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| ==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||
| Emails leaked by WikiLeaks revealed that Stonyfield chairman Gary Hirshberg lobbied ], the chairman of ]'s presidential campaign, to have Hillary Clinton to deliver a strong message in support of mandatory labeling of ]. As part of the communication, Hirshberg noted that he raised $400,000 for the Clinton campaign.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-12/wikileaks-emails-stonyfield-farms-gary-hirshberg-pushed-hillary-clinton-toward-bernie-sanders-gmo-stance| title=Leaked Emails Show Organic Yogurt Producer Pushed Clinton on GMO Labeling| author=Kimberly Leonard | publisher=US News & World Report| access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ===Clinton Campaign=== | |||
| Wikileaks revealed extensive communication between Stonyfield chairman Gary Hirshberg and ], the chairman of ]'s presidential campaign. After Hirshberg raised $400,000 for the campaign, he threatened to withdraw his support unless Clinton delivered a strong message in support of ] labeling. Clinton subsequently tweeted her approval of the defeat of an anti-labeling measure, eliciting an email from Hirshberg to Podesta with the subject "Thanks for whatever role you might have had in this,” linking to Clinton’s tweet.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/10/emails-hillary-clinton-hirshberg-yogurt-wikileaks//| title=Hillary Clinton Is in Thrall to America’s Yogurt Overlord| author=Tom Philpott | publisher=Mother Jones| access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> Hirshberg founded the "Just Label It" campaign to promote mandatory labeling of foods containing ingredients produced from seeds created by some forms of ].<ref></ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-10-12/wikileaks-emails-stonyfield-farms-gary-hirshberg-pushed-hillary-clinton-toward-bernie-sanders-gmo-stance| title=Leaked Emails Show Organic Yogurt Producer Pushed Clinton on GMO Labeling| author=Kimberly Leonard | publisher=US News & World Report| access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref><ref></ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In January 2018, Stonyfield launched an anti-GMO campaign featuring children reading scripted messages of questionable validity. In response to criticism of this ad on their Facebook page, Stonyfield deleted comments, blocked responders, and labeled critics as "trolls" who had violated the company's terms of use.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2018/01/31/Stonyfield-Organic-under-fire-over-portrayal-of-GMOs-in-YouTube-video| title=Stonyfield Organic under fire over portrayal of GMOs in YouTube video | author= Mary Ellen Shoup | publisher=Dairy Reporter| access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.agprofessional.com/article/stonyfield-organics-deletes-pro-gmo-comments| title=Stonyfield Organics Deletes Pro-GMO Comments | author= Sonja Begemann | publisher=Ag Pro| access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref> | ||
| ===Reduction in Added Sugar=== | |||
| With the exception of sugar-free products sweetened with ], Stonyfield products contain added sugar. Its Brown Cow brand in particular is very high in sugar at 28g or 7 teaspoons per serving, and the smoothies with the Stonyfield brand are also at the high end of yogurt products with added sugar.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.businessinsider.com/yogurts-with-the-least-sugar-2016-4/#la-yogurt-28-g-1| title=RANKED: These are the yogurts with the least sugar | author=Rebecca Harrington | publisher=Business Insider| access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> High sugar content is a concern in foods targeted to children, as Stonyfield's are, so the company announced a plan to reduce added sugars by 25% in its yogurt line in 2017.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://fortune.com/2017/02/13/stonyfield-yogurt-sugar/| title=Stonyfield Gives Its Yogurt a Makeover| author= Beth Kowitt | publisher=Fortune| access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ===Scientifically Inaccurate Advertising=== | |||
| ⚫ | In January 2018, Stonyfield launched an anti-GMO campaign featuring children reading scripted messages of questionable validity. |
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) |
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| Founder | Samuel Kaymen, Louise Kaymen |
| Headquarters | Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States |
| Products | Yogurt, ice cream, milk, dairy products |
| Website | stonyfield |
Stonyfield Farm, also simply called Stonyfield, is an organic yogurt maker located in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA. Stonyfield Farm was founded by Samuel Kaymen in 1983, on a 19th-century farmstead in Wilton, New Hampshire, as an organic farming school. The company makes the second leading brand of organic yogurt in North America, with 13.3% of the market.
In 2001, Groupe Danone, a French food product company whose brands include Evian bottled water and Danone/Dannon yogurt, purchased an initial 40% of Stonyfield shares. This was followed with additional purchases such that Group Danone owned the entire company by 2014.
Gary Hirshberg is chairman and former president and CEO of Stonyfield Farm.
Through its Profits for the Planet program, Stonyfield gives 10% of profits to environmental causes. Its milk comes from New England and Midwest dairy farmers through the CROPP (Organic Valley) cooperative.
In 2003, Stonyfield Farm acquired Brown Cow.
In 2006, Stonyfield entered the French market with its Les 2 Vaches (The Two Cows) brand. It also expanded to Canada, with yogurt produced in Quebec. In June 2007, Stonyfield Farm launched its first brand in the UK, Stony, Yogurt on a Mission, though the line has since been discontinued. An organic yogurt brand named Glenisk, however, was successfully launched in Ireland.
On March 31, 2017, Groupe Danone announced its intention to sell the Stonyfield subsidiary to avoid anti-trust claims and to clear the way for the acquisition of more significant U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods. In July 2017 it was announced that Danone had agreed to sell Stonyfield to Lactalis for $875 million. The sale was completed and Stonyfield is now entirely owned by a second French dairy giant.
Controversies
Emails leaked by WikiLeaks revealed that Stonyfield chairman Gary Hirshberg lobbied John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, to have Hillary Clinton to deliver a strong message in support of mandatory labeling of genetically modified food. As part of the communication, Hirshberg noted that he raised $400,000 for the Clinton campaign.
In January 2018, Stonyfield launched an anti-GMO campaign featuring children reading scripted messages of questionable validity. In response to criticism of this ad on their Facebook page, Stonyfield deleted comments, blocked responders, and labeled critics as "trolls" who had violated the company's terms of use.
References
- Cornal, Jim (2017-07-02). "Lactalis buying Stonyfield from Danone for $875m". Dairy Reporter. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
...Stonyfield is the second leading brand for organic dairy-based yogurt in North America with 13.3% of the market.
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- Stonyfield Farm - Canada - Company Profile
- Reuters (March 31, 2017). "Danone to sell Stonyfield unit as part of WhiteWave deal". CNBC. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Beth Kowitt. "Danone's Stonyfield Sale Is the Latest Twist in the Yogurt Wars". Fortune. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
- Kimberly Leonard. "Leaked Emails Show Organic Yogurt Producer Pushed Clinton on GMO Labeling". US News & World Report. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- Mary Ellen Shoup. "Stonyfield Organic under fire over portrayal of GMOs in YouTube video". Dairy Reporter. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- Sonja Begemann. "Stonyfield Organics Deletes Pro-GMO Comments". Ag Pro. Retrieved February 4, 2018.