The Wisconsin Agricultural Scientist Who Helped Shape Organic Farming
Long before organic farming became a familiar concept to American consumers and farmers, agricultural scientists were exploring ways to improve soil health and develop farming practices that worked with natural processes. One of those largely overlooked figures was Franklin King, a Wisconsin agricultural scientist whose work helped lay foundations for practices associated with modern organic farming.
King was born in 1848 in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and became an important figure in American agricultural science during the late 19th and early 20th centuries…