less than five minutes to complete. The survey has been created to encourage our audience to give more feedback than is usually generated via podcast app rating scores and comments. We value any ideas, insights or comments listeners might have which could help us develop possible future podcast offerings. All feedback received will be treated as anonymous data and will only be used for the strict purpose of helping us better design possible future podcast media. The survey is available at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7HNFFBQ RESOURCES RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION GUEST FARM/property mentioned: Ellimatta Orchards, Lenswood, South Australia. CONCEPTS: Mulders Chart – representation of the interaction between essential plant elements. Brix - measure used for estimating the approximate amount of sugars in fruits, vegetables, juices, wine. Phion MEA water structuring device as described on the Biodynamic Agriculture Australia Ltd website. RESORCES MENTIONED IN INTERVIEW OR RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION: Dowsing – for an introduction to concepts and practices see the Dowsing Society of Victoria Inc. and Dowsers Society of New South Wales Inc. Francis Chaboussou: Healthy Crops - A New Agricultural Revolution (2004 edition) Google Books. listing. Charles Massey: Call of the Reed Warbler: A new Agriculture a New Earth (2020 edition) Google Books. listing Pierre Masson: A Biodynamic Manual (2014 edition) Google Books listing. Jay McCaman: When Weeds Talk (2013 edition) Australian book source listing. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: The Biodynamic Treatment of Fruit Trees, Berries and Shrubs (1992 edition) Google Books listing. Rudolf Steiner: The Agriculture Course Lectures (1924) – originally delivered in June 1924 and available in English translation on the Steiner Archives Website. Recent research paper (J. Paull, University of Tasmania, 2020) offering a brief overview of the historical significance of the Steiner lectures, with a timeline of their various language translation dates. Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird, William Thomas, : Secrets of the Soil New Solutions...
