AEPS 315 Quiz 1
What are the 3 sisters? corn, beans, squash
What country has the largest area of organic land? Australia (27.15 million hectares)
Is the world's share of organic ag. land increasing or decreasing? Increasing (1.2%)
What countries have the largest share of their ag. productio...
What country has the largest area of organic land? ✅Australia (27.15 million hectares)
Is the world's share of organic ag. land increasing or decreasing? ✅Increasing (1.2%)
What countries have the largest share of their ag. production as organic? ✅Liechtenstein 37.7%
French Polynesia 31.3%
Samoa 22.4%
Austria 21.9%
Which countries have the highest consumption of organic food? ✅Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
What country has the biggest market for organic food? ✅United States
How many organic farms are there? ✅14093
How big are most (55%) organic farms? ✅<100 acres
What US state has the most organic farms? ✅California (2805)
22% of nation's organic
43% of org. prod. sales
$2.2 billion
, How many acres are grown organically in the US? CA? ✅US: Over 3.67 million
CA: almost 700,000
How do organic farmer demographics compare to conventional? ✅higher proportion of female
operators, slightly younger, newer farmers
What percent of produce and what percent of all food sold in the US is organic? ✅13% of produce 5% of
all food
What product category has the most organic production? ✅Fruits and Vegetables
(lettuce, spinach, apples, grapes)
Who consumes organic? ✅1. True Believers
2. Enlightened Environmentalists
3. Strapped Seekers
4. Indifferent Traditionalists
5. Healthy Realists
6. Struggling Switchers
7. Resistant Non-Believers
What are the top production expenses on organic farms? ✅feed and hired labor
What are the main production practices used by organic farms? ✅-Green or animal manures
- Buffer strip/ rows to isolate org. products
- Water management practices
What is permaculture? ✅a system of agricultural and social design principles centered around
simulating or directly utilizing the patterns and features observed in natural ecosystems
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