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Brand Name Coon Creek
Rating (5)    
Company Coon Creek
Location Mondovi, WI
Market Area Wisconsin
Web Site http://www.cooncreekfamilyfarm.com
Coon Creek
 
Coon Creek

They write:

Our small family farm has been certified organic since 2005. Julie's great-grandma Lucy had "free-range hens" long before the term was ever needed or coined. Our family believes in being good stewards of all we have been blessed with which is why we choose to farm organically. We offer a wide range of certified organic poultry products from our delicious eggs to pasture-raised chickens, white turkeys and heritage turkeys. Our organic gardens produce a bounty of heirloom tomatoes, squash other assorted vegetables. In addition, we use the milk from our small herd of Alpine dairy goats to make beautiful handcrafted goat milk soaps.


Criteria Points Comments
Organic Certifying Agent 100 MOSA
Ownership Structure 100 family farm
Egg Supply 100 single family farm
Disclosure 100 Full and Open
Commitment to Organics 100 Organic
Single or Double Henhouses 100 single
Outdoor Space 100 1000 sq. ft./bird
Exit to the Outside 100 birds kept on rotated pasture
Outdoor Space Exemptions 100 year round access
Outdoor Opportunity for all Birds 100 yes
Outdoor Rotation 100 rotated pasture (every week)
Outdoor Vegetation 100 rotated pasture with mobile housing
Indoor Space 100 6 sq. ft./bird
Indoor Enrichment 100 perches, nest boxes
Natural Light 100 birds have access to natural light outdoors
Pasture Shared with Other Animals 100 goats
Manure Handling System 100 used on-farm
Feed - Any Produced on farm 70 Hens acquire some nutrition from pasture
Replacement Stock 100 Raise own pullets
Laying Hen Lifespan 90 3 years
Beak Trimming 100 no
Farm Support 100 farmer-owners live/work on site
TOTAL (possible score is 2200) 2160 FIVE EGGS (Exemplary)