{"id":14395,"date":"2022-02-21T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/?p=14395"},"modified":"2022-02-21T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T18:12:57","slug":"we-celebrate-this-man-of-wonder-george-washington-carver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/we-celebrate-this-man-of-wonder-george-washington-carver\/","title":{"rendered":"We celebrate this man of wonder, George Washington Carver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”|700|||||||” title_font_size=”28px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” min_height=”155px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Gregory\u2019s Outreach Services would like to salute<\/span> George Washington Carver<\/b>, a chemist<\/span> who revolutionized farming\u00a0as we know it today. He taught farmers and sharecroppers how to grow their own food and fight for a more equitable agricultural system. He inspired future generations of organizations like Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market to occupy positions within the national food justice movement for more than a century. He also gave new insights and uses for simple things crops produced like peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. He came up with 300 uses for the peanut alone, no wonder he was nicknamed the \u201cCrop Doctor\u201d.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”314.9px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”||56px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

He was born the year before slavery ended in 1864. He pursued an education after leaving home at eleven and would eventually earn a master\u2019s degree in agricultural science from Iowa State University. He would go on to teach and continue research at Tuskegee University for decades. He is an International Treasure, and he is Black History.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” min_height=”101.8px” custom_margin=”-1px||-1px|||” custom_padding=”1px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

George Washington Carver taught farmers how to diversify their crops while improving their soil through plant rotation which ultimately helped southern farmers improve their finances and diets.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/George-Washington-Carver.png” alt=”George Washington Carver” title_text=”George Washington Carver” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|42px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” min_height=”205.6px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.8em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

We celebrate this man of wonder who continues to inspire me in my own farming endeavors in providing fruits and vegetables for more than 15,000 seniors and veterans through Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market and programs like \u201cVeggie for Veterans.\u201d When we are not delivering produce, we can be found harvesting vegetables at our local farm, which supplements our produce for seniors. Thank you, George Washington Carver.<\/span>\n\n

10 Facts About George Washington Carver (mebondbooks.com)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We celebrate this man of wonder who continues to inspire me in my own farming endeavors in providing fruits and vegetables for more than 15,000 seniors and veterans through Gregory\u2019s Fresh Market and programs like \u201cVeggie for Veterans.\u201d When we are not delivering produce, we can be found harvesting vegetables at our local farm, which supplements our produce for seniors. Thank you, George Washington Carver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1064","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[169,4,171,7],"tags":[127,24,29,37],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/peanut-field-285951_1280.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3hcyF-3Kb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14419,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14395\/revisions\/14419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianagregory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}