{"id":64678,"date":"2013-04-09T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=64678"},"modified":"2018-10-01T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:01:27","slug":"jesse-laflamme-00-msn-business-on-mai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/09\/jesse-laflamme-00-msn-business-on-mai\/","title":{"rendered":"MSN’s Business on Main highlights Pete & Gerry’s and Jesse Laflamme ’00"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesse Laflamme \u201900, manager of Pete & Gerry\u2019s Organics, oversees an operation that\u2019s the antithesis of factory farming. Hens live cage-free in open barns, lay their eggs where they wish, and have outdoor access. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen.<\/p><\/div>\n

A story posted on MSN’s portal for small businesses and entrepreneurs, Business on Main, includes Pete & Gerry’s Organics, the family egg business managed by Jesse Laflamme ’00.<\/p>\n

Under the headline “Businesses find benefits in going green<\/a><\/strong>,” writer Joanna Krotz notes that “Pete and Gerry\u2019s, located in New Hampshire\u2019s White Mountains, is a regional powerhouse, distributing ‘certified humane’ organic eggs up and down the East Coast.”<\/p>\n

Laflamme says compound annual growth is at 35 percent, “with revenue north of $50 million.” He also works to support family farms by partnering with 40 or so neighbors, some of whom switched to egg production after the success of Pete and Gerry\u2019s.<\/p>\n