Find out how George Washington Carvers' contributions to science radically changed the agricultural economy of the United States.

Resource provides biographical material of the famous inventor, George Washington Carver. Content includes links to places for further information, timeline, as well as fun facts about this man.

This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.

This brief article talks about how Luther Burbank (1849-1926 CE) invented the "Idaho" potato, the July Elberta peach, the Santa Rosa plum, and the Flaming Gold nectarine through his crossbreeding experiments, which changed the world of...

This site describes how even though industry was expanding in the U.S., agriculture still remained the most important occupational sector in the US. As the population grew, farmers in the U.S. had to find ways to meet the explosive...