One of the two founders of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream empire is walking away from the business in protest against parent company Unilever.

Jerry Greenfield, who started the ice cream business with Ben Cohen in Vermont in 1978, on Wednesday afternoon [Australia time] announced he was leaving the company in what was “one of the hardest and most painful decisions I’ve ever made”.

“It’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years, remain an employee of Ben & Jerry’s,” Greenfield said in a statement. “This isn’t because I’ve lost my love for the people at Ben & Jerry’s. Quite the opposite.”

Greenfield and Cohen have long been outspoken on various political and social issues such as climate change and abortion rights, and have used their ice

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