sun heart school for spiritual agriculture

Sun Heart Farm is an Educational and Therapeutic Community Farm in Stephentown, New York that belongs to Anthony and Sarah Mecca, authors of EduCareDo’s Course, Biodynamic Agriculture and Nutrition, and contributors to Foundations in Anthroposophy.

Sun Heart Farm is now carrying the very successful Farmer Foundation Year Training that Anthony carried on behalf of Biodynamics Association of North America between 2018-2026. EduCareDo’s Foundations in Anthroposophy course is the heart of the curriculum and will continue to be so.

Cohort begins August 2026!

Foundations of Biodynamic Agriculture at Sun Heart School for Spiritual Agriculture is a cohort-based program exploring the sacred relationship of agriculture to both the human being and the spirit.

This experiential, interactive, cohort based program supports and enhances your agricultural learning journey via a variety of elements under two main areas of work.

Hands-on Training:

August and April In-person seminars, highly encouraged but not mandatory
Work with a Foundations of Biodynamic Agriculture Skills Development Guide
Daily journaling
The design and implementation of a simple independent project
Visits to 6 farms or gardens with reflective write-ups
Attending a biodynamics workshop or event

Classroom Component:

The EduCareDo Foundation Year in Anthroposophy Curriculum
Biodynamic Textbook – Biodynamic Agriculture: An Introduction by Herbert Koepf, Bo Pettersson, and Wolfgang Schaumann
Monthly Learning and Community Building Videoconference Sessions
Meetups with your Cohort small group

The program is split into two sessions:

Foundations of Biodynamic Agriculture Session 1 - Biodynamic Plant and Soil Health starts in August 2026 and finishes in April 2027.

Foundations of Biodynamic Agriculture Session 2 - Biodynamic Animal Health, Social Life, Astronomy, and Nutrition starts in May 2027 and runs through December 2027.