| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
80 |
Family Business |
| Milk Supply |
60 |
Three 300-500 cow local dairies with a checkeredpast but improving organic compliance |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
100 |
Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
Oregon Tilth |
| Certifier processing |
100 |
Oregon Tilth |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
60 |
Improving pasture compliance - up to 3.15-cows/acres plus young stock |
| Health and longevity of cows |
90 |
Long-lived healthy cows |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
90 |
Only organic animals (from birth) purchased |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
75 |
Yes |
| Reproductive hormones used |
100 |
Never |
| Farm support oversight |
75 |
Company personnel visit periodically, depend on certifier annual inspection |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
80 |
Butter from a reputable outside supplier |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1010 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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