Yes, not surprising.  When small companies grow they become targets for being gobbled up by the big boys. Look at what happened to Burt's Bees - bought up by a Melon, Warburg, Rockefeller investment group and later sold to present owner Clorox. (Should that be another article?)

At one time, CS harvested their teas in the wild, but not the case now - and how sad that is. Some of us think of Sleepytime and Red Zinger teas as old friends . . .