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FORT COLLINS - New Belgium Brewing has joined forces with Ben & Jerry's to donate $100,000 to a California-based nonprofit that works to mobilize the snow-sports community to battle climate change. The two "B-corp" companies, Fort Collins-based New Belgium and South Burlington, Vt.-based Ben & Jerry's, partnered to create a special beer and ice cream, with a portion of their proceeds going to Pacific Palisades, Calif.-based Protect Our Winters. The companies presented the check to POW on Friday during a celebration at Stoney's Bar and Grill in Denver. ... In addition to fundraising for POW, the campaign encouraged people to...

Nothing says summer like being on the beach and licking on a cone with your friends. But, have you ever thought about what’s in that ice cream? Turns out that it has some ingredients you might want to think twice about. And those are called genetically modified organism products, or GMOs for short. GMOs are exactly what the name says: food products that have been genetically altered. That means they are not the same as what Mother Nature intended. Kinda like human growth hormones for food. It may not always be a good thing. Folks like those at the Non-Gmo...

While Ben & Jerry's Taste The Lin-Sanity hit a mildly sour note upon its release — it initially featured fortune cookie bits, which offended some since Jeremy Lin was born here in 'Merica, so they were taken out of subsequent batches posthaste — their latest flavor, Apple-y Ever After, is sure to make better headlines and be a hit with fans of sweet treats and marriage equality. Actually, it's not really a new flavor, technically. Ben & Jerry's UK renamed their apple pie ice cream Apple-y Ever After "in an effort “to raise awareness about the importance of marriage equality."...

hippie-dippy Vermont ice-cream makers, have come out in favor of "Occupy Wall Street." Or as their press release puts it: We, the Ben & Jerry's Board of Directors, compelled by our personal convictions and our Company's mission and values, wish to express our deepest admiration to all of you who have initiated the non-violent Occupy Wall Street Movement and to those around the country who have joined in solidarity. Ben & Jerry's is a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever. What's that? It's an Anglo-Dutch multinational (stand well back) corporation. They produce a big chunk of everything in your kitchen and...

There is a lot of bad news coming out of this election, and we won't burden you with more of what you already know. Bush's reelection and Republican gains in both houses will make the struggle for justice and peace in our country harder over the next four years. Yep, we've got a lot of work ahead of us. Maybe it's the lack of sleep talking, but we here at TrueMajority still have hope for our future. Why? Because TrueMajority members had a front-row seat to the beginnings of a revolution in American politics. It's just in the beginning phases,...

Almost every sector of American society greeted yesterday's signing of a historic health care law as a major step toward guaranteeing affordable health insurance for all. Labor unions, health care professionals, small business owners, retirees, students, and ordinary people from throughout the country applauded President Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for having the tenacity to push through what's being called the most sweeping health care legislation since the establishment of Medicare in the 1960s. We join with those who hail this legislation both as a measure that will save lives now and begin curbing the insurance...

<p>VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.</p>

From the (Vermont) Burlington Free Press: Peace activist Cindy Sheehan cancels Vermont visitJuly 28, 20Peace activist Cindy Sheehan has canceled her visit to Vermont because she plans a trip to Jordan for peace talks there, organizers announced today.Sheehan was to have attended a rally Sunday at Montpelier's Unitarian Church.The rally will still be held, with Vermont organizers planning to address renewed efforts to end the war in Iraq and pursue impeachment of the Bush administration.The event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and is free and public. It’s sort of like Ike saying he would go to Korea.Only different.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A former executive at premium ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's was sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzling nearly $300,000 from the company to pay for vacations, car repairs and clothing, authorities said on Tuesday.

<p>CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 12 -- Cindy Sheehan vaulted into national consciousness this month on the power of her story as the grieving mother of a fallen solider.</p>

The following gentleman, Chuck Bradley, is a true patriot and a legitimate candidate for the Kentucky House of Representatives this year, running against probably the most pro-union legislator! Meltdown over a burning issue Ex-grocer sets ice cream ablaze in protest of 'PantsonFire-Mobile' By Sara Cunningham HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER MIDWAY - You'd think a good scoop of Cherry Garcia, Caramel Sutra or Phish Food would transcend politics. Chuck Bradley doesn't think so. Yesterday he set fire to almost 30 pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream to protest statements by the compa-ny's co-founder, Ben Cohen, who has publicly called President Bush...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Howard Dean may have his own Ben & Jerry's sundae, but one of his Democratic rivals got the endorsement of his home state's ice cream company founder.</p> <p>Ben Cohen, who with Jerry Greenfield founded Ben & Jerry's Homemade ice cream in Burlington, Vermont, said Friday that he is supporting Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.</p>

Washington, November 8 Unsafe levels of dioxin were measured in a sample of Ben & Jerry's brand ice cream, according to a new study published on Junkscience.com. Ben & Jerry's promotional literature, available at its "scoop shops" and on its web site, states, "Dioxin is known to cause cancer, genetic and reproductive defects and learning disabilities... The only safe level of dioxin exposure is no exposure at all." Dioxin is a by-product of industrial processes and may also be created naturally through combustion of plant materials. The study authors report that, according to Ben & Jerry's and U.S. Environmental Protection...

Inside politics The cold war Billed as the conservative alternative to left-wing Ben & Jerry's, Star Spangled Ice Cream has introduced some timely new gourmet flavors: "I Hate the French Vanilla," "Iraqi Road," "Smaller Governmint," and "Nutty Environmentalist." They join other relevant flavors, such as "Cowardly German Chocolate" and "Irrelevant Belgian Chocolate." Information is available at www.starspangledicecream.com. Jennifer Harper can be reached at 202/636-3085 or by e-mail at jharper@washingtontimes.com.