Gary Hirshberg on the beautiful Greek island of Patmos. Inset: Meg Hirshberg sampling Greek yogurt on the island of Crete.

Oikos is made by the world’s leading organic yogurt-maker, Stonyfield Farm.

As a boy, Stonyfield President and “CE-Yo” Gary Hirshberg lived next door to a Greek family that often treated him and his siblings to baklava and other delicious old-world foods. “It was our most favorite and special treat growing up,” remembers Gary, salivating over the memory. Years later, after building windmills modeled on ancient Greek technologies, Gary traveled across Greece with his wife, Meg, to see windmills and to sample authentic Greek yogurt. He found the taste of the yogurt unforgettable and thought that Americans were ready to embrace this more traditional form of yogurt.

So began Gary’s passion for authentic Greek yogurt that's not only rich in taste, but rich in tradition – a passion that would later compel him to bring Stonyfield's organic experts together to create Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt.  "Because it's organic, Oikos Greek yogurt is also better for the Earth," says Gary.  "And we think it's better for you too."