Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield has resigned from the ice cream company he and his childhood friend built together, after nearly 50 years. Now, it's just Ben.

Greenfield quit as a result of a dispute with parent company Unilever , claiming it stopped granting the founders "independence to pursue our values," he said in a statement posted to social media by Ben Cohen, his former business partner.

"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. I am resigning from the company Ben and I started back in 1978," Greenfield said. "This is one of the hardest and most painful decisions I've ever made."

The Burlington-based ice cream company, which churns out pints of cleverly named desserts li

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