A crowdfunding call in order to buy biodynamic farming equipment to boost soil's life and seek balance in these beautiful (already organic) vineyard in the southern part of Côtes-du-Rhône (Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes).

The vines are certified organic, and my dream is to go biodynamic, to go all the way, not just a little action here or there.

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LE VIN DE BLAISE = BLAISE'S WINE: Blaise was my great-great-grandfather, the first in the family to have planted vines (his parents were market gardeners and silkworm breeders). He lived from 1851 to 1934. 

The next step for me is naturally to add biodynamic methods to organic farming: after having banned chemical fertilisers and all synthetic products (including herbicides and insecticides), I would like to be able to bring more balance, health and vitality to the soil and the vines! And to the wine too, of course!

All this means spending time and making new purchases. Because I really want to go all the way, and try out all the biodynamic practices, often common sense, and always in harmony with the living world, to accompany the development of the vine and the grapes.

Go happily, but go for it! So what will the collection be used for?
For the moment, I can't manage to earn a salary (only that of two farm's employees). 

So thanks to your donations, I will be able to buy :
- a mounted sprayer dedicated to biodynamics that will allow me to cover half of the domain in 1h30 or 2h (without counting the displacement from plot to plot): between 2 500€ and 8 000€ depending on the model!

- a beautiful wooden dynamiser for the quality of the mix (water + preparation),  and to have it available (because the other solution would be to borrow but with 12 hectares we cannot depend so much on our friends...): 2 800€.

- the 100 litre "tisanière" to heat certain preparations: 200€.

- training and membership of MABD and Demeter: 220€ + 740€.

- basic biodynamic preparations: plants, horn dung, silica...from 350€/500€ per year to ...according to needs and desires!
- the box specially designed for the storage of certain preparations: 70€.

If the collection exceeds my expectations, then I will be able to buy a higher end (and much more expensive) sprayer and create a shelter to protect this beautiful equipment from dust and rain.

To contact me or to know more about this action thanks to MiiMOSA: stephanie.rougnon@gmail.com.

So if you want to :
- encourage and contribute to the concrete practice of a living agriculture
- one day taste the result in the form of grapes or wine, 
if you are as enthusiastic as I am, do not hesitate to participate!

I thank you with all my heart for your support. 
And do share the collection around you and on Facebook !
It only lasts 45 days...

And the conversion to biodynamics lasts three years...