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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Food |
| Founded | 1984; 41 years ago (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 Americanfarm located nearSan Juan Bautista,California. It is the largest producer of organic salads in the United States.[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’sCarmel 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] InThe Omnivore's Dilemma,Michael Pollan referred to Earthbound Farm as "a company that arguably represents industrialorganic farming at its best."[6]
In 2009,HM Capital acquired Earthbound Farm.[7] In 2013, Earthbound Farm was acquired byWhiteWave Foods, owner ofHorizon Organic milk, for $600 million.[8] In July 2016, it was announced that the French companyDanone 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]
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