A Swedish businessman, Eric Solh, came to visit our school on the March 2004. He was the one really pushed the Biodynamic course happening in our school. He worked with his old friend Peter Procter from New Zealand trying to bring Biodynamic work to China by making Chinese farmers produce organic cotton in 1990. But, it didn't work out for the time is not ready. So, Peter went to India to teach Biodynamic farming there.

Jayake is one of his students in India. Eric supported Jayake coming to Chengdu and gave the first Biodynamic course to the public in May 2005. There were about 60 people attended the course from all over China. Then, he gave another one in Beijing organized by the Organic Farming Society in Beijing. The course brought a great interest from all over the country, one of the people was the chairman of Hong Kong Green Field Foundation. So, Hong Kong Green Field Foundation sponsored Jayake’s return to Chengdu in November.

There were over 70 people who came to the one-week course in Chengdu and visited the Biodynamic mulberry bush farm in near Chengdu. People came from all kind of interesting backgrounds. Jayake also gave a three day course in Beijing and a two day course in Guangdong after the course in Chengdu. There were more than a hundred people who joined in these courses. We also have been working on translating and publishing books or learning materials on Waldorf education and  Biodynamic Agriculture in Chinese.

  There are some young men in our school who devote very much in the work of practicing Biodynamic farming and gardening in our school land. They helped the workshop and supply learning materials to the people all over China. They are cultivating every corner where it is possible to plan in our school as a gardener.

We get some fresh vegetable from time to time in our kitchen. They also organized farmers who live around our school practicing Biodynamic farming. In return, the school purchase their vegetables with a better price. There are some parents want to purchase those vegetables too. We are trying to form a CSA (community support agriculture). But, we need a experience farmer to work it out in practical level. Our children enjoy the work in the garden and in the farmers’ field around our school. We also keep close contact with those who wish to learn more Biodynamic farming. There is a Biodynamic silk company and Mulberry bush farm in Chengdu. But it seem they aren’t interested in promoting the BD work to the public.