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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founders | Drew and Myra Goodman |
| Headquarters | San Juan Bautista, CA, U.S. |
| Products | Organic food |
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| Website | earthboundfarm.com |
Earthbound Farm is an American farm located near San Juan Bautista, California. It is the largest producer of organic salads in the US. [1] It was also the first company to produce prewashed, packaged salad greens on an industrial scale. [2]
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] Earthbound Farm was acquired again in April 2019 by Taylor Farms. [11]
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