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Gary Hirshberg. Gary Hirshberg (born 1954) [1] is an American businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of Stonyfield Farm, the world's leading organic yogurt producer, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He joined the company just after its founding in 1983 and stepped down in 2011, but continues to serve as Chairman.
Gary Hirshberg is CEO of the Hirshberg Entrepreneurship Institutes and Co-Founder and Chief Organic Optimist of Stonyfield Farm, the world’s leading organic yogurt producer. He is also Founder and Chair of two non-profit advocacy organizations: Organic Voices and the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership. The author of Stirring It Up: How ...
The Founding – It all started with two families and seven cows. Stonyfield was founded by Samuel Kaymen and Gary Hirshberg in 1983. Initially, they were running a non-profit organic farming school on a small New Hampshire farm. Eventually, they decided to sell yogurt made without the use of toxic persistent pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
Jun 8, 2023 · Gary Hirshberg's life mission is to help save the planet by promoting organic food and sustainable living. But the greatest leadership moment for the Stonyfield Farm co-founder arguably came at ...
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WHEN GARY HIRSHBERG joined Stonyfield Farm, in 1983, it was just, as it touts, "seven cows and a dream." But there were still plenty of night terrors: A bad deal with a new dairy cost the company ...
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Oct 2, 2017 · Stonyfield Yogurt: Gary Hirshberg In 1983, two hippie farmers decided to sell homemade organic yogurt to help raise money for their educational farm in New Hampshire. As the enterprise grew into a ...
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Jan 7, 2008 · I've long been an admirer of Gary Hirshberg, the idealistic and iconoclastic "CE-Yo" of organic yogurt maker Stonyfield Farm, which he co-founded in 1983. I first met Hirshberg a decade later, in 1993, when researching my book about corporate social responsibility, Beyond the Bottom Line. I recall being impressed at the time by his passion and ...
