If You Build It, They Will Come

        Profile George Washington Carver was a man born into slavery who rose to become one of the greatest minds of his time.  George was born in Missouri and was only a week old before he was stolen away and sold in Kentucky.  He lived many different place, some of choice, but often left out of necessity.  He did however have enough support that he was able to attend college, starting at Simpson College* (after being denied in Kansas because of his color).  At Simpson his artist skills stood out, but also an emerging interest in botany.  His professors encouraged him to learn botany at Iowa State University**, where he earned his masters.   He worked at the Tuskegee Institute and here is where he made his advancements in the science of soil depletion, something good Iowa farmers know all about.  Soil was depleted from years of cotton planting, and he encouraged planting of peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes as replacements...