Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has resigned amid a political clash with the popular ice cream brand's parent company, Unilever.

Greenfield announced his decision in a statement shared by his co-founder and the brand's fellow namesake Ben Cohen on his X account Wednesday (September 17).

Greenfield said the company lost its independence once Unilever, which purchased the ice cream brand in 2000, curtailed its founders' stances on social activism, which includes criticism of President Donald Trump 's administration and the war in Gaza .

"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," Greenfeild said. "I am resigning from the company Ben and I started back in 1978. This is one

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