AESC 2050 Exam 2 | Newest Questions and
Answers | 2026 Update | Expert Verified
• Pearson farms is a ____ generational diversified family farm -✓✓ 5th
generational
• where is pearson farms located? -✓✓ fort valley, ga
• one of the major challenges faced by pearson farm's peach industry -✓✓ lack of
local labor
labor intensive (grow, prune, thin, pick and pack)
short term employment (February--> August)
H2A program
• peach season -✓✓ May --> August
• peaches need a certain amount of ___________ to satisfy dormancy -✓✓ CHILL
(too much chill can kill bloom)
high dormancy --> bloom in sync
low dormancy--> fruit drop
,• the crop which processing is solely done by machinery -✓✓ pecans
shaker
v-sweep
• Pearson farms view on GMO/Organic? -✓✓ impossible to be organic
(legal pesticides)
NOT GMO
• the higher the input costs for chemicals, fertilizer and labor,(pearson farms) the
greater the _________________ -✓✓ efficiency
• pearson farms government regulations -✓✓ what/how/when to spray chemicals
• pecan season -✓✓ fall in October
• pearson farms: peaches are _________% utility -✓✓ 80-85%
• what lead to the resurgence of the peach industry after its decline in the 80s and
90s -✓✓ local grown
"know your farmer"
"GA peach"
• It (is/is not) cheaper to grown your own food -✓✓ it is NOT cheaper
, • Urban farming video: urban migration caused the development of _________
_________________
80% of ppl live in cities -✓✓ urban agriculture
• the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a
village, town or city
can involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and
horticulture -✓✓ urban agriculture
• vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks
during the 1940s -✓✓ victory gardens
• urban ag video:
2 reasonings behind development of urban agriculture -✓✓ climate change
population increase
• urban ag video:
the major con about urban agriculture is .... -✓✓ how to get rid of waste
• taking advantage of existing urban areas for conversion to traditional agriculture
methods -✓✓ low tech urban agriculture
• community gardens
Answers | 2026 Update | Expert Verified
• Pearson farms is a ____ generational diversified family farm -✓✓ 5th
generational
• where is pearson farms located? -✓✓ fort valley, ga
• one of the major challenges faced by pearson farm's peach industry -✓✓ lack of
local labor
labor intensive (grow, prune, thin, pick and pack)
short term employment (February--> August)
H2A program
• peach season -✓✓ May --> August
• peaches need a certain amount of ___________ to satisfy dormancy -✓✓ CHILL
(too much chill can kill bloom)
high dormancy --> bloom in sync
low dormancy--> fruit drop
,• the crop which processing is solely done by machinery -✓✓ pecans
shaker
v-sweep
• Pearson farms view on GMO/Organic? -✓✓ impossible to be organic
(legal pesticides)
NOT GMO
• the higher the input costs for chemicals, fertilizer and labor,(pearson farms) the
greater the _________________ -✓✓ efficiency
• pearson farms government regulations -✓✓ what/how/when to spray chemicals
• pecan season -✓✓ fall in October
• pearson farms: peaches are _________% utility -✓✓ 80-85%
• what lead to the resurgence of the peach industry after its decline in the 80s and
90s -✓✓ local grown
"know your farmer"
"GA peach"
• It (is/is not) cheaper to grown your own food -✓✓ it is NOT cheaper
, • Urban farming video: urban migration caused the development of _________
_________________
80% of ppl live in cities -✓✓ urban agriculture
• the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a
village, town or city
can involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and
horticulture -✓✓ urban agriculture
• vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks
during the 1940s -✓✓ victory gardens
• urban ag video:
2 reasonings behind development of urban agriculture -✓✓ climate change
population increase
• urban ag video:
the major con about urban agriculture is .... -✓✓ how to get rid of waste
• taking advantage of existing urban areas for conversion to traditional agriculture
methods -✓✓ low tech urban agriculture
• community gardens
