| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
60 |
Investor-owned |
| Milk Supply |
60 |
Milk of Integrity |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
100 |
Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
CCOF |
| Certifier processing |
75 |
QAI |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
100 |
Cows grazed 300 plus days per year |
| Health and longevity of cows |
90 |
Long-lived healthy cows |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
50 |
Certifier allows purchase of commercial cattle |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
75 |
Per USDA standard |
| Reproductive hormones used |
50 |
Occasional oxytocin use |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies are visited regularly by co-op CEO |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
80 |
|
| TOTAL SCORE |
930 |
THREE COWS (very good)
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