My late father, who was not an agricultural expert, told me once as I embarked on my viticulture career that agriculture is about fighting nature. Clearly, he was not a biodynamic practitioner, but his casual observation was not far off the mark. Traditional agriculture, where monocultures of non-native species are grown in areas they aren’t supposed to grow in, is truly a constant battle against what would not actually occur in nature. Organic agriculture softens the blow on Mothe...