WhiteWave’s acquisition spreads Boulder’s reputation worldwide

Many experts are looking at the announcement that Paris-based Danone (OTCQX: DANOY) has agreed to pay $12.5 billion for WhiteWave Foods (NYSE: WWAV) as a global affirmation of the natural and organic food movement in Boulder County.

“It’s a global comment on the importance of the natural/organic food industry and our county,” said Garvin Jabusch, chief investment officer at Green Alpha Advisors in Boulder. “Pound for pound, there isn’t anything like it anywhere in the world. We’re a nexus for the natural-foods juggernaut.”

Wall Street certainly has taken notice. The list of acquisitions that began with natural and organic…