| 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 |
50 |
Occasional oxytocin use |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies and visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
60 |
CROPP and Dean/Horizon |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1045 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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