He is known for introducing and developing hundreds of uses for the peanut, sweet potato and soybean in the American South, after the tobacco crop was devistated by insects. He did not seek a patent for peanut butter, in part because he believed that it was a gift from [[God]]. <ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpeanutbutter.htm Inventors] </ref> | He is known for introducing and developing hundreds of uses for the peanut, sweet potato and soybean in the American South, after the tobacco crop was devistated by insects. He did not seek a patent for peanut butter, in part because he believed that it was a gift from [[God]]. <ref>[http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpeanutbutter.htm Inventors] </ref> |