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Aug 2019
58m 47s

Stonyfield Yogurt: Gary Hirshberg (2017)

Guy Raz | Wondery
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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 business, it faced one near-death experience after another, but it never quite died. In fact it grew — into one of the most popular yogurt brands in the US. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built Th ... Show More
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