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17-19 NOVEMBER AT VESILAHTI, FINLAND
The Nordic Biodynamic Forum will be held this year at Vesilahti, Finland. Forum is hosted by the Finnish Biodynamic association together with Kurki farm. Kurki farm is located in Western Finland by the lake Pyhäjärvi, ca 170 km from the Finnish capital Helsinki.
The theme of the forum will be biodynamic preparations.
PROGRAM:
Friday 17th of November:
16:00 Welcome, coffee & sandwich
16:30-18:30 Country presentations
16:30 Finland
17:00 Sweden
17:30 Norway
18:00 Denmark
18:30 Biodynamic / Organic Dinner
19:30 Lecture: Introduction to preparations, Pirkko Okkonen
21:00 Ending the day
21:30 Possibility to go to the Sauna
Saturday 18th of November:
9:00 Artistic work with preparations, Teija Kettunen
10:30 Coffee/tea & snack
11:00 Lecture: The essence of the cow. Introduction to the cow organs and how they participate in the formation of manure. Wilbert Beyer
12:30 Biodynamic / Organic Lunch
13:30 Practical work at Kurki farm, Wilbert Beyer
15:30 Coffee/tea with sweet and savory
16:00 Lecture: Preparation work with plants, Wilbert Beyer
17:00 Discussion: Preparation work practices in different countries, moderator Pirkko Okkonen
18:30 Dinner and music
21:00 Possibility to go to the Sauna
Sunday 19th of November:
9:00 Meeting of Nordisk Forskningsring før Biodynamisk Odling (NFR), Open to all
9:45 Nordic Soil Keepers, Pernille Vestskogen (NOR)
10:30 Coffee/tea & bisquits
11:00 Preparation making in Finland – practice and philosophy, Henri Murto
12:30 Biodynamic / Organic Lunch
13:30 Networking workshop
14:00 End of Forum
14:30 Guided tour to history of Vesilahti (2 hours, 10 €, remember to register in registration form)
Changes in the program might appear!