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Mississippi Agriculture in the Classroom

Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix

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Barbara Mitchell

A Pocketful of Goobers

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober—today's peanut—and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

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Barbara Mitchell
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