| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership
Structure |
90 |
Cooperative |
| Milk Supply |
70 |
Milk of
integrity |
| Disclosure of
Information for Verification |
100 |
Full
disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
Most OTCO |
| Certifier
processing |
100 |
OTCO |
| Cows on pasture
time/acreage provided |
100 |
Strong/enforced
cooperative 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 |
1125 |
FOUR COWS
(excellent)
|