Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, USA, by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The two friends started their ice cream careers with a $5 ice cream making correspondence course from Penn State University. They soon became popular for their premium quality product filled with chunks, swirls and whorls and their ice cream is easily identified by their quirky names such as Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia. While they both disagreed at times over flavor combination, what they did both agree was that they were in this business to give something back to the community and have fun while they earn a living. As Jerry puts it, "If it's not fun, why do it?"