plowingandsowing-christoph
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Occupation | Farmer / Enterpreneur |
| Location | Azua de Compostela, West Indies, Dominican Republic |
| Introduction | About myself: Born in Switzerland, I attended my first 5 school years in Argentina. 1960 to 1963 I enrolled in the Biodynamic Agriculture college “Warmonderhof” in Holland where I met my later wife Annelien. After a stint in the Swiss army I worked on farms in Germany and Holland, married in 1965 and took on my first job as farm-manager at a Camphill centre for Curative education in Switzerland. 1975 we emigrated to the USA with our 4 children and developed Hawthorne Valley Farm, a 250 acre diversified farm connected to a Waldorf school. 1994 destiny brought us to the Dominican Republic where we founded a Export Company for organic tropical produce and our own Farm operations. I am in the fortunate position to work with a dedicated group of associates who take responsibility of the daily operations allowing me to take (working) life less serious, enjoying increasingly longer vacations, Travelling, Sailing and Paragliding. As our business is pretty much established, (we do not necessarily need to grow!) I am dedicated to establish a Waldorf Kindergarten and eventually a full school. If successful I would consider this my most important achievement! |
| Interests | Anthroposophy, Biodynamic agriculture, Socio/economic issues, Waldorf-Education, Paragliding, Sailing |
| Favorite Music | J.S.Bach, Mozart, Schostakovitch, Ethnic |
| Favorite Books | "Intuitive Thinking As a Spiritual Path:A Philosophy of Freedom" by Rudolf Steiner, "How to Know Higher Worlds: The Classic Guide to the Spiritual Journey" by Rudolf Steiner and Christopher Bamford, "The World as One Economy" by Rudolf Steiner and Christopher Houghton Budd, "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy" by Noam Chomsky, "In Europe": Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert Mak, “A Fine Balance” by Rohinton Mistry, "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini |