A hand holds a green book titled "AGRICULTURE" in the foreground, while a man in a hat stands in a sunny, wooded outdoor area in the background.

Josephine Porter Institute For Applied Bio Dynamics Inc

LXCL:Minimum $15/month. Suggested: $25/mo or more. All paid members have the same participation access. First Thursdays, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Eastern, beginning January 7, 2027, live on Zoom. Complete this month’s assigned reading to speak; otherwise, you are welcome to listen. Use your personal panelist invitation. No video recordings or replays.

Active participation — monthly sliding scale

LXCL:Attend and listen for free. First Thursdays, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Eastern, beginning January 7, 2027, live on Zoom. Use the public attendee link in the description or syllabus. The facilitator may invite audience questions if time permits. No video recordings or replays.

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A Year with the Agriculture CourseA monthly study group with Stewart LundyA passage can read differently after another season on the farm. Questions that once seemed abstract become practical. Familiar words begin to deserve a second look.Beginning in January, the Josephine Porter Institute invites you to read Rudolf Steiner&rsquo;s Agriculture Course together&mdash;slowly, carefully, and with the work of our farms and gardens in mind.First Thursdays &middot; 6:30&ndash;8:00 p.m. Eastern &middot; Live on Zoom Our first meeting: January 7, 2027We&rsquo;ll work through all eight lectures over twelve months, giving Lectures 2, 3, 4, and 5 two meetings each. Monthly assignments are roughly 6&ndash;19 pages, leaving time to read, let the passage settle, and return to it before we meet. After Lecture 8, we begin again.Participants will help introduce the readings. Stewart will develop the discussion, with time for questions and observations from those who have prepared. You don&rsquo;t need to be an expert. Read attentively, bring your questions, and be willing to listen.Choose how you joinListen for free. Everyone is welcome to attend and follow the discussion.Participate from $15 a month.&nbsp;Suggested: $25/mo or more. Every paid member has the same opportunity to participate.To speak, please read that month&rsquo;s assigned passage&mdash;even if you&rsquo;ve read the book before. If you haven&rsquo;t had time, come and listen. Each meeting lasts 90 minutes. Meetings are live, with no video recordings or replays.Reading and joining detailsWe&rsquo;ll use Rudolf Steiner&rsquo;s Agriculture: Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for Agricultural Renewal, definitive centenary edition, translated by Simon Blaxland-de Lange. Paperback ISBN 9781855846661.<a fr-original-style="" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeNWi_yiNtrTTCCHN9Uhh6EOrVHLuTIUfWkU1tHSjgM/edit" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Read the syllabus and monthly reading schedule</a><a fr-original-style="" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85226845502?pwd=vb3y73fPI1EvI7uTVMHtiTqXSGBpn8.1" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Join the Zoom webinar as a public listener</a>. The same public link works for every monthly meeting. Paid participants should use their personal panelist invitation.

A Year with the Agriculture CourseA monthly study group with Stewart LundyA passage can read differently after another season on the farm. Questions that once seemed abstract become practical. Familiar words begin to deserve a second look.Beginning in January, the Josephine Porter Institute invites you to read Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Course together—slowly, carefully, and with the work of our farms and gardens in mind.First Thursdays · 6:30–8:00 p.m. Eastern · Live on Zoom Our first meeting: January 7, 2027We’ll work through all eight lectures over twelve months, giving Lectures 2, 3, 4, and 5 two meetings each. Monthly assignments are roughly 6–19 pages, leaving time to read, let the passage settle, and return to it before we meet. After Lecture 8, we begin again.Participants will help introduce the readings. Stewart will develop the discussion, with time for questions and observations from those who have prepared. You don’t need to be an expert. Read attentively, bring your questions, and be willing to listen.Choose how you joinListen for free. Everyone is welcome to attend and follow the discussion.Participate from $15 a month. Suggested: $25/mo or more. Every paid member has the same opportunity to participate.To speak, please read that month’s assigned passage—even if you’ve read the book before. If you haven’t had time, come and listen. Each meeting lasts 90 minutes. Meetings are live, with no video recordings or replays.Reading and joining detailsWe’ll use Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture: Spiritual-Scientific Foundations for Agricultural Renewal, definitive centenary edition, translated by Simon Blaxland-de Lange. Paperback ISBN 9781855846661.<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SeNWi_yiNtrTTCCHN9Uhh6EOrVHLuTIUfWkU1tHSjgM/edit" target="_blank">Read the syllabus and monthly reading schedule</a><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85226845502?pwd=vb3y73fPI1EvI7uTVMHtiTqXSGBpn8.1" target="_blank">Join the Zoom webinar as a public listener</a>. The same public link works for every monthly meeting. Paid participants should use their personal panelist invitation.

Josephine Porter Institute For Applied Bio Dynamics Inc

JPI Agriculture Course Study Group

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