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American Inventors, Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Well, no one was an animal today, or was talking to someone they thought was an animal. Steve was here for small, achievable victories this week.
"Hello, class," he said with a tiny smile.
"Hope you all had a fun Halloween with the candy falling from the sky," Tony said. "We'll be getting right back into it with an agricultural inventor and innovator, George Washington Carter."
"If the name sounds familiar, it's because he's one of our most famous 20th Century Black scientists," Steve added.
"He advocated for a rotation of crops for farmers in order to prevent the soil from being depleted. Like what happened during the Dust Bowl," Tony said. "Which, for those unaware, was one of the greatest ecological disasters in this country. Where a combination of over-farming and drought caused the soil to erode and created these huge, choking dust storms."
"It wasn't great," Steve said with the tone of someone who'd lived through it. Because he'd lived through it. "Cotton, in particular, is a crop that leaches nutrients from the soil and since Carter was located in Alabama, he could see the problems and then the results of his recommendations."
"His work brought sweet potatoes and peanuts to US farmers on a larger scale to replace those nutrients," Tony added. "Which doesn't seem like a lot, but it was a major boon to the farmers of the south."
Steve nodded. "Because part of the reason they wouldn't let fields recover between cotton harvests was the farmers needed the money. These were crops that helped the soil and could feed people. Carver found more than 300 different uses for peanuts--everything from food to shaving cream."
"So, today we'll be giving you all a challenge," Tony said. "Come up with something unique you can do with a sweet potato."
"Hello, class," he said with a tiny smile.
"Hope you all had a fun Halloween with the candy falling from the sky," Tony said. "We'll be getting right back into it with an agricultural inventor and innovator, George Washington Carter."
"If the name sounds familiar, it's because he's one of our most famous 20th Century Black scientists," Steve added.
"He advocated for a rotation of crops for farmers in order to prevent the soil from being depleted. Like what happened during the Dust Bowl," Tony said. "Which, for those unaware, was one of the greatest ecological disasters in this country. Where a combination of over-farming and drought caused the soil to erode and created these huge, choking dust storms."
"It wasn't great," Steve said with the tone of someone who'd lived through it. Because he'd lived through it. "Cotton, in particular, is a crop that leaches nutrients from the soil and since Carter was located in Alabama, he could see the problems and then the results of his recommendations."
"His work brought sweet potatoes and peanuts to US farmers on a larger scale to replace those nutrients," Tony added. "Which doesn't seem like a lot, but it was a major boon to the farmers of the south."
Steve nodded. "Because part of the reason they wouldn't let fields recover between cotton harvests was the farmers needed the money. These were crops that helped the soil and could feed people. Carver found more than 300 different uses for peanuts--everything from food to shaving cream."
"So, today we'll be giving you all a challenge," Tony said. "Come up with something unique you can do with a sweet potato."