The Peanut Man -- A Legacy

George Washington Carver, a slave-born African American, achieved international fame as a scientist and innovator who applied novel chemical insights to agriculture. As a botany and agriculture teacher to the children of ex-slaves, Dr. George Washington Carver wanted to improve the lot of 'the man farthest down,' the poor, one-horse farmer at the mercy of the market and chained to land exhausted by cotton. Dr. George Washington Carver's work resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts, contributing greatly to the economic improvement of the rural South. (Tuskegee University)

In 1921, Carver was invited to testify before Congress and was appointed an agricultural adviser to President Theodore Roosevelt. He also advised Mahatma Gandhi on nutrition. Carver never accepted compensation for his services, believing in the nobility of his cause. His epitaph reads, "He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world."

If you feel intrigued, here's a list of his peanut products: https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/george-washington-carver/carver-peanut-products

I hope you'll enjoy solving this puzzle as much as I have in creating and testing it.