| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
90 |
Cooperative |
| Milk Supply |
90 |
Co-op members |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
100 |
Full and Open Disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
MOSA |
| Certifier processing |
100 |
MOSA |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
80 |
As per USDA/MOSA regs |
| Health and longevity of cows |
75 |
Exclusively small farms in cooperative |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
80 |
As per USDA/MOSA regs |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
80 |
As per USDA/MOSA regs |
| Reproductive hormones used |
80 |
As per USDA/MOSA regs |
| Farm support oversight |
90 |
All dairies are visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
50 |
Purchases are from various vendors |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1015 |
FOUR COWS (very good)
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