| Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
| Ownership Structure |
100 |
Family Farm |
| Milk Supply |
100 |
Single Farm |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification |
100 |
Full and Open Disclosure |
| Certifier farms |
100 |
NMOCC |
| Certifier processing |
100 |
NMOCC |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
100 |
Free range - no fences!!! |
| Health and longevity of cows |
100 |
Extremely low cull rate! |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms |
75 |
Organic animals not available/minority conventional |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle |
100 |
Any animals treated are held for a minimum of one year under organic management before milking again |
| Reproductive hormones used |
100 |
Never |
| Farm support oversight |
100 |
Owner-operator |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
100 |
None |
| TOTAL SCORE |
1175 |
FIVE COWS (Outstanding)
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