Organic Baby Food from Ulula
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada 
on 06. 7.05
Ulula, which is the Latin word for "owl", is the name of a family-run business based in the UK that produces organic and "biodynamic" baby food. I'm not sure how much I care for the biodynamic part after reading up a bit on it, but I'll let the reader decide for himself/herself about that. The organic part, though, seems fantastic! No chemicals and herbicides and a wide range of products for all ages and even for infants with allergies. One of the couple who runs Ulula is a "qualified food technologist" who used to run an organic bakery, so we can guess that they know what they are doing.
::Ulula, via ::Hippy Shopper
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Why on earth would you be opposed to Bio-dynamic? Bio-dynamic crops are always organic, and in addition, make more sense from a land-use, soil health perspective.
Matt,
I'm not opposed to the organic part, and I'm a big supporter of holistic approaches to agriculture.
But in a lot of what I've read on biodynamic farming, it seems to have to do with a lot of "energies" and "crystals", spiritual concerns and homeopathic things.
On biodynamic agriculture practices: "like classic homeopathy, their effectiveness depends on the dynamic forces imbued within them, rather than on their material substance." etc.
As a skeptic secular humanist, I have trouble with that. But as I said, I let the reader make up its own mind, and the baby food still looks mighty tasty.
Biodynamics is a difficult concept to understand. I've been reading Steiner for years and I still do not quite grasp his teachings. However if you were to visit a BD farms you would quickly understand that something very wondrous is going on. You can feel the power. I buy organic food from farmers from all over the world. There are great organic farms everywhere, but it only takes a few minutes to recognize a BD farm.
So find the time to visit a few organic and BD farms, It will be fun and who knows maybe one day you can explain Steiner to me.