AESC 2050 Exam 2 | Expert Verified Questions
and Answers | Most Recent 2026 Update
• Did Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, say he was a 1st generation farmer (his
parents don't farm) OR he is a multi-generational farmer (his is the latest in a long line of
farmers)? -✓✓ Multi-generational farmer
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said Pecans are harvested: -✓✓ using automated
equipment
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said Peaches are harvested: -✓✓ using all
manual labor
• Lawton Pearson,of Pearson Farms, said the biggest weather concern for growing
pecans is: -✓✓ hurricane conditions
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said that peaches and pecans are good
complementary crops in Georgia because: -✓✓ they have an offset harvest, peaches in
the spring/summer, and pecans in the late fall
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson farms, said that the "game changer" in growing pecans
over the last 10 years is: -✓✓ Demand from china
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson farms, said that growing Peaches organically: -✓✓ is not
possible in Georgia's climate and many pests
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said the biggest challenge today in managing a
business in seasonal specialty crops, like Peaches, is: -✓✓ labor, finding a source of
seasonal workers/records
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said most of his seasonal labor today working in
his Peach growing fields comes from: -✓✓ A federal program with the U.S department
of labor (H2A)
• Agricultural revolution positives -✓✓ 1. controllable food supply
2. creation of a food surplus/labor specialization
3. can be widely practiced over much of the globe
• Radical changes in agricultural revolution -✓✓ Topography, by products/waste, soil
nutrient depletion
• Agricultural revolution negatives -✓✓ 1. often requires radical changes to environment
2. farming is physically hard
, 3. benefits overall population more than individuals
• Dust Bowl -✓✓ When nature, economy, and agriculture converged into a U.S
environmental disaster
• Dust Bowl/Drought -✓✓ During the 1930s, much of the areas in the United States that
produced food for the country experienced severe drought which resulted in 'dust
bowls', or areas where farms couldn't produce food.
• During late 1800s and early 1900s in agriculture America sees a dramatic shift
towards -✓✓ Industrialization
• 2007-2008 drought -✓✓ Didn't rain for 3 years by 2009 pine trees grew in lake Lanier
• Great Depression -✓✓ the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in
1929 and continuing through the 1930s
• The Grapes of Wrath -✓✓ John Steinbeck's novel about a struggling farm family
during the Great Depression. Gave a face to the violence and exploitation that migrant
farm workers faced in America
• World War Two -✓✓ Event that brought the United States completely out of the Great
Depression, we entered because of Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor
• America in the 1950s -✓✓ technology was king
• Cuyahoga River Fire (1969) -✓✓ It was so polluted with oil and industrial waster that
the river caught on fire near Cleveland multiple times.
• January 1, 1970 -✓✓ President Nixon signs NEPA (National Environmental Protection
Act)
• Silent Spring (1962) -✓✓ Book written by Rachel Carson. Facilitated the ban of the of
the pesticide DDT. Widely credited with helping launch environmental awareness in U.S
• Formation of EPA (1970) -✓✓ Mission is to protect human health by safeguarding the
air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live.
• US Clean Air Act of 1970 -✓✓ -established air quality standards; tries to limit exposure
to hazardous substances. First environmental law to include a provision for citizen suits.
• U.S. Clean Water Act (1972) -✓✓ establishes the basic structure for regulating
discharges of pollutants into the waters of the US and regulating quality standards for
surface waters.
and Answers | Most Recent 2026 Update
• Did Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, say he was a 1st generation farmer (his
parents don't farm) OR he is a multi-generational farmer (his is the latest in a long line of
farmers)? -✓✓ Multi-generational farmer
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said Pecans are harvested: -✓✓ using automated
equipment
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said Peaches are harvested: -✓✓ using all
manual labor
• Lawton Pearson,of Pearson Farms, said the biggest weather concern for growing
pecans is: -✓✓ hurricane conditions
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said that peaches and pecans are good
complementary crops in Georgia because: -✓✓ they have an offset harvest, peaches in
the spring/summer, and pecans in the late fall
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson farms, said that the "game changer" in growing pecans
over the last 10 years is: -✓✓ Demand from china
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson farms, said that growing Peaches organically: -✓✓ is not
possible in Georgia's climate and many pests
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said the biggest challenge today in managing a
business in seasonal specialty crops, like Peaches, is: -✓✓ labor, finding a source of
seasonal workers/records
• Lawton Pearson, of Pearson Farms, said most of his seasonal labor today working in
his Peach growing fields comes from: -✓✓ A federal program with the U.S department
of labor (H2A)
• Agricultural revolution positives -✓✓ 1. controllable food supply
2. creation of a food surplus/labor specialization
3. can be widely practiced over much of the globe
• Radical changes in agricultural revolution -✓✓ Topography, by products/waste, soil
nutrient depletion
• Agricultural revolution negatives -✓✓ 1. often requires radical changes to environment
2. farming is physically hard
, 3. benefits overall population more than individuals
• Dust Bowl -✓✓ When nature, economy, and agriculture converged into a U.S
environmental disaster
• Dust Bowl/Drought -✓✓ During the 1930s, much of the areas in the United States that
produced food for the country experienced severe drought which resulted in 'dust
bowls', or areas where farms couldn't produce food.
• During late 1800s and early 1900s in agriculture America sees a dramatic shift
towards -✓✓ Industrialization
• 2007-2008 drought -✓✓ Didn't rain for 3 years by 2009 pine trees grew in lake Lanier
• Great Depression -✓✓ the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in
1929 and continuing through the 1930s
• The Grapes of Wrath -✓✓ John Steinbeck's novel about a struggling farm family
during the Great Depression. Gave a face to the violence and exploitation that migrant
farm workers faced in America
• World War Two -✓✓ Event that brought the United States completely out of the Great
Depression, we entered because of Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor
• America in the 1950s -✓✓ technology was king
• Cuyahoga River Fire (1969) -✓✓ It was so polluted with oil and industrial waster that
the river caught on fire near Cleveland multiple times.
• January 1, 1970 -✓✓ President Nixon signs NEPA (National Environmental Protection
Act)
• Silent Spring (1962) -✓✓ Book written by Rachel Carson. Facilitated the ban of the of
the pesticide DDT. Widely credited with helping launch environmental awareness in U.S
• Formation of EPA (1970) -✓✓ Mission is to protect human health by safeguarding the
air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live.
• US Clean Air Act of 1970 -✓✓ -established air quality standards; tries to limit exposure
to hazardous substances. First environmental law to include a provision for citizen suits.
• U.S. Clean Water Act (1972) -✓✓ establishes the basic structure for regulating
discharges of pollutants into the waters of the US and regulating quality standards for
surface waters.
