• Ben & Jerry's was founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield almost half a century ago. • Greenfield and Cohen are childhood friends from Long Island, New York. • Here's the story of Ben & Jerry's, from a gas station in Vermont to global distribution.

After nearly 50 years, ice cream's most iconic duo is no more.

Jerry Greenfield, who founded Ben & Jerry's alongside Ben Cohen, has resigned from the company. In a statement, Greenfield said Unilever, the ice cream brand's parent company, is stifling its political and social mission.

"This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made," Greenfield said in the statement, which Cohen shared on X.

Ben & Jerry's has made attention to social and political issues a key part of its values. After the murder of George Floyd

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