The History of Peanut Butter

Many people don’t like eating healthy because the food is does not taste good. Peanut butter is a tasty treat that is also healthy and it provides nutrition for people all over the world. Peanut butter has been invented and reinvented throughout the years. Dr. George Washington Carver was someone who reinvented peanut butter. He was born on July 12, 1864 in Diamond Grove, Missouri. Dr. Carver was the first person in history to invent. His parents were Mary and Giles Carver, slaves of Susan and Moses Carver. George grew up on a farm in his home town in Missouri. He was not suited for work on the farm because he was fragile as a child; however he was very interested in plants. George even had his own small garden in the woods near the farm. He would talk to the plants and he attained the nickname, The Plant Doctor. He even started to produce medicines from the plants on the farm. George’s education started at age twelve. He tried to get accepted to schools in the past years but he got denied because of his race. There were no black schools around where he lived so he had to move. George had to leave his parents and he went southwest to Newton County, Missouri. He had to study in a one-room school house and he had to work on a farm to pay for it because he didn’t have enough money. In a short period of time, George ended up moving to another city called Fort Scott in Kansas. He had to live with another family because there were no other places to stay. He was denied admission to Highland University because of his race. George finally got accepted to Simpson College Indianola, Iowa, in 1890. He graduated in 1894 and was offered a job on the school’s faculty. He was the first black person to ever work on there. In 1895 George co-authored papers on the prevention and cures for fungus diseases affecting cherry plants. He received his master’s degree in agriculture in 1896. In 1897, the founder of the Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington got George to move to

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