AGN 115 MSU Exam 1 | 100% Correct
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In Fresh (2009), Michael Pollan (author of Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food) makes
exaggerated, false, or misleading statements about _____. Select ALL that apply. - ✔✔
animal waste from CAFO lagoons being too concentrated for use as fertilizer
a lack of government subsidies for growing healthy food
changes in the nutritional values of food since1950
Order the following ecological levels of organization from least (1) to most (4) complex. (Ch 2) - ✔✔
1. Ecosystem
2. community
3. population
4. Organism
All of the following have contributed to decreasing local control over agriculture, EXCEPT ______. (Ch. 1)
- ✔✔-the diminished share of the food dollar going to farmers relative to distributors and marketers
-decreasing ecological stability from traditional farming techniques
"Presence of many earthworms per square foot (900 cm2)." Would normally be associated with: -
✔✔good soil health
Word choice and selection of sources of information are important indicators of potential bias in a
publication, such as Dr. Gliessman's use of the terms "industrial agriculture" and "pesticide treadmill",
and his heavy reliance on the publications of Dr. Pimentel as sources of data. - ✔✔True
Traditional agroecosystems normally depend (i.e. rely) on externally purchased inputs. - ✔✔False
, Historically (e.g. 1993), about ___% of corn produced in the USA was used for cattle feed while <15% of
it was used to produce ethanol. In 2013 about 40% was used for livestock feed while about ___% was
used for ethanol production. - ✔✔75;40
"Reliance on synthetic or mineral fertilizer." This would normally be associated with: - ✔✔Conventional
Agriculture
Thomas Malthus, an Anglican rector with a good mind for mathematics, became concerned about the
inevitability of widespread human misery. In a 1798 essay, he forecast that widespread starvation and
conflict would be the result of food production increasing ________ while human reproduction
increased ________. - ✔✔linearly, exponentially
In Fresh, Michael Pollan asserts that many of the problems for producers and consumers in the
prevailing food system in America is due to ________. - ✔✔the consolidation of control from seeds to
processing of products by a few, large companies, such as Cargill and ADM.
In the Penn and Teller: Norman Borlaug (2003) video, Dr. Terri Lomax, professor of Botany and Plant
Pathology (OSU), said that genetically modified crops are subjected to millions of dollars in testing and
are regulated by EPA, FDA and USDA, while protestors and administrators (e.g. Charles Margulus)
affiliated with Greenpeace claimed the crops were released without any testing. - ✔✔True
Socio economic factors useful in assessing agroecosystem sustainability include ___. - ✔✔Equitability of
return to farmer, laborer and consumer
Per unit production costs and returns
Reliance on subsidies
Debt loads and interest rates
All the above are true
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
In Fresh (2009), Michael Pollan (author of Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food) makes
exaggerated, false, or misleading statements about _____. Select ALL that apply. - ✔✔
animal waste from CAFO lagoons being too concentrated for use as fertilizer
a lack of government subsidies for growing healthy food
changes in the nutritional values of food since1950
Order the following ecological levels of organization from least (1) to most (4) complex. (Ch 2) - ✔✔
1. Ecosystem
2. community
3. population
4. Organism
All of the following have contributed to decreasing local control over agriculture, EXCEPT ______. (Ch. 1)
- ✔✔-the diminished share of the food dollar going to farmers relative to distributors and marketers
-decreasing ecological stability from traditional farming techniques
"Presence of many earthworms per square foot (900 cm2)." Would normally be associated with: -
✔✔good soil health
Word choice and selection of sources of information are important indicators of potential bias in a
publication, such as Dr. Gliessman's use of the terms "industrial agriculture" and "pesticide treadmill",
and his heavy reliance on the publications of Dr. Pimentel as sources of data. - ✔✔True
Traditional agroecosystems normally depend (i.e. rely) on externally purchased inputs. - ✔✔False
, Historically (e.g. 1993), about ___% of corn produced in the USA was used for cattle feed while <15% of
it was used to produce ethanol. In 2013 about 40% was used for livestock feed while about ___% was
used for ethanol production. - ✔✔75;40
"Reliance on synthetic or mineral fertilizer." This would normally be associated with: - ✔✔Conventional
Agriculture
Thomas Malthus, an Anglican rector with a good mind for mathematics, became concerned about the
inevitability of widespread human misery. In a 1798 essay, he forecast that widespread starvation and
conflict would be the result of food production increasing ________ while human reproduction
increased ________. - ✔✔linearly, exponentially
In Fresh, Michael Pollan asserts that many of the problems for producers and consumers in the
prevailing food system in America is due to ________. - ✔✔the consolidation of control from seeds to
processing of products by a few, large companies, such as Cargill and ADM.
In the Penn and Teller: Norman Borlaug (2003) video, Dr. Terri Lomax, professor of Botany and Plant
Pathology (OSU), said that genetically modified crops are subjected to millions of dollars in testing and
are regulated by EPA, FDA and USDA, while protestors and administrators (e.g. Charles Margulus)
affiliated with Greenpeace claimed the crops were released without any testing. - ✔✔True
Socio economic factors useful in assessing agroecosystem sustainability include ___. - ✔✔Equitability of
return to farmer, laborer and consumer
Per unit production costs and returns
Reliance on subsidies
Debt loads and interest rates
All the above are true
