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Farm in Saskatchewan
Painting of herdsmen and cattle
Peruvian terraced fields
Plowing and sowing in Thebes
Xochimilco: floating gardens
Quinoa field
goat herding
sweet-potato farming in Papua New Guinea
Plow
Combine harvester
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Justus von Liebig
Justus, baron von Liebig
German chemist
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist
“Father of the green revolution” in India
M.S. Swaminathan
Indian scientist
Arthur Young
English writer
Matthew, Patrick
Patrick Matthew
Scottish landowner and agriculturalist
Ben Tillman
Ben Tillman
American politician
Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
vice president of United States
David Fairchild
David Fairchild
American botanist
David Dickson
American farmer and writer
François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
French educator
Ruffin, Edmund
Edmund Ruffin
American scientist
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
American labor leader
John Deere
John Deere
American manufacturer
Pinhas Lavon
Israeli politician
Brain Trust: Rexford G. Tugwell
Rexford Guy Tugwell
American economist
Billy Carter
American farmer and businessman
Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
British agriculturalist

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