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Part Two: Rudolf Steiner: The Racist Who Invented Organic Farming and Waldorf Schools

Behind the Bastards

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Biodynamic Farming - The Birth of Biodynamic Agriculture

Biodynamic growers worked with Heinrich Himmler's SS to help plan for the agricultural colonization of the occupied Eastern territories. Many were dedicated anthroposophists and Steiner followers. In at least two concentration camps, there were biodynamic farms operated by slave laborers. The inherently fascistic roots of much of the organic farming movement have continued today.

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