CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. to donate $3.2 million to Institute of Agriculture
by The Daily Eye Team February 14 2014, 10:43 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secsDonnie Smith, CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. in Arkansas, and his wife, Terry, have committed to give $3.2 million to the University of Tennessee, creating the Donald and Terry Smith Endowed Chair for International Sustainable Agriculture.
Donnie Smith has been working with the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture for more than a year and shares the same concerns regarding population growth and world hunger. UTIA is an institute focused on the world‘s efforts to create solutions to agricultural and environmental issues, according to Larry Arrington, Chancellor of Agriculture.