| Farm Name | Redwood Hill Creamery/Green Valley Lactose-free | |
| Rating | (5)  |
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| Location | Sonoma, CA | |
| Products | Goat milk yogurt | |
| Market Area | Nationwide | |
| Web Site | https://greenvalleylactosefree.com/ | |
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| Redwood Hill Farm is a family farm
that has been making healthy and delicious
specialty dairy products in beautiful Sebastopol, CA since 1968. At Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery our vision is to be a "different kind of creamery" reflecting the values and sustainability of a family farm while creating healthy, delicious, natural dairy products of the highest quality for everyone to enjoy. We dedicate ourselves with great pride to the sustainable production of healthful, natural and delicious specialty dairy products. We aspire to set the standard of excellence for quality in the products we produce and services we provide, and are committed to fairness and integrity in our partnerships with employees, customers, suppliers, and all of our other business relationships. We are dedicated to maintaining our historical mission of being good stewards of the earth, and responsible members of our community. |
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| Criteria | Points | Comments |
| Ownership Structure | 80 | Family Business |
| Milk Supply | 90 | Own patrons |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms | 100 | CCOF |
| Certifier processing | 100 | CCOF |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 100 | Fully pasture-based |
| Health and longevity of cows | 100 | Low cull rate |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms | 100 | Closed Herd |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle | 100 | No |
| Reproductive hormones used | 100 | No |
| Farm support oversight | 90 | Regularly visited by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 100 | None |
| TOTAL SCORE | 1160 | FIVE COWS
(Outstanding) |