Family Farms and cooperatives receive the most points. Corporations and companies with poor or negligible farm oversight receive the fewest points.

100% organic brands receive the most points. Split operations receive fewer with increased penalties for poor segregation at the processor and farm level.

Farms that participated in Cornucopia’s research providing full transparency receive the most points.

Points determined by integrity of the brand’s organic certifier.

To receive full points, flocks must number 500 birds or fewer (200 for turkeys).

No more than 1.5 lbs of bird per square foot is required for full points.

Mobile housing receives the highest number of points.

Heritage varieties receive the highest number of points.

Birds must spend 3/4ths or more of their lives outdoors for full points.

Enrichments include but are not limited to shade structures, water, novel feedstuff (greens, mealworms, sprouted grains), and dust baths.

Points awarded for labels that go above and beyond organic.

Maximum points given for high quality, rotated pasture. Non-rotated pasture adjacent to fixed housing with lower than 90% vegetative cover receives fewer points.

100 points for on-farm production and/or milling of feed. Fewest points given to feed that cannot be verified as domestic and/or birds get poor or no supplementation from outdoor foraging.

Methionine needs met by outdoor foraging receives 100 points. Synthetic supplementation receives 70 points.

Under 5% cull and death rate required for full points.

Chicks and poults that are certified organic since hatching, or are hatched on-farm receive 100 points. Off-farm or conventional chicks and poults receive 70 points.

No physical alterations required for full points. Permitting beak tipping results in fewer points.

Measures farm oversight. Farmer owned brands, or daily visits by management required for maximum points.

Non-scoring, category provided for information only.

Non-scoring, category provided for information only.

Maximum transparency, sharing of the organic systems plan, and/or novel practices that sets the brand apart from the rest of the industry can result in extra credit points.