# Chobani American dairy and food company founded in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, best known for Greek-style yogurt and for manufacturing operations in upstate New York and Idaho. ## Why it is in the vault Chobani is a donor in [[USDA Secretary's Priorities Fund]], contributing between **$100,000 and $499,999** to a fund controlled by Agriculture Secretary [[Brooke Rollins]] through the [[National Forest Foundation]] while holding **over $12 million** in [[Department of Agriculture]] contracts supplying commodities for federal food donations — including through [[SNAP]] and child-nutrition programs. The company is a contractor to the department whose secretary's priorities it funded. That is the conflict; see [[Fraud Enforcement Inversion]] for why it sits inside the fraud constellation. > [!note] Stub — fill out > Ownership and financing history, the full USDA contract record, labor practices, > and Ulukaya's separate political and philanthropic profile. ## See also - [[USDA Secretary's Priorities Fund]] · [[Department of Agriculture]] · [[Brooke Rollins]] - [[Influence Peddling]] · [[Fraud Enforcement Inversion]]