Stanford, Cargill? Partnership?

millions of dollars the company is giving to the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and at Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment.

In 2012, a Stanford study claiming to disprove the health benefits of organic food was widely questioned after critics claimed that Cargill had influenced the outcome. (Stanford said Cargill’s donations were directed to a different research center within the same institute.)

Cargill, the largest privately held company in the United States—one spot ahead of Koch Industries—with annual profits of approximately $2 billion [Look here for how Stanford is doing.]

Source: What Climate Change Is Doing to the Texas Cattle Ranch | The New Republic

Still trust universities to deliver a good education?  Maybe, if it gets a good return on investment.  But if doesn’t deliver good return, caveat emptor.

Here are some links.

Cargill and Stanford  Stanford and Cargill