Photo Of The Day: The Business Of Food Research

The gap between federal funding for agricultural research at large public universities and private investment is growing, and critics fear it will jeopardize schools' independence.

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(AP) — This Oct. 3, 2007, file photo shows honeycrisp apples, developed with public money at the University of Minnesota, at an orchard in Burlington, Wis.

The gap between federal funding for agricultural research at large public universities and private investment is growing, and critics fear it will jeopardize schools' independence. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

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