M Mueller

M Mueller lives in Zionville, North Carolina, and belongs to Against the Grain Farm on land formerly stewarded by the Tsalagi. There he supports the farm by advising and mentoring biodynamic activities. He keeps an eye on the farm’s homestead cow herd and assists in making the biodynamic preparations from their harvest; he collects manure and collaborates in biodynamic compost making; he helps the farmers carry out the biodynamic sprays as requested, and advises fellow workers on basic biodynamic farm tasks. M assists his wife, Georgie Donovan, in creating a half-acre pollinator sanctuary surrounding their grange home adjacent to the farm. While coincidentally supporting the farm’s IPM (Integrated Pest Management) goals, this work includes providing forage and habitat for hymenoptera of all kinds, monitoring their vitality in the farm community, and observing their role foraging alongside the homestead cow herd. Season permitting, Georgie and M host readings of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture Lectures and other Goethean scientific works, as desired by the community. They also provide part-time care for a co-farmworker’s infant. Most recently, M collaborated in Spikenard Honeybee Sanctuary and the Josephine Porter Institute’s online presentation of the “Life Based in Love” series, 2023-25. This year, M hopes to continue participating in broader biodynamic and farm community- building based on the principles liberté, égalité, fraternité as elaborated by Rudolf Steiner.