Earthbound Farm

Earthbound Farm was founded in 1984 by Drew and Myra Goodman, on a 2.5 acres (10,000 m²) farm in California’s Carmel Valley.^[1][3] Just over two decades later, the company employed over 150 growers on 30,000 acres.^[4] By 2015, nearly 50,000 acres were in production.^[5] In The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan referred to Earthbound Farm as "a company that arguably represents industrial organic farming at its best."^[6]

In 2009, HM Capital acquired Earthbound Farm.^[7] In 2013, Earthbound Farm was acquired by WhiteWave Foods, owner of Horizon Organic milk, for $600 million.^[8] In July 2016, it was announced that the French company Danone would purchase WhiteWave Foods for $10.4 billion.^[9] The acquisition was completed in April 2017, and the newly formed company was named "DanoneWave".^[10] Finally, Earthbound Farm was acquired in April 2019 by Taylor Farms.^[11]

• Official website
• Jennifer McNulty, Alum brings organic produce into the mainstream, Currents online (University of California, Santa Cruz), November 8, 2004

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