10/26/2026
Belle Glade, circa 1931.
Bean growers gather behind the Everglades Experiment Station lab with Herman Wedgworth, then the station’s plant pathologist.
His work on yellowing beans traced the problem to a manganese shortage in Everglades soil. In 1932, he started the fertilizer business that’s still family owned today.
See his full research catalog at wedgworth.com.
📸Photo: University of Florida Archives