Get to Know Washington the Innovator
Learn about the revolutionary farmer behind the General and president and discover how he reimagined Mount Vernon as a bold experiment in scientific agriculture as you explore George Washington's Farm.
Explore His Agricultural Breakthroughs
Step into Washington’s world of innovation as you discover his adoption of new husbandry, his seven-year crop rotation, and the design of his 16-sided treading barn—all aimed at improving efficiency and productivity.
Explore Washington’s ever-changing experimentation and how it affected the enslaved people responsible for carrying out the labor.
Connect Farming to a National Vision
See how Washington’s sustainable experiments and long-term planning influenced his sense of civic duty and helped shape his powerful economic vision for a new nation.
Discover why Washington increasingly questioned the long-term future of enslavement in the nation based on his observations of experiments carried out on his farms.
