TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose Biodynamics is a specific form of organic production with spiritual underpinnings. This chapter explores it as a form of rural entrepreneurship using the capitals framework of Bourdieu as a conceptual tool.Methodology The chapter draws upon 11 qualitative case studies of New Zealand firms engaged in biodynamic growing methods. Data collected via in-depth narratively oriented interviews inform the chapter, along with other relevant secondary material.Findings The chapter suggests that the spiritual underpinning of the biodynamic approach imbues the experience with a form of spiritual capital that is not captured within traditional interpretations of capital. We conceive of this as a form of alternative capital and offer a conceptualisation as an attempt to capture that difference.Research limitations This is a niche, small scale, exploratory study limited to one geographic context (New Zealand) at one particular point in time.Originality/value This chapter offers a modest expansion to previous conceptualisations of capital in the rural context.
VL  - 4
SN  - 978-1-78441-109-1, 978-1-78441-112-1/2040-7246
DO  - 10.1108/S2040-724620140000004008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620140000004008
AU  - Lewis Kate
AU  - Cassells Sue
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - The Spiritual Dimension of Biodynamics: An Alternative Source of Capital in the Rural Context
T2  - Exploring Rural Enterprise: New Perspectives On Research, Policy & Practice
T3  - Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 175
EP  - 191
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -