Here is another ranch in hollywood, with UCLA using their compost in their community and medicinal gardens.  Isn't ucla known for being the top dog in medicine science/research?   I think they probably sell their produce for a lot of money.  I didn't see any cows in this picture, but I think you have to have them and do the cow poop cow horn ritural for the compost to be "kosher" or "demeter".  

I don't know how anyone could watch The Today Show.  It just gives me a headache!  

A perfect example of the error of biodynamics is in its very name.  Biology is the study of life and living organisms, and dynamic implies that the nature of life and living organisms is not fixed.  Which, is not true.  Meaning, that living organisms or nature, do not have exactly that, a "nature".  It implies a contradiction, that nature is something that instead does itself nurture.  But, that(nurture we will say) from what I understand is a characteristic relegated to the "angels".  And, catholics profess belief in angels.  So, in its very name and definition itself, it is implying the opposite of what catholics believe as true.  Nature is fixed.  A proper name for traditional true gardening might be bio"stati(c)"stics.  Because, biology in this sense is static.  Nature is static.  Nature is nature.  It does not change.  It is in natures nature not to change.  It is in the nature of an angel to be able to change.  That is why angels can be fallen.  And, man is unique and is placed in between that spectrum with a nature and a spirit.  We have a nature, but we can also nurture.  Biodynamics is the opposite of what is true revealed in its name itself.  It is utilizing nominative determinism.  Its name determines its outcome and vice versa.

"In Steiner's esoteric cosmology, the spiritual development of humanity is interwoven in and inseparable from the cosmological development of the universe. Continuing the evolution that led to humanity being born out of the natural world, the Christ being brings an impulse enabling human consciousness of the forces that act creatively, but unconsciously, in nature."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner

So, in Steiner's world we are all still "evolving" and so are carrots!  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_astrology

This bit is interesting.  This was my only thought about possible influence of the moon.  And, that would be gravitational pull resulting in soil moisture rising to surface level if applicable.  Still, my opinion was that the results would be minor if an at all.  And, none of it would guarantee better plant growth.  

But, wikipedia says this:

"The moon gardeners claim that the gravitational force of the full moon affects the level of groundwater in the soil, just as it does the level of the oceans. With more water being drawn up into the soil during a full moon, any newly sown seeds are boosted by the increased hydration.^[7] The phases of the moon do not correspond to the distance of the moon's orbit around the Earth, and hence are not indicators of the strength of the moon's gravitational pull. Instead, apogee and perigee of the moon's orbit are what determines the moon's distance to the Earth."

The first time I'd ever heard of bio-dynamic farming was when I took an enology class at a community college about 8 years ago. I was quite taken aback by the use of pagan practices in the wine grape growing industry. I spoke out against it in class, and on the final paper that we had to write. The instructor took quite a dislike toward me after that, in the next class that I took from him, so I dropped it. I realized that the wine industry is very snooty anyway, and no place for a traditional Catholic woman to be in.

It's not surprising that as our society leaves God aside, that they go back to pagan practices. Though it's partly about finding a new way to make money, too, if they can be cool and trendy with the ridiculous bio-dynamic farming. 

Nadir - The reason I said planting by the moon is only doubtful is because I had not yet researched it.  But, I rest assured it is a load of superstitious bull crap(planted in cow horns buried to be deified).  Just because it is in the farmers almanac doesn't give it credibility.  Zodiac planting is also in there.  A root vegetable is not going to grow better because when it was planted the earth was winning in the gravity pull between it and the moon suggesting downward growth(root) will be favored.  A root vegetable will amount to nothing without its upward growth and green leaves.  Moon gardening is superstition, and superstition is a sin.  

You raise some interesting points, like the very meaning of the word "Biodynamics", but I disagree with you on doubting the efficaciousness of planting by the moon phase. My family on both sides have been farmers and ranchers probably for eons, or at least hundreds of years. My Grandpa grew some amazing crops, loads of different vegetables on one lot in the city. He planted a lot of things by moon phase and certain things on certain days. Combined with a certain techniques that I presume were passed down to him, he always had the best potatoes, corn and other such eadibles.
   I myself am not much of a gardener, but I have seen the difference of seeds planted a day before the beneficial time, and on the day of. There is a difference in the rapidity of growth. The same applies to my brother, who is more avid in this area then I probably will ever be...
  Also, the moon has affects on people too, especially in my family. Some folks are more sensitive to the moon then others. Let's take a near full moon, for example: During the days nearing and of a full moon, various people experience increased sɛҳuąƖ urges/interest -or whatever the proper way to put it is- and some have a feeling of overall wellbeing in the area of personal health. I myself am among these people.
As for this "ritual composting" stuff, yea, maybe it is occultic in some of it's origins, but there are ways to do the same thing with similar results. Here in Texas there is a very succeful ranch which focuses on cattle efficency on pasture, and the way they fertilize the ground is by filling big barrels with manuer, water, molasses and maybe a couple of other things. They mix it up and let it "brew" for 2 months or so before spraying it on the pastures. The idea is to culure a lot of healthy microbes.

  Personally, unless one really is doing it in a religious sort of way, I cant see much wrong with burying compacted manure and plant ingredients; Though wrapping them in animal gut in certainly foreign to me and likely all the other old farmers in this area. But, I think unless the intent of occultism is there, then mimickig certain practices are not harmful or problematic. People have been grinding up rocks and bones and burying their concoctions for ages and ages without any occultic intent. They just see that it works... Even the Native American Indians (of whom I descend to a degree) used certain practices, most famously using fish as fertilizer for corn.

Another example of this sort of practice can be found in the book "The Book of Incense" by Morita. The Japanese have a very special type of incense where various materials are ground up, pressed into pellets, coated with honey, stored in a clay jar, buried in tge ground and left to age for 3 years. It's not agriculture or have anything to do with manure, but the concept of aging theproduct for certain effects is the same.

That's all I can think of at the moment, hope others can chime in with more knowledgeable things then my inexperience can.