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Gary hirshberg biography

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Hirshberg, Gary

President and Chief Executive Officer of Stonyfield Farm

Born c. 1954 in New Hampshire; married Meg; children: three.

Addresses:Office—Stonyfield Farm Yogurt, 10 Burton Dr., Londonderry, NH 03053.

Career

Windmill builder; environmental education specialist for the U.S. government; led environmental tours to China; executive director, New Alchemy Institute, early 1980s; director, Rural Education Center, c. 1983; co-founder of Stonyfield Farm Yogurt, 1983, and later president and chief executive officer; founder of O'Naturals, a fast-food chain, 2001; affiliated with the Social Venture Network.

Sidelights

Gary Hirshberg is president and chief executive officer of Stonyfield Farm, the world's largest producer of organic yogurt. The New Hampshire company, which began as a small organic farm, still abides by the original principals on which Hirshberg and others founded it back in the early 1980s: to make a healthy product and earn a profit without harming the environment. "Business is the most powerful force in the world," he told David Goodman, a writer f

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Gary Hirshberg

American businessman (born 1954)

Gary Hirshberg (born 1954)[1] is an American businessman. He is the former chief executive officer of Stonyfield Farm, an organic yogurt company, 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.

In 2011, Hirshberg was mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate against New Hampshire's junior U.S. SenatorJohn E. Sununu.[2]

Early life and education

Hirshberg was born in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1954. He was one of the first graduates of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1976. He was also one of the first graduates of The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire.[1]

Work history

In his early career, Hirshberg served as the Executive Director of The New Alchemy Institute, a research and education center dedicated to organic farming, aquaculture and renewable energy.[3] He also held positions ranging from water pumping windmil

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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 to Make Money and Save the World (Hyperion, 2008), Gary frequently speaks on topics including sustainability, organic agriculture and the profitability of green business. Gary has previously served on the Boards of many organic and natural brands including Annie’s, Applegate, Blue Apron, Forager Project, Honest Tea, Late July, Orgain, Peak Organic Brewing, Sambazon, Sweet Earth Foods, Sweetgreen and UnReal chocolates and currently serves on several corporate boards including My Forest Foods (plant-based bacon), Tacombi (Mexican taquerias and products), Uncle Matt’s Organic (organic juices and beverages), Wildgood (plant-based ice cream) and Willa’s (organic oat beverages). He has received 12 honorary doctorates and numerous awards for cor

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