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In his later years, Carver was repeatedly honored by national and international groups for his pioneering work.

Carver introduced these farmers, whose backgrounds were mostly similar to his, to the idea of rotating the crops in a field seasonally. He also showed them alternative cash crops that they could grow on their fields. Cotton was, for a long time, the largest cash crop in the South, but with Carv- er’s inventions using soybeans, sweet potatoes, and pecans, he created uses for other crops. Carver thought a lot about nature and the role that hu- mans play as they interact with nature. He believed that in the natural world everything is a part of the whole. He knew that nothing exists in isolation, that everything is con- nected. He believed that if we ignore that connection, then the effects could be disastrous. George was a very spiritual man. He believed that God spoke through the beauty of na- ture and the joy of creating. The advancements in environmental science and bota- ny that George contributed to science made him one of the most well known African Americans of his time. President

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Black Achievement in Science: Environmental Science