Community Products Inc. Sold in Bankruptcy Auction

At a bankruptcy auction, St. Louis-based Rain Forest Co. Inc. paid $370,000 for Montpelier, VT-based Community Products Inc. (CPI), a candy company founded by Ben & Jerry’s (BJICA) co-founder Ben Cohen to help native peoples in South America save rain forests by harvesting and selling Brazil nuts. The sale allows CPI to repay a loan of $278,000 to Cohen, according to the Rutland, VT, Herald