One of the co-founders and namesakes of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is leaving the brand after 47 years. On Wednesday, a letter from Jerry Greenfield was posted on social media confirming his decision to exit the company due to rifts with the brand’s parent company, Unilever.

“For more than twenty years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world,” Greenfield wrote. “That independence existed in no small part because of the unique merger agreement Ben and I negotiated with Unilever, one that enshrined our social mission and values in the company’s governance structure in perpetuity.

“It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that

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