,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #fha  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,novemb] #h1          
#bjai,mrs4 ,roby submitt$ ! foll[+      
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,agriculture  ,,resolution          
,recogniz+ ! ,national ,peanut ,fe/ival 
held annually 9 ,do?an1 ,alabama1 & !   
importance ( ! peanut indu/ry 9 ! ,/ate 
( ,alabama & ! ,unit$ ,/ates4  ,:]eas   
,dr4 ,george ,wa%+ton ,c>v]1 an         
,african-,am]ican sci5ti/1 inv5tor1     
educator1 & =m] slave--  7#a7 sugge/$ ! 
plant+ ( peanuts & soybeans to re/ore   
nitrog5 to soil left b>r5 f cotton      
production2  7#b7 inv5t$ m ?an #cjj     
products made f peanuts2 &  7#c7 became 
! fir/ gue/ speak] 9 ! hi/ory ( !       
,national ,peanut ,fe/ival2  ,:]eas     
peanut cultivation orig9at$ f ! ,incas (
 ,p]u z e>ly z #aejj ,b4,c41 & spread f 
,s\? ,am]ica to ,spa91 ,asia1 & ,africa2
 ,:]eas1 9 ! #agjjs1 ,africans 7 ! fir/ 
to introduce peanuts to ,nor? ,am]icans2
 ,:]eas1 9 ! e>ly #ahjjs1 ! /eady gr[? (

 peanut production alt]$ its reputation 
z food prim>ily = live/ock & ! poor to a
 high-prote9 & well-lik$ food s\rce =   
,civil ,w> soldi]s2 ,:]eas1 9 ! e>ly    
#aijjs1 dem& = peanuts grew due to      
advances 9 h>ve/+ & production me?ods   
mak+ peanuts & peanut products m easily 
available2 ,:]eas ,dr4 ,c>v] recomm5d$  
peanuts z a crop to rival ,s\!rn        
cotton's top comm]cial position1 foll[+ 
its ne> de/ruction due to ! boll weevil2
 ,:]eas ?anks to ,dr4 ,c>v]'s in/rum5tal
 "w 9 promot+ ! peanut 9 ! ,wiregrass   
area ( ,alabama1 ! ,national ,peanut    
,fe/ival invit$ him to s]ve z _! fir/   
gue/ speak]2 ,:]eas1 9 #aich1 ! fir/    
,national ,peanut ,fe/ival 0 held 9     
,do?an1 ,alabama2 ,:]eas ! fir/         
,national ,peanut ,fe/ival e/abli%$--   
7#a7 ! ,miss ,peanut ,aw>d1 fir/ won by 
,elizabe? ,johnson f ,headl&1 ,alabama2 
&  7#b7 ! ,volunte] ( ! ,ye> ,aw>d1 nam$
 9 honor ( ! fir/ fe/ival presid5t1     
,h>ry ,p4 ,hall1 & aw>d$ annually s9ce  
its adv5t2  ,:]eas1 dur+ its #ha ye>s1 !

 ,national ,peanut ,fe/ival became an   
e/abli%$ nonpr(it organization ?r\gh a  
resolution pass$ by ! ,*amb] ( ,comm]ce 
9 #aieb2 ,:]eas1 9 #aiif1 ! ,george     
,wa%+ton ,c>v] ,/atue 0 d$icat$ to honor
 ! fam$ peanut pione] & fir/ gue/ speak]
 at ! ,national ,peanut ,fe/ival2 ,:]eas
 ! ,national ,peanut ,fe/ival mov$ to   
its curr5t home at ! fairgr\nds on      
,unit$ ,/ates ,highway #bca ,s\? 9      
,do?an1 ,alabama1 9 #bjaj2 ,:]eas       
peanuts rema9 a significant & valuable  
ca% crop gr[n 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 :i*    
are-- 7#a7 valu$ at ov] #a1jjj1jjj1jjj2 
7#b7 consum$ by ,am]ican *ildr5 &       
adults--r\ghly six p\nds ( peanut       
products p] p]son ea* ye>--z bo? snack  
nuts & c&y2 &  7#c7 us$ to create peanut
 oil1 a high-quality cook+ oil t        
,am]icans consume at #acc1jjj1jjj metric
 tons annually2  ,:]eas approximately   
half ( all peanuts gr[n 9 ! ,unit$      
,/ates orig9ate )9 a #ajj-mile radius ( 
,do?an1 ,alabama2 & ,:]eas1 9 #bjah1    
,alabama peanut f>m]s1 ( :i* !re are    

close to #ijj-- 7#a7 produc$ runn]      
peanuts1 ! v>iety t makes up #hj p]c5t (
 all ,unit$ ,/ates peanut production2   
7#b7 h>ve/$ #ahi1jjj acres ( peanuts2 & 
7#c7 produc$ #djj1jjj1jjj p\nds (       
peanuts valu$ at #aah1jjj1jjj3 ,n[      
!re=e1 be x  ,t x is ! s5se ( ! ,h\se ( 
,repres5tatives t ! ,national ,peanut   
,fe/ival held 9 ,do?an1 ,alabama1 is (  
rem>kable importance to ! ,/ate (       
,alabama & ! peanut indu/ry due to its--
  7#a7 att5dance ( #bjj1jjj fairgo]s ov]
 ! c\rse ( ! t5-day ev5t2  7#b7 economic
 impact to ! t[n ( ,do?an1 ,alabama2 &  
7#c7 celebration ( "o ( ,am]ica's mo/   
important1 useful1 & well-lov$ ca%      
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