Deck 12: Current Developments and New Dynamics Influencing Agricultural and Food Policy

Question 1

________________ is USDA's primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, and resource use of America's farm businesses and the economic well-being of America's farm households.

A) The Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program
B) The National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE)
C) The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
D) The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program
E) The "2501 Program"

Answer 1

C
Explanation:The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is USDA's primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, and resource use of America's farm businesses and the economic well-being of America's farm households.

Question 2

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) cooperates with state governments to use the National Organic Program (NOP) for incorporating agriculture-based curriculum into US primary and secondary school systems.

Answer 2

False
Explanation:USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) cooperates with state governments to use the Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program for incorporating agriculture-based curriculum into US primary and secondary school systems

Question 3

The charge of the ________________ is to jointly improve producer profitability, environmental conditions, and social justice through grants, research and education. This program is administratively guided by volunteer administrative councils in each of four US Regions (Western, Southern, North Central and North East)

A) The "2501 Program"
B) Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program
C) The National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE)
D) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
E) National Organic Program (NOP)

Answer 3

D
Explanation:The charge of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is to jointly improve producer profitability, environmental conditions, and social justice through grants, research and education. This program is administratively guided by volunteer administrative councils in each of four US Regions (Western, Southern, North Central and North East)

Question 4

In Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), groups of local residents agree to be shareholders or subscribers who financially support the production costs of a farm or community garden in exchange for receiving shares of the farm's output during the growing season.

Question 5

The charge for the National Organic Program (NOP) is to jointly improve producer profitability, environmental conditions, and social justice through grants, research and education. SARE is administratively guided by volunteer administrative councils in each of four US Regions (Western, Southern, North Central and North East)

Question 6

The ________ helps socially disadvantaged groups and veterans access specially-designed benefits from a range of USDA agencies, including NRCS conservation programs, Farm Service Agency (FSA) financial assistance programs, Sustainable Agriculture and Research and Education (SARE) programs, and programs offered through state government departments of agriculture.

A) National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE)
B) Office of Outreach and Advocacy (OOA)
C) Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) program
D) Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
E) Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program

Question 7

Based on US Ag Census data, the role of women operators in production agriculture ____________ during a thirty year period (1982-2012)

A) increased by 5%
B) decreased by 10%
C) increased by 30%
D) increased by 150%
E) decreased by 1.5%

Question 8

US small farm operators typically earn a minor amount of off-farm income. A USDA-sponsored farm bill forum noted that off-farm income accounts for 5-10 percent of farm household income.

Question 9

Specialization, technology adoption, and government policies created powerful incentives for the average US farm size to increase.

Question 10

The is a 2014 Farm Bill competitive grant program that expands opportunities and increases funding for direct farm-to-consumer projects.

A) The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program
B) Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program
C) Farmers' Market Promotion Program (FMPP)
D) Local Food Marketing Promotion Program (LFPP)
E) The "2501 Program"