#3 Biodynamics and Subtle Agroecology

Julia Wright has a background in international research and development, seeking to integrate ecological (organic and permaculture) thinking into conventional agricultural systems and organisations, including in humanitarian settings. After studying at Trinity St David (University of Wales), Silsoe College (Cranfeld University) and Wye College (London University), she worked for some years in South America before undertaking a PhD at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, on the coping strategies of the Cuban farming sector during the country’s period of food and fuel shortages in the 1990s, resulting in the Earthscan publication Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity: Lessons from Cuba (2009). Returning to the UK in 2003 to lead the International Programme of the organic NGO Garden Organic (formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association), in 2011 she was involved in establishing the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University, where she has since been developing a research programme in the applied discipline of Subtle Agroecologies.She is engaged in the work of the Biodynamic Association UK and was part of the conference committee of the 2nd International Biodynamic Research Conference 2021 on the theme ”Growing beyond Resilience”.In this episode, we will talk about her connection to biodynamics and her published book "Subtle agroecology: farming with the hidden half of nature". We exchange about the potential and difficulties of biodynamic research and what she is looking forward to researching in the future. Do you want to know more about our work? International Conference on Biodynamic Research 2021 --> https://www.sektion-landwirtschaft.org/en/thematic-areas/research Check out our websites: www.sektion-landwirtschaft.org Instagram @section_for_agriculture Facebook @sektion.fuer.landwirtschaft