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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ben Cohen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Cohen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ben_Cohen.jpg/220px-Ben_Cohen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ben_Cohen.jpg/330px-Ben_Cohen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ben_Cohen.jpg/440px-Ben_Cohen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="524" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cohen in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bennett Cohen</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-03-18</span>) </span>March 18, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Food company founder</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Co-founder with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Greenfield" title="Jerry Greenfield">Jerry Greenfield</a> of Ben & Jerrys, former company CEO</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bennett Cohen</b> (born March 18, 1951) is an American businessman, activist and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company <a href="/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s" title="Ben & Jerry's">Ben & Jerry's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Benjerry_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benjerry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cohen was born in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York, and raised in the town of <a href="/wiki/Merrick,_New_York" title="Merrick, New York">Merrick</a>, New York, on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> parents Frances and Irving. He spent at least one summer at <a href="/wiki/Buck%27s_Rock" title="Buck's Rock">Buck's Rock</a> Performing and Creative Arts Camp in <a href="/wiki/New_Milford,_Connecticut" title="New Milford, Connecticut">New Milford</a>, Connecticut.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cohen first met and befriended his future business partner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Greenfield" title="Jerry Greenfield">Jerry Greenfield</a> in a seventh grade gym class in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They continued on to <a href="/wiki/Sanford_H._Calhoun_High_School" title="Sanford H. Calhoun High School">Sanford H. Calhoun High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AndrewG_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AndrewG-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his senior year, Cohen found work as an ice cream man before leaving for university studies. He studied at <a href="/wiki/Colgate_University" title="Colgate University">Colgate University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_New_York" title="Hamilton, New York">Hamilton, New York</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Benjerry_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benjerry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Skidmore_College" title="Skidmore College">Skidmore College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York" title="Saratoga Springs, New York">Saratoga Springs, New York</a>, where he mostly took pottery classes;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York, New York">New York, New York</a>; and at the University Without Walls program of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts,_Amherst" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Massachusetts, Amherst">University of Massachusetts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Massachusetts" title="Amherst, Massachusetts">Amherst, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the next decade, Cohen pursued his interest in pottery and dropped out of college after his sophomore year.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked as a <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> <a href="/wiki/Cashier" title="Cashier">cashier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)" title="Pinkerton (detective agency)">Pinkerton</a> guard, deliverer of <a href="/wiki/Pottery_wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Pottery wheel">pottery wheels</a>, mop-boy at <a href="/wiki/Jamesway" title="Jamesway">Jamesway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Friendly%27s" title="Friendly's">Friendly's</a>, assistant superintendent, <a href="/wiki/Emergency_department" title="Emergency department">ER</a> clerk, and <a href="/wiki/Taxicab_driver" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxicab driver">taxi driver</a>, before settling on work as a craft teacher at a private school for emotionally-disturbed adolescents. While teaching at the Highland Community School, Cohen began experimenting with making his own ice creams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ben_&_Jerry's"><span id="Ben_.26_Jerry.27s"></span>Ben & Jerry's</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ben & Jerry's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_(2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg/220px-Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg/330px-Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg/440px-Ben_Cohen_and_Jerry_Greenfield_on_the_Dylan_Ratigan_Show_%282012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1053" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>Cohen in 2012 with business partner <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Greenfield" title="Jerry Greenfield">Jerry Greenfield</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1977, Cohen decided to go into business with his old friend <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Greenfield" title="Jerry Greenfield">Jerry Greenfield</a>, and in May of the next year, the two men opened Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream Parlor in <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Vermont" title="Burlington, Vermont">Burlington, Vermont</a>. They initially intended to start a bagel business, but found the equipment costs prohibitive and switched to ice cream instead. They chose Burlington as a location because it was a prominent <a href="/wiki/College_town" title="College town">college town</a> which, at the time, had no ice cream shop. Ben & Jerry's distinctive style of ice cream was developed to compensate for Cohen's <a href="/wiki/Anosmia" title="Anosmia">anosmia</a>, as he kept adding larger and larger chunks to the ice cream to satisfy his need for texture in food.<sup id="cite_ref-Slate_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cohen resigned as chief executive officer of Ben & Jerry's in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_business_ventures">Other business ventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other business ventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2023, it was reported Cohen started Ben's Best Blnz, or B3, a non-profit firm that offered cannabis products like low-THC pre-rolls and full-spectrum vapes. The stated objective of this effort was to correct for the wrongs of the War on Drugs and to narrow the racial <a href="/wiki/Wealth_gap" class="mw-redirect" title="Wealth gap">wealth gap</a>. Proceeds from sales would be split among three entities, with 10% going to the Last Prisoner Project, 10% going to the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, and the remaining 80% going to NuProject.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activism">Political activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/200px--Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="200" height="356" data-durationhint="34" data-mwtitle="Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="270" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1080" data-height="1920" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="406" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="608" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="82" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="136" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm/Ben_Cohen_at_the_Bernie_Sanders_Chicago_presidential_rally.