Sweet Discoveries: Remembering Andreas Marggraf’s Beet Sugar Revolution

Andreas Marggraf

This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 7, 1782 Oh my precious petal-pushers! On this day, the scientific soil of our garden lost one of its most ingenious cultivators – Andreas Marggraf, who departed this earthly plot in 1782. This…

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