Aug 10 , 2023

5 Most Famous Farmers in the World

By True Scoop

George Washington: The first U.S. President, also a tobacco and wheat farmer. Valued innovative farming methods and crop rotation.

Thomas Jefferson: U.S. President and agriculturalist. Experimented with crop varieties at Monticello, advocating for sustainable farming practices.

Masanobu Fukuoka: Japanese farmer and philosopher. Introduced natural farming and authored The One-Straw Revolution.

Joel Salatin: American innovative farmer. Practices regenerative agriculture at Polyface Farm, author, and speaker on sustainable farming.

Norman Borlaug: Agronomist and Father of the Green Revolution. Developed high-yielding crops, credited with saving over a billion lives.