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Ice Cream Factory Goes Green

Series: October 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

There’s nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn’t much matter whether it’s in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split. There’s nothing better – unless, of course, the ice cream was manufactured in an environmentally conscious way. Read the full description.
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Isla_earth_inlay There’s nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn’t much matter whether it’s in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split.  There’s nothing better – unless, of course, the ice cream was manufactured in an environmentally conscious way.  The grand daddy of “green” ice cream is the Ben & Jerry’s brand.  Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield seem to have a knack for setting environmental trends -- expanding bottom lines and waistlines, too...

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There’s nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn’t much matter whether it’s in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split.  There’s nothing better – unless, of course, the ice cream was manufactured in an environmentally conscious way.  The grand daddy of “green” ice cream is the Ben & Jerry’s brand.  Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield seem to have a knack for setting environmental trends -- expanding bottom lines and waistlines, too...

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