History
Wrote Farmers of Forty Centuries
Who is FH King?
Top two organic crops in terms of sales in US
What are apples and lettuce?
State that ranked #1 in terms of number of certified organic dairy farms in 2021
What is New York?
Type of figure that allows one to compare multiple metrics at the same time.
What is a radar plot?
Threshold under which you do not need to be certified to sell organic products?
What is under $5000 sales/year
Note, still need to follow rules and cannot use USDA organic seal.
Pioneer in regenerative agriculture and person who started the Rodale Institute?
Who is Robert Rodale?
State with the greatest sales of organic products
What is California?
US organic sales reached a new high of $_____ billion in 2022
What is $67.6 billion
Book published in 1962 that sparked concern over pesticide use
What is "Silent Spring"
Examples of technology used at farms we visited?
What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on cows and robot to push feed closer to cows at Twin Oaks Diary and Farm Droid robot at Seneca Grain and Bean?
Founder of the Soil Association
Who is Lady Eve Balfour?
Top organic product sold in US in terms of sales
What is organic milk?
Person who said "Organics is not a fad" and year they said it.
Who is JI Rodale in 1954?
Two main crop production constraints in organic agriculture
What are weed management and supplying enough nitrogen to the crop
What are standard deviation and coefficient of variation, respectively?
Important event in this history of organic agriculture in the US in 1990
What is Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA)
How the amount of certified organic land changed between 2019 and 2021 in the United States.
What is decreased by 11%?
Organic land
5,495,000 acres in 2019 to 4,895,000 in 2021
Note decrease was from pasture and rangeland (cropland actually increased 3%)
Price of organic and conventional corn and soybean (January 24, 2024)
What is organic corn $7.50 compared with $4.47 for conventional corn
Organic soybean $21.00 compared with $12.11 for conventional soybean?
What is 'Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming' (1980)
Minimum number of days an organic cow must graze on pasture
What is 120 days?
Pioneer in organic agriculture who is credited with developing Clientele Membership Clubs, which were a precursor to CSA's
Who is Booker T. Whatley?
Top three states in terms of certified organic operations (as of January 2024)?
What are:
1 California (4972)
2 New York (1879)
3 Wisconsin (1704)
Deputy administrator of National Organic Program
Who is Jennifer Tucker?
Founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of "Farming While Black"
Who is Leah Penniman?
Amount of certification costs that can be reimbursed from USDA?
What is 75% up to $750 per certification scope (crops, livestock, handling, etc.)