Horizon president, Mike Ferry, said: “Over the past 20 years, Horizon has grown its network of family farmers from seven to more than 600, and helped create and grow the organic dairy category. While we are proud to celebrate these achievements throughout our 20th anniversary year, we are also marking the occasion by reaffirming our commitment to sustainable agriculture, to advancing the organic movement and to our family farmer partners.”
The Horizon story began in Colorado (US), in 1991 when two veterans of the natural foods industry, Mark Retzloff and Paul Repetto, saw a potential market for organic dairy products and decided to take a chance on the venture. Although the company first launched with six flavours of organic yogurt, it quickly became clear that the real opportunity was with organic milk, the company said.
Prior to Horizon, there were very few organic milk options for consumers. Horizon aimed to change this, and started by procuring milk from a co-op of seven farmers in Wisconsin (US). Horizon has experienced a number of milestones, including:
The company claims to hold these commitments as strongly today as it did 20 years ago, and is always striving to help educate consumers about the benefits of organic food and to further support family farmers and the advancement of organic agriculture.
Source: WhiteWave Foods
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