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List of Figures
FIGURE 18.9 A young farmer sharing his passions and aspirations for change.
( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ......................................................................... 211
FIGURE 18.10 Tasting rosemary-infused water. ( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) .................. 212
FIGURE 18.11 Breaking bread as a gesture of companionship. ( Image credit:
Eva van Niekerk.) ............................................................................................... 212
FIGURE 18.12 Soil Shrine making visible examples of natural methods for increasing soil
fertility through composting foodwaste and growing clover as a nitrogenfixing plant. The sprigs of rosemary call us into remembrance. ( Image
credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ................................................................................... 213
FIGURE 18.13 Leftover food emptied into a bokashi bin. This Japanese fermentation
method prepares foodwaste to become a natural fertiliser for soil
regeneration. ( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ................................................. 213
FIGURE 18.14 At the end of the meal, participants write about their experiences
of FieldTable and reflect on how their hunger has been satisfied.
( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ....................................................................... 214
FIGURE 18.15 FieldTable was set up and completed in a day. ( Image credit: Touchstones.) ... 214
FIGURE 18.16 FieldTable manifests in 2016 as a convivial, local and agroecological
narrative to counter the 1976 Union Carbide advert promising synthetic
and genetically modified solutions to world hunger. ( Image credit:
Eva van Niekerk.) ............................................................................................... 215
FIGURE 22.1 Bar chart showing yield ( kg/ ha) of wheat grain and stover from SYA,
organic and non-organic treatments. ( Adapted from Pandey et al. ( 2015).) ...... 252
FIGURE 23.1 The author in a field of maize undersown with soybeans with radionically
applied biodynamic preparations and no other fertility inputs, in metre
wide beds spaded into the soil food web. ( Photo credit: Hugh Lovel) ..............264
FIGURE 23.2
Field Broadcaster ( left) and radionic instrument with cards ( right).
( Photo credit: author’s own.) ............................................................................. 265
FIGURE 24.1 ‘ VITA NOVA’ ( New Life) by Julia Artico, Villa Maser, Treviso, Italy. ........... 276
FIGURE 25.1
Spiral vortex geometry. ( After Edwards, 2006.) ............................................... 281
FIGURE 25.2
Spiral vortex. ( Photo courtesy of Institute of Flow Science, Wilkens et al.,
2005.) ................................................................................................................. 282
FIGURE 25.3 Spiral vortex in free water, viewed from above. ( Photo credit:
Simon Charter.) ................................................................................................. 283
FIGURE 25.4
Ring vortex, smoke in air. ( Photo credit: stock image from pinterest.com.) .... 283
FIGURE 25.5 Ring vortex viewed from the side, made using marker dye in water, pushed
in a slow pulse from the tube below. ( Photo credit: by kind permission
Andreas Wilkens, Institute of Flow Sciences, Herrischried, Germany,
www.stroemungsinstitut.de.) .............................................................................284
FIGURE 25.6 Water falling into a pool by Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1511. Original
drawing held in the Royal Library Windsor ( no 12660). ( Reproduction
courtesy Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020.) ....284
List of Figures
FIGURE 18.9 A young farmer sharing his passions and aspirations for change.
( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ......................................................................... 211
FIGURE 18.10 Tasting rosemary-infused water. ( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) .................. 212
FIGURE 18.11 Breaking bread as a gesture of companionship. ( Image credit:
Eva van Niekerk.) ............................................................................................... 212
FIGURE 18.12 Soil Shrine making visible examples of natural methods for increasing soil
fertility through composting foodwaste and growing clover as a nitrogenfixing plant. The sprigs of rosemary call us into remembrance. ( Image
credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ................................................................................... 213
FIGURE 18.13 Leftover food emptied into a bokashi bin. This Japanese fermentation
method prepares foodwaste to become a natural fertiliser for soil
regeneration. ( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ................................................. 213
FIGURE 18.14 At the end of the meal, participants write about their experiences
of FieldTable and reflect on how their hunger has been satisfied.
( Image credit: Eva van Niekerk.) ....................................................................... 214
FIGURE 18.15 FieldTable was set up and completed in a day. ( Image credit: Touchstones.) ... 214
FIGURE 18.16 FieldTable manifests in 2016 as a convivial, local and agroecological
narrative to counter the 1976 Union Carbide advert promising synthetic
and genetically modified solutions to world hunger. ( Image credit:
Eva van Niekerk.) ............................................................................................... 215
FIGURE 22.1 Bar chart showing yield ( kg/ ha) of wheat grain and stover from SYA,
organic and non-organic treatments. ( Adapted from Pandey et al. ( 2015).) ...... 252
FIGURE 23.1 The author in a field of maize undersown with soybeans with radionically
applied biodynamic preparations and no other fertility inputs, in metre
wide beds spaded into the soil food web. ( Photo credit: Hugh Lovel) ..............264
FIGURE 23.2
Field Broadcaster ( left) and radionic instrument with cards ( right).
( Photo credit: author’s own.) ............................................................................. 265
FIGURE 24.1 ‘ VITA NOVA’ ( New Life) by Julia Artico, Villa Maser, Treviso, Italy. ........... 276
FIGURE 25.1
Spiral vortex geometry. ( After Edwards, 2006.) ............................................... 281
FIGURE 25.2
Spiral vortex. ( Photo courtesy of Institute of Flow Science, Wilkens et al.,
2005.) ................................................................................................................. 282
FIGURE 25.3 Spiral vortex in free water, viewed from above. ( Photo credit:
Simon Charter.) ................................................................................................. 283
FIGURE 25.4
Ring vortex, smoke in air. ( Photo credit: stock image from pinterest.com.) .... 283
FIGURE 25.5 Ring vortex viewed from the side, made using marker dye in water, pushed
in a slow pulse from the tube below. ( Photo credit: by kind permission
Andreas Wilkens, Institute of Flow Sciences, Herrischried, Germany,
www.stroemungsinstitut.de.) .............................................................................284
FIGURE 25.6 Water falling into a pool by Leonardo da Vinci, circa 1511. Original
drawing held in the Royal Library Windsor ( no 12660). ( Reproduction
courtesy Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020.) ....284