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    Product Name Harvest Farms (Ingles)
    Rating (4)          Ingles Markets
    Location Black Mountain, NC
    Products Milk
    Market Area AL, GA, NC, SC, TN
    Web Site http://www.ingles-markets.com/
    A long time presence in the grocery business in North Carolina, and the southeast, Ingles obviously takes the values and expectations of their consumers into consideration when sourcing the certified organic food it offers. In addition to namebrands Ingles offers its own organic milk under the Harvest Farms label.

     

    Criteria Points Comments
    Ownership Structure 60 Investor-owned, including founding family
    Milk Supply 70 Milk of Integrity
    Disclosure of Information for Verification 100 Full and open disclosure
    Certifier farms 100 Most OTCO
    Certifier processing 100 Most OTCO
    Cows on pasture time/acreage provided 100 Strong/enforced policy
    Health and longevity of cows 100 Very low cull rate
    Replacement animals only from organic farms 75 Organic animals purchased/minority conventional
    Antibiotics used on young cattle 100 Never
    Reproductive hormones used 100 Never
    Farm support oversight 90 All dairies and visited regularly by staff
    Outside dairy ingredients purchased 100 None
    TOTAL SCORE 1095 FOUR COWS (excellent)