"Suum cuique" - to each his own
In DEMETER agriculture, each "building block" - cosmos, people, animals, plants, earth, etc. - is allowed to develop according to its purpose. - is allowed to unfold according to its purpose. Each contributes its own part and is therefore valuable.
At DEMETER, ruminant animals are reared to serve as the engine for a closed-loop economy, with cattle playing an essential role as the link between the earth (digestive system) and the cosmos (upward-facing horns).
The circular economy is as follows:
The ruminants mainly eat roughage (straw/hay/grass/clover) and fertilizer is produced in the form of manure.
The cultivation of roughage brings diversity and fertilizes the soil with natural nitrogen.
The combination of ruminants - feed production - manure creates permanent humus in the soil as a habitat for a balanced and diverse edaphon (soil life).
The Edaphon is again a guarantee for erosion protection.
DEMETER also includes the cosmic processes in his considerations.
The role of the sun as our central star is obvious.
Without it there would be no life on earth, without its light there would be no photosynthesis, without photosynthesis there would be no oxygen and no plants, without plants there would be no animals and no humans.
But the moon, the planets and the underlying zodiac signs also play a role - albeit a less prominent one - in life on earth.
By taking into account the position of the moon before the zodiac signs when growing and caring for crops, improvements can be achieved in terms of storage time, ingredients and taste.
Plant materials (flowers/leaves/bark) are buried in the ground in animal shells (e.g. horns) or hung up and exposed to the seasons.
The mutual influence of the cosmos, earth, plants and animals leads to a process of transformation and the creation of the preparations.
These are applied to the field in spring to positively influence the soil, roots, plant growth and quality.
There are different preparations, all of which have a harmonizing effect.
