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A $5 million-dollar gift from alumni who started an international natural-food business more than 25 years ago will push Washington State University into the forefront of national organic-agriculture research, says Dan Bernardo, the dean of the agricultural college.

The money, donated by Chuck and Louanna Eggert, will be used to expand WSU's 4-acre organic farm to a 30-acre living laboratory, not only for organic agriculture but for wind- and solar-power development, according to university officials.