<div style="text-align: justify;">In most European
countries, is recognized as a true profession and hence is seen as an
“apprenticeable” trade. While enrolled in a formal agricultural
apprenticeship, one methodically acquires skills and competencies by
working with one or more mentor farmers in a structured learning
environment on farms and during seminars. Central to this system is the
agricultural Meister program, which tests prospective mentor farmers
for the vocational, methodological and social competencies they must
have in order to be able to train apprentices on the farm. Due to this
central feature of knowledge transfer between master and apprentice,
German farmers have reached a high level of excellence in providing
apprenticeship programs on diversified farms, whether they follow
biodynamic, organic or conventional methods. The pedagogical notion of
training and coaching is an intrinsic part of German apprenticeship
culture.<br></div><i>Fonte di informazione:</i> «Biodynmics», n. 252, primavera 2005, pp. 37-40
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