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    Farm Name Kalona Supernatural
    Rating (4)           Farmers All Natural

    Location Wellman, IA
    Products Fluid milk products, cheese
    Market Area Midwest, Atlanta
    Web Site http://www.farmersallnaturalcreamery.com/

    Farmer's All Natural Creamery

    Kalona Supernatural has been one of the top rated dairies since The Cornucopia Institute first engaged in this marketplace research. Their old-fashioned processing techniques are unusual in today's dairy industry and has won them a loyal customer base. There farmers are almost exclusively in Iowa with just a few in northern Missouri. They write:

    Kalona Supernatural is a small rural dairy in Kalona, Iowa that started in 2004 and has been delivering VAT pasteurized and non-homogenized organic dairy products, including organic milk, buttermilk, cream, cheese, and sour cream and cottage cheese were added to our line in 2007. Our food originates on local Amish and Mennonite family farms, averaging 35 cows, that have used sustainable and organic farming practices for generations, and like the simple way of our farms, our foods are processed in a manner that preserves their most pure and fresh characteristics.

    The focus of the Kalona Supernatural is to return customers’ palates to a time when dairy products were prized for their distinct and pleasurable flavors and appearances. We know we’re successful because our customers say how they recall the sweet and full flavor of milk fresh off the farm or they express eye opening excitement when they get to know how pure the texture of a cottage cheese can be when it is free of ingredients like guar gum, locust bean gum, etc. Our foods are just as nature intended.

     

    Criteria Points Comments
    Ownership Structure 80 Corp. - Majority ownership by farmers
    Milk Supply 90 Own patrons
    Disclosure of Information for Verification 100 Full and open disclosure
    Certifier farms 100 IDALS, OC, Int., GOA
    Certifier processing 100 IDALS
    Cows on pasture time/acreage provided 95 Good pasture compliance
    Health and longevity of cows 90 Long-lived healthy cows
    Replacement animals only from organic farms 90 Only organic animals (from birth) purchased
    Antibiotics used on young cattle 100 Never
    Reproductive hormones used 100 Never
    Farm support oversight 90 All dairies and visited regularly by staff
    Outside dairy ingredients purchased 100 None
    TOTAL SCORE 1135 FOUR COWS (Excellent)