HORT 2043 (Organic Gardening) FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS.
Know how many square feet are in 1 acre.
43,560 square feet (a football field)
1790 #1 export
tobacco
1790 farmers are what percent of labor force
90%
1825-50 what do some schools begin to do
offer courses in agriculture and sciences helpful to agriculture
1856 what school was established
east al male college
1858 what were mason jars invented for
home canning and allowed families to reserve food for themselves and have
rewards of harvest
1869 what did Louis McMurray do with farmers near Federick, MD?
veggies were being canned and this is beginning of vertical integration
1862 lincoln founded what?
the USDA to help farmers who needed seeds and info to grow their crops
1972 east al male college becomes
Agricultures and Mechanical College of AL, first land grant college in south
1974 Georgia sets up the first
,State department of Agriculture
1900-10 George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute finds new uses
for
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans helping to diversify southern
agriculture--> moving away from corn and cotton
1900 first corn club for boys was founded....what was their motto
to make the best better
1911-17 immigration workers from what country
MX
1914 Smith-Lever extension Act passed. What did it do?
Establishment federal-state extension service was a major step in direct
education for farmers; took experts to spread info to teach farmers so they
could increase productivity
1928 what group was founded
future farmers of America
1930 how many labor hours to produce 100 bushels?
15-20
Now 1 farmer feeds how many people?
300
J.I. Rodale (1940)
grandfather of organic gardening; concepts influenced by louis bromfield;
adovcate of natural processed; Maabar Farms- early example of organic
and self sustaining farming; RODALE: Crop rotation and mulching
Albert Howard
promoted a natural approach to building soil and fertility; composing the
indoor process
, Rachel Carson
silent spring 1962; Did NOT advocate banning of helpful pesticides;
responsible for EPA
Nixon created what
EPA
1970's the organic movement encouraged what?
locally grown food buy fresh and buy local
Bio-intensive mini farming is beneficial why? is it easy? and where?
is labor intensive and low capital investment technologies; popular among US
gardneres and to 3rd world countries
T Or F organic gardening is labor intensive
true
Know the differing definitions of "organic".
More suitable def from the NOSB: an ecological production management
system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil
biological activity. It is based on miminal use of off-farm inputs and on
management practices the restore, maintian, and enhance ecological
USDA certified organic: pesticide resuidue free; the misconception:
expectation of little or no pesticide residue since none are used in production
Know the purposes of organic certification.
-spells out what farmers and food processros must and must not to do to be
certified
-buyer is getting what they are paying for
-commodity is produced by approved organic methods
-eliminate contamination with prohibited materials
-no commingling with conventional products
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS.
Know how many square feet are in 1 acre.
43,560 square feet (a football field)
1790 #1 export
tobacco
1790 farmers are what percent of labor force
90%
1825-50 what do some schools begin to do
offer courses in agriculture and sciences helpful to agriculture
1856 what school was established
east al male college
1858 what were mason jars invented for
home canning and allowed families to reserve food for themselves and have
rewards of harvest
1869 what did Louis McMurray do with farmers near Federick, MD?
veggies were being canned and this is beginning of vertical integration
1862 lincoln founded what?
the USDA to help farmers who needed seeds and info to grow their crops
1972 east al male college becomes
Agricultures and Mechanical College of AL, first land grant college in south
1974 Georgia sets up the first
,State department of Agriculture
1900-10 George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute finds new uses
for
peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans helping to diversify southern
agriculture--> moving away from corn and cotton
1900 first corn club for boys was founded....what was their motto
to make the best better
1911-17 immigration workers from what country
MX
1914 Smith-Lever extension Act passed. What did it do?
Establishment federal-state extension service was a major step in direct
education for farmers; took experts to spread info to teach farmers so they
could increase productivity
1928 what group was founded
future farmers of America
1930 how many labor hours to produce 100 bushels?
15-20
Now 1 farmer feeds how many people?
300
J.I. Rodale (1940)
grandfather of organic gardening; concepts influenced by louis bromfield;
adovcate of natural processed; Maabar Farms- early example of organic
and self sustaining farming; RODALE: Crop rotation and mulching
Albert Howard
promoted a natural approach to building soil and fertility; composing the
indoor process
, Rachel Carson
silent spring 1962; Did NOT advocate banning of helpful pesticides;
responsible for EPA
Nixon created what
EPA
1970's the organic movement encouraged what?
locally grown food buy fresh and buy local
Bio-intensive mini farming is beneficial why? is it easy? and where?
is labor intensive and low capital investment technologies; popular among US
gardneres and to 3rd world countries
T Or F organic gardening is labor intensive
true
Know the differing definitions of "organic".
More suitable def from the NOSB: an ecological production management
system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil
biological activity. It is based on miminal use of off-farm inputs and on
management practices the restore, maintian, and enhance ecological
USDA certified organic: pesticide resuidue free; the misconception:
expectation of little or no pesticide residue since none are used in production
Know the purposes of organic certification.
-spells out what farmers and food processros must and must not to do to be
certified
-buyer is getting what they are paying for
-commodity is produced by approved organic methods
-eliminate contamination with prohibited materials
-no commingling with conventional products
