Raskin: Biodynamic farming combines spirit, stewardship

By Melanie Raskin
Durham Herald Sun

Cheri, Tea, and Rob Bowers

It’s October and Rob and Cheri Bowers have been planting blueberries, digging sweet potatoes and tending the Southern heirloom apple trees and grape arbors. They’ve also been carefully charting the movement of the moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.

The Bowers run Whitted Bowers Farm in Cedar Grove, the only certified biodynamic farm in North Carolina (and, much of the southeast, actually). Biodynamic farming combines the cosmic influences of the sun, moon, planets and stars with stewardship of the Earth to preserve our planet’s vitality and increase people’s connection to their food. More