| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
80 |
Family business |
| Milk Supply |
70 |
Milk of integrity |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
80 |
Partial disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
MOSA, NICS, ICS |
| Certifier processing |
100 |
MOSA |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
95 |
Enforced policy |
| Health and longevity of cows |
90 |
Long-lived healthy cows |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
100 |
Only organic animals (from birth) purchased |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
100 |
Never |
| Reproductive hormones used |
50 |
Not to our knowledge |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies are visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
100 |
None |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1045 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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