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="202" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Cohen speaking at the <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> <a href="/wiki/Navy_Pier" title="Navy Pier">Navy Pier</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders_presidential_campaign,_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2020">presidential</a> rally, March 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>As Ben & Jerry's gradually grew into a nationwide business and one of the largest ice cream companies in the U.S., Cohen turned his new-found wealth and prominence toward a variety of political causes, generally through the Ben & Jerry's Foundation. The Foundation receives 7.5% of all Ben & Jerry's pre-tax profits and distributes funds to organizations such as the Anti Displacement Project. Cohen also oversaw <a href="/wiki/TrueMajority" title="TrueMajority">TrueMajority</a> and <a href="/wiki/Business_Leaders_for_Sensible_Priorities" title="Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities">Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TrueMajority_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrueMajority-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is a vocal supporter of <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> candidates and progressive causes. He supported <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CommonDreams_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommonDreams-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, he initially supported <a href="/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards">John Edwards</a> followed by <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Politicker_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Politicker-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, he helped launch the <a href="/wiki/Stamp_Stampede" title="Stamp Stampede">Stamp Stampede</a> campaign to stamp messages on the nation's currency in support of passing a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_amendment" title="Constitutional amendment">constitutional amendment</a> to help overturn <i><a href="/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission">Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission</a></i> and reduce the influence of private corporations on politics. </p><p>On April 18, 2016, Cohen was arrested, with Jerry Greenfield, while at a <a href="/wiki/Democracy_Awakening" class="mw-redirect" title="Democracy Awakening">Democracy Awakening</a> protest in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2021, Cohen and Greenfield announced their support for the company's decision to end sales of Ben & Jerry's products in the <a href="/wiki/Occupied_Palestinian_territories" title="Occupied Palestinian territories">occupied Palestinian territories</a>. In an opinion piece in the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> they wrote "it’s possible to support Israel and oppose some of its policies".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 10, 2021, Ben and Jerry were interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Alexi_McCammond" title="Alexi McCammond">Alexi McCammond</a> of Axios on HBO. McCammond asked Ben about his political views regarding stopping the sales of ice cream in Israel. Ben was subsequently asked why Ben & Jerry's ice cream was sold in Georgia and Texas in response to Georgia's voter identification law and the 2021 Texas Heartbeat Act, which restricts abortions after 6 weeks. Ben replied by stating "I don't know," and "By that reasoning, we should not sell ice cream anywhere."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022 Cohen funded the <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Sprey" title="Pierre Sprey">Pierre Sprey</a> Award for journalism. The inaugural awardees included <a href="/wiki/Sam_Husseini" title="Sam Husseini">Sam Husseini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Mat%C3%A9" title="Aaron Maté">Aaron Maté</a>, Benjamin Abelow, and Sudarsan Raghavan.<sup id="cite_ref-April23_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April23-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023 Cohen faced criticism over his opposition to U.S. weapons deliveries to Ukraine in its <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">defense against Russian aggression</a>, with some calling for boycotts against Ben & Jerry's.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cohen said: “The U.S. could use its power to advocate for a negotiated settlement, but instead it’s using its power to prolong the war — prolong and prolong and increase the death and destruction”.<sup id="cite_ref-April23_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April23-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cohen is a top donor to the People's Power Initiative and Eisenhower Media Network, organizations that have argued against U.S. military and financial assistance to Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speakers for the Eisenhower Media Network have been accused by the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Beast" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Beast">Daily Beast</a></i> of echoing Russian talking points on Ukraine, including blaming <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> expansion for the outbreak of the conflict. Cohen told the <i>Daily Beast</i> that "the U.S. should use its power to negotiate an end to the war, not prolong the death and destruction by supplying more weapons".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Ben & Jerry's parent company, <a href="/wiki/Unilever" title="Unilever">Unilever</a>, criticized a tweet from Ben & Jerry's Twitter account blaming U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> for contributing to rising tensions with Russia and distanced itself from Ben & Jerry's position on Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-April23_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-April23-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cohen was arrested in July 2023 during a protest against the U.S. government's prosecution of <a href="/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a> publisher <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2024, Cohen was one of several signatories of "A Statement From Jewish Americans Opposing AIPAC", a letter denouncing <a href="/wiki/AIPAC" title="AIPAC">AIPAC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Lobbying_in_the_United_States" title="Lobbying in the United States">lobbying efforts in the United States government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bernie_Sanders_presidential_campaigns">Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bernie Sanders presidential campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cohen became a prominent supporter of <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries">2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cohen debuted a special ice cream flavor called "Bernie's Yearning" on January 25, 2016, in support of Sanders. The flavor, released under the brand Ben's Best, consisted of plain mint ice cream covered by a solid layer of mint chocolate. According to Cohen, "The chocolate disk represents the huge majority of economic gains that have gone to the top 1 percent since the end of the recession. Beneath it, the rest of us."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was done in an effort to showcase the United States' current socioeconomic issues. The ice cream was made by hand in Cohen's kitchen with ingredients purchased by the Sanders campaign. <a href="/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s" title="Ben & Jerry's">Ben & Jerry's</a> released a statement disavowing connection or support for the product, saying "This was created by Ben as a citizen. The company is not involved.”<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 21, 2019, Cohen was named a national co-chair of <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>' <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign">2020 campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2019, Cohen produced another Bernie Sanders flavor called "Bernie's Back."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not for sale in stores, but was awarded as a prize to 40 contest winners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cohen was honored by the New York Open Center in 2000 for his "leadership in pioneering socially responsible business."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cohen was a US Small Business Person of the Year in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Benjerry_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benjerry-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Cohen_(businessman)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit 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