Check this out:
http://biodynamicshoax.wordpress.com
The author argues that Rudolph Steiner (a philosopher who believed in the ability of science to reach into a separate spiritual world) was a flimflam man who never grew crops in his life, whose ability to promote and confuse rivaled PT Barnum's.
And yet, clearly there are many vineyards and wineries who use biodynamic farming as a clarion call of excellence, in their marketing.
You can bury dung in a cow's horn under the full moon, if you want to, but I'll stick with scientific and sustainable farming methods, thank you. Let's all call this what it is: a hoax. At least until scientific methods can prove whether it is a superior farming program, and why.
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