I happened to be watching an episode of The Nature of Things from Nov 18, 2008 called The Suzuki Files (click the link to view the episode if you are in Canada). David Suzuki and his daughter Sarika take a road trip to Europe to seek out sustainable options.
One of part of their trip they were in Loire Valley, France visiting a biodynamic farm. The philosophy behind biodynamic farming is that each plant and animal is treated as a living organism and you cannot isolate that organism from its surroundings, where it lives and what it eats. Humans are not in charge but rather part of a bigger eco-system. It is much more than organic farming which just excludes the use of chemicals. Nature abhors monoculture so biodynamics is a way of working with nature instead of against it. The show emphasized how "bigger is not better" when it comes to agriculture. We've discarded a lot of the traditional ways of farming all for the sake of "progress".
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