Wanderschule
The Wanderschule would like to enable people in the world to independently produce good and honest biodynamic products out of their own impulses, following on from the biodynamic idea. This should take place through good advice, training and further education and through the worldwide exchange of experience. It is important for us to coordinate with the buyers of the products, with the Demeter Association and the various local certification organisations.
In line with the open source idea, we want enthusiasm for biodynamics to develop and to be able to spread independently in countries adapted to regional and cultural needs.
The Wanderschule provides the necessary specialist knowledge, supports conferences and courses, trains local consultants and accompanies the development of biodynamic consulting and marketing structures in the countries.
The exchange of experiences between the cultures should enrich the further development internationally and help to bring new radiance into the biodynamic movement.
Our services
We accompany people from farms, communities and organisations in understanding Biodynamic Work and in carrying it out professionally and further developing it regionally. Our aim is for the companies to increasingly organise themselves, find markets and promote the development of structures for the dissemination of the biodynamic idea in the country. We network biodynamic farms worldwide in order to learn from each other.
The VITA project is developing an adapted Biodynamic viticulture concept for Central Eastern Europe to support the wine growers in the conversion process.
read moreOur Projects
January 2024: The fifth and final meeting of the biodynamic training meetings of the EU-project „Capacity Building in Biodynamic Training and Consultancy“ took place in Germany.
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In April 2022 the Czech Republic hosted a three-day seminar for future biodynamic advisors from Central and Eastern Europe.
read moreCapacity building by training of local advisors, trainers, multipliers and leading personnel of Biodynamic associations in the participating organizations of Lithuania, Slovenia, Poland, Czechia under the lead of Wanderschule.
In on-spot learning participants improve their capacities to guide interested projects through the conversion phase to Biodynamic agriculture. Our innovative concept incorporates that all participants join farm visits and conversion consultancy in the five participating countries. In on farm trainings and on-the-job-mentoring they get a deep understanding and overview of the whole biodynamic principles and how to use them for the benefit of an ecosystem.
Our Projects
The VITA project is developing an adapted Biodynamic viticulture concept for Central Eastern Europe to support the wine growers in the conversion process.
read moreCapacity building by training of local advisors, trainers, multipliers and leading personnel of Biodynamic associations in the participating organizations of Lithuania, Slovenia, Poland, Czechia under the lead of Wanderschule.
In on-spot learning participants improve their capacities to guide interested projects through the conversion phase to Biodynamic agriculture. Our innovative concept incorporates that all participants join farm visits and conversion consultancy in the five participating countries. In on farm trainings and on-the-job-mentoring they get a deep understanding and overview of the whole biodynamic principles and how to use them for the benefit of an ecosystem.
January 2024: The fifth and final meeting of the biodynamic training meetings of the EU-project „Capacity Building in Biodynamic Training and Consultancy“ took place in Germany.
read more
In April 2022 the Czech Republic hosted a three-day seminar for future biodynamic advisors from Central and Eastern Europe.
read moreAn incredible diversity of cultures, natural areas and people revealed …
Reto Ingold
Networking at European international level under the wing of Wanderschule (BFDI newsletter February 2025) In the days before St. Nicholas Day 24 representatives of biodynamic organizations from 12 countries of Northern, Eastern and Southern Europe (SLO, LAT, CRO, UA, EST, SRB, DK, LIT, FIN, GR, CZ and SK) met in Prague at the campus of…
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Anneka Lohn in conversation with Reto Ingold about Free International Field School for Biodynamic Agriculture Wanderschule ANNEKA LOHN A few years ago we were, together with Rolf Keller, in Tunisia on Karl Keller’s date farm. That’s where I got to know you and your commitment to agriculture. Later, we met again on the same continent,…
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Czech Republic: Biodynamic Consultants’ meeting in Prague, December 8-10, 2023 On the second weekend of December 2023 biodynamic experts from different European countries met in Prague, Czech Republic for a three-day conference. The event was organized by Wanderschule, a leading international school for biodynamic consulting and agriculture. The technical part of the meeting was provided…
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A strong biodynamic community is emerging in Turkey MMehmet Unal, responsible for the Demeter control of Aydin Gülyagi’s rose farm, asked me a few years ago: “How can I better understand biodynamic agriculture?” That was the initial impulse for the founding of Wanderschule. Since then we have been supporting the committed pioneers in their biodynamic…
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For more than 20 years Reto Ingold has been on a consulting mission in South-Eastern Europe. He has come to the sobering realisation that the biodynamic pioneers are completely focused on their contacts with purchasers in Western Europe. So far they have hardly noticed each other. He reports. The wish for a mutual meeting of…
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In Tunisia, small farmers dominate the agricultural landscape. However, they are entirely dependent on export companies. The Wanderschule supports the strengthening of smallholder structures through networking and educational opportunities so that, in addition to know-how, motivation for alliances is formed. This is an important precondition for the smallholder “groupements” to take up the biodynamic impulse…
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by Hans Supenkämper
In this picture book I try to express and make visible something of one of my “Guidelines”, something that lives, so to say, between the lines, in the eyes and hearts, in the ideas and intentions of the people, in the moods of the landscape, in the elements.
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by Hans Supenkämper
In Turkey I came across Yusuf and Kenan Aydin’s farm where roses are cultivated for essential oil. Having seen many other rose fields in many other countries, it was very clear that these roses from the small rose village of Ardicli were the very best I had experienced. Fortunately, Yusuf can speak German because he lived with his family in Cologne for many years. So we were able to communicate and exchange in German.
read moreA heartfelt thank you to our supporters and partners in public institutions, foundations and companies who make our trainings and networking possible!
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