The following Units comprise the Ruskin Mill Biodynamic Training programme.
Although the programme integrates therapeutic education and human development into a biodynamic training, the units and associated content are heavily weighted towards Biodynamic Agriculture. Additionally, Steiner’s Agricultural Lectures are woven throughout the programme.
| Module Name | Unit No | Unit Name |
| 1. Spirit of Place | 1 | Spirit of Place |
| 2 | Soils from a Biodynamic Perspective | |
| 3a | Plants from a Biodynamic Perspective | |
| 3b | Biodynamic Seeds | |
| 4 | Animals from a Biodynamic Perspective | |
| 2. Practical Farm and Garden Skills | 5 | Hand tools, equipment and machinery |
| 3. The Biodynamic Farm as an Organism | 6 | The farm organism |
| 7 | Weather- Water | |
| 8 | Biodiversity and farm ecology | |
| 9 | Environmental accountability | |
| 4. Therapeutic Education and Human Development | 10 | Practical Skills Therapeutic Education |
| 11 | Human Development | |
| 5. Food and Nutrition | 12 | Food and Nutrition |
| 13 | Holistic Support and Care | |
| 6. Balancing Cosmic and Earthly Energies | 14 | Rhythms and Formative forces |
| 15 | Biodynamic Preparations | |
| 16 | Biodynamic weed, pest and disease management | |
| 7. Transformative Leadership and Farm and Garden Management | 17a/b | Project: Horticultural Production in Biodynamic Practice OR Animal Husbandry in Biodynamic Practice |
| 18 | Farm economics, leadership and management |
Course Dates for 19 – 20
| Seminar Title | Date (2019-2020) | Weekend / Block | Facilitator/Venue |
| Animals from a Biodynamic Perspective | 28 – 31 Oct | Block | Ed Berger
Sunfield |
| Food and Nutrition | 22 – 24 Nov | Weekend | Berni Courts
Ruskin Mill |
| Farm Economics, Leadership and Management | 17 – 19 Jan | Weekend | Peter van Vliet
Freeman |
| Rhythms and Formative forces | 17 – 20 Feb | Block | Berni Courts
Ruskin Mill |
| Festivals | 29 – 31 May | Weekend | Laura Wallwork
Plas Dwbl |
The weekend generally runs from Friday evening 19:00 until Sunday 12:30, or from Saturday 8:30 until Sunday 12:30.
The blocks generally run from Monday 15:00 until Thursday 12:30.
On the farm learning units:
Environmental Accountability
Hand tools, equipment and machinery
Project horticulture or animal husbandry