It was sometime in 1986 when one such fan was persistent enough to mail a postcard to our main office in Burlington, Vermont.
It's our tribute to guitarist Jerry Garcia and his fans everywhere, and it all started with a piece of fan mail. As for the fan who sent the anonymous postcard? In fact, the first eight ice cream pints went straight to Mr.Super premium ice cream meets great guitar solos? Responsibly sourced packaging gets the goodness from our Vermont factory to your freezer. Ben & Jerry's Cherry Ice Cream with Cherries and Fudge Flakes Ben & Jerry's ice cream is made with Non-GMO ingredients and cage-free eggs Ben & Jerry's sources Fairtrade bananas, coffee, cocoa, sugar, and vanilla Ben & Jerry's ice cream isKosher Ben and Jerry's ice cream uses responsibly sourced packaging Our euphorically edible tribute to guitarist Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead fans everywhere, it's the first ice cream named for a rock legend and the most famous of our fan-suggested flavors Garcia himself and were met with two thumbs up! It's been a long, strange trip ever since, but what remains is Ben & Jerry's commitment to producing the world's best frozen desserts in the most responsible way possible.