How do you feel about Ben and Jerry's ice cream?

Ooh, love Ben and Jerry's ice cream.

That's our colleague, Sabra Chaudhary.

She's been writing a lot about Ben and Jerry's recently.

Do you have a favorite flavor?

I think fish food.

What's in fish food?

It's got all sorts of bits of chocolate and swirly bits of vanilla and cream.

They're also complicated.

I don't really know, but it tastes delicious.

Ben and Jerry's is known for its unusual flavors, like chunky monkey,

which is banana with fudge chunks and walnut,

an American dream, which is vanilla with fudge covered waffle cone pieces.

But the company also gained a reputation for corporate activism.

Sort of having a social mission has always been part and parcel of the Ben and Jerry's identity.

And it started out early on with things like, you know, just fair trade

and paying employees a fair living wage.

It's mission extended far outside the company,

with the brand speaking out on issues like LGBTQ rights, climate change, and Black Lives Matter.

But last year, Ben and Jerry's took a stance that put it at odds with its own parent company, Unilever.

It announced it would no longer be selling its ice cream in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

And now, Ben and Jerry's and its parent company are facing off in court.

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