| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
90 |
Cooperative |
| Milk Supply |
90 |
Co-op members |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
80 |
Extensive disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
80 |
Various |
| Certifier processing |
100 |
N/A |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
80 |
Strong policy - no enforcement/reporting |
| Health and longevity of cows |
90 |
Low |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
50 |
No policy |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
75 |
Per USDA standard |
| Reproductive hormones used |
100 |
Never |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies and visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
80 |
N/A |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1005 |
FOUR COWS (Excellent)
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