The Biggest Little Farm

Where is the farm that Molly and John operated?

• California

• Florida

• Arizona

What type of farms are surrounding their farm?

• There are no farms.

• Poly Culture farms

• Monoculture farms

What steps were taken to heal the soil?

• No steps were taken, they used it as is.

• They brought in a worm composting machine to make a "tea" that they sprayed on the soil.

• They planted more mono-culture fields.

How many varieties of fruit tress did they plant?

• 75

• 2

• 10

Why is biodiversity so important on the farm?

• They just liked having different animals.

• Biodiversity has no effect on the function of the farm.

• It provided important links that would eventually help restore the ecosystem

Why was the solution that John discovered for controlling the snails?

• He discovered that the Ducks liked eating the snails.

• The found a great pesticide to kill off the snails.

• He discovered the snails liked a specific plant only so he didnt plant it.

During the rain storms why was the erosion occurring on farms around them but not on theirs?

• They actually lost just as much as their neighbors.

• The had restored the ecosystem so well that the plants and trees and amount of biodiversity assisted in the erosion control needed to protect their soils.

• They had build physical protection boundaries to protect their soils.

Why is the 'fruit basket' (the big orchard) so important to the farm.

• It provided a way to draw in insects and pollinators to the farm

• It provided an important economic resource

• It provided a lot of wood for the winter season.

• It had very little to no impact on the farm.

Why did Mollie and John put Greasy (the chicken) with Emma (the pig)

• So that Greasy could help fertilize the soil that Emma turned up.

• So the pig could eat the chicken

• She had just lost her babies and was lonely and greasy needed a friend as he was not liked by the other chickens.

What caused one of the tree orchards to die?

• The orchard was old and the trees died off.

• The orchard experienced an infestation of snails.

• There were hundreds of gophers living in the soil.