About us
A cultural place in the countryside
The idea of creating a Rural Project, based on biodynamic agriculture, refers to the series of lectures given by Rudolf Steiner in 1924 in estate Koberwitz (now Kobierzyce) near Wrocław. Biodynamic agriculture is associated with cultural and agrarian development, aimed at restoring soil fertility in the context of social trespass. This is the keynote of the Rural Project run in three villages Juchowo, Radacz and Kądzielna. Juchowo Farm has been pursuing above goals since 2000.
Karlowski Foundation (Fundacja im. Stanisława Karłowskiego)
Stanisław Karłowski, 1879-1939, senator in the inter-war period, since 1931 a pioneer of biodynamic agriculture in Poland.
Foundation has its headquarters in Juchowo near Szczecinek, in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The Foundation is a legal entity running Rural Project and has the status of a public benefit organization. It is the owner of land (1.900 ha of which 1.600 ha of cultivated area), animals, buildings and machinery, which guarantees biodynamic management and prevents any property misappropriation in the future. All individual Rural Project initiatives have a contractual relationship with the Foundation and strive to create economic value. When implementing its statutory objectives, the Foundation cooperates with numerous public and legal organizations.
Areas of activity and future
In the future, the project will create a model research and development farm for Central and Eastern Europe, dealing mainly with research and all issues related to biodynamic and ecological farming. It also will provide education and training for people working on biodynamic farms and in the field of natural environment. We propose numerous educational and thematic offers as part of out-of-school education for children and youth, and we organize workshops for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. Pupils and students can do internships with us.
We cordially invit you to visite our farm!
Film directed by Bertram Verhaag (52 minutes)
