Earthbound Farm

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]

Earthbound Farm
TypeSubsidiary
Founded1984 (1984)
FoundersDrew and Myra Goodman
HeadquartersSan Juan Bautista, California
ParentTaylor Farms
Websiteearthboundfarm.com

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]

References
  1. Amanda Hesser, Salad in Sealed Bags Isn't So Simple, It Seems, The New York Times, January 14, 2003.
  2. Samuel Fromartz (2005). Organic Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew. Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-15-603242-1.
  3. Dawn Withers, Earthbound Farm turns 25, sees organic remaining strong, The Packer, August 25, 2009.
  4. Whitney, Jake (28 January 2007). "Organic Erosion: Will the term organic still mean anything when it's adopted whole hog by behemoths such as Wal-Mart?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  5. "Earthbound Farm Organic: Our Story". Earthbound Farm. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  6. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, The Penguin Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59420-082-3, Pg. 162.
  7. Griffith, Erin (2009-07-21). "HM Capital Buys The (Organic) Farm". PE HUB. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  8. Anderson, Mark C. (9 December 2013). "Locally-based organic giant Earthbound Farm sells to WhiteWave Foods". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  9. http://fortune.com/2016/07/13/danone-whitewave-acquisition-2/
  10. http://www.dairyreporter.com/Manufacturers/Danone-completes-acquisition-of-WhiteWave-to-create-DanoneWave
  11. "Taylor Farms buys Earthbound Farm from Danone". www.foodbusinessnews.net. Retrieved 2019-09-26.

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