Which entrepreneur created a benevolent company town for his employees?
a. henry ford
b. henry frick
c. milton hershey
d. atwater kent

The correct answer is (c.) Milton Hershey. Milton Hershey was the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company. Hershey was the entrepreneur who created a benevolent company town for his employees that is called the "company town" in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

It can stop it from being killed due to a local "disaster", like a fire, for example.

Explanation:

By planting seeds far from the parent plant, you are increasing the probability the genetics from the plant will survive because they are further from one another.  So, for example, let's say there is a forest fire, if they are close to one another, both the parent plant and seeds are likely to perish.  If they are separated by space, potentially one of the two won't be in the path of the fire and will survive.