Longtime Organic Valley CEO retires

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former Organic Valley CEO George Siemon

Organic Valley CEO George Siemon, one of the seven founders of the co-op, has resigned. Since being established in 1988, Organic Valley has grown to revenues of over $1 billion annually and now has more than 2,000 farms, in 36 states, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, as members of the cooperative. Former Chief Business Officer Bob Kirchoff will be serving as interim CEO.

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