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Which one of the following statements is wrong with regard to plant material use in organic systems?
Correct Answer
All seed must be certified organic with no exception
What does OMRI stand for? what does it do? Organic Materials Review Institute - it i...
Which one of the following statements is wrong with regard to plant material use in organic systems?
✅Correct Answer
All seed must be certified organic with no exception
What does OMRI stand for? what does it do? ✅Organic Materials Review Institute
- it is a third party organization
- its not affiliated with the USDA/CD/CC/FDA
- Not governmental
- non-profite not a certifierIt was created as a joint effort between certifiers to minimize duplication of
efforts between them, and it has its own board and ruling party
National Organic Standards Board Membership does not include ___________ and ____________ which
companies are not represented on the NOSB? ✅Producers stakeholders/companies and ag input
companies (seeds, packaging ect.)
What synthetic substance is the exception on the National list of allowed and prohibited substances? ✅-
a vaccine for pink eye in livestock is an accepted synthetic substance- arsenic is a prohibited natural
substance
Organic Handling Requirements ✅Dedicated organic. Mechanical or biological methods, including but
not limited to cooking, baking, curing, heating, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, distilling,
extracting, slaughtering , cutting, fermenting, eviscerating, preserving, dehydrating, freezing, chilling, or
otherwise, manufacturing and packaging, must occur in an approved operational facility.
what is the wait time for composted manure? ✅No wait time
what is the wait time between harvesting organic produce and spreading raw manure that IS IN
CONTACT with the produce? ✅120 days
,what is the wait time between harvesting organic produce and spreading raw manure that DOES NOT
have contact with the produce? ✅90 days
what is the protocol to further reduce pathogens? ✅turn manure 5 times over 15 days and obtain 131
degrees F each time.if you do not reach 131 degrees, start over and repeat process until you reach 131
degrees each time.Do it to reduce pathogens
what is the wait time for uncomposted plant material? ✅no wait time
Non-organically produced planting stock used to produce a perennial crop may be sold as organically
produced only after the planting stock has been maintained under a system of organic management for
a period of at least______ ✅One Year
Producers may covert an entire dairy herd to organic production by providing: ✅9 months: 80%
organically produced feed and then3 months: 100% organically produced feed
T or F: animals can transition from organic to conventional multiple times during their lifetime. ✅False
In organic animal production, it is allowed to feed animals plastic pellets to improve their digestion.
✅False
The following group is not represented on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB): ✅seed
companies
In organic animal production, it is mandatory to take animals to the pasture every day ✅False
Which statement is wrong with regard to conversion of livestock to organic? ✅Organically managed
cows can be given a prohibited antibiotic and be transitioned back into the organic system after 1 year
transition
Among the following, these operations are not required to be certified: ✅Restaurants
, An exempt organic farm: ✅does not necessarily need to have annual organic inspections
When converting a dairy herd, the feed has to be: ✅80% organic for 9 months followed by 100% organic
for 3 months
Animal confinement is absolutely prohibited in the organic system. ✅False
In the NOP, OMRI stands for: ✅Organic Materials Review Institute
The father of the Green Revolution is: ✅Norman Borlaug
The "Regenerative Organic" system does not allow: ✅Hydroponic systems
The following group is not represented on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB): ✅seed
companies
The father of biodynamic agriculture is: ✅Rudolf Steiner
The percentage of organic produce market share in the US in 2018 was: ✅14.6
As of 2018, the percentage of organic of all food sold in the US is: ✅5.7%
Among vegetables, the crop with the highest share of organic sales is: ✅Lettuce
The agricultural production system that is influenced by mystical and celestial factors is: ✅Biodynamic
agriculture
Among the following, the system that is governed by a regulation (law) is: ✅Organic production
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