Title: An amazing New Zealander
Product review: This film looks at biodynamic agriculture, a Rudolph Steiner-inspired system of organic farming. It primarily focuses on New Zealander Peter Proctor and his work promoting biodynamics worldwide, particularly in India. Proctor argues that modern industrial agriculture (e.g. artificial fertilizers and pesticides and genetically engineered seeds) has made soil and plants toxic, and modern farming unsustainable.Especially interesting is the obvious social changes that occur in Indian communities where Proctor has reintroduced more "natural" methods of agriculture.With increasing fossil fuel depletion predicted to make the cost of artificial fertilizers and pesticides prohibitive for the average farmer, it's great to see both first and third world countries taking up this alternative. Especially as recent studies show that correctly applying the techology of biodynamic agriculture produces higher crop yields than industrial agriculture.
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