| Farm Name | Cedar Grove Cheese | |
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| Location | Plain, WI | |
| Products | Cheese | |
| Market Area | Nationwide | |
| Web Site | http://www.cedargrovecheese.com/ | |
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Cedar Grove Cheese is the quintessential small, family-owned cheese plant in Wisconsin. Once commonly dotting the countryside, in almost every rural community, Cedar Grove is now more like a living museum today. Their dedication to making high-quality specialty cheeses, and concentrating on organics, has allowed them to remain in business, a real asset to their community. Half of their milk comes from smaller family-scale farmers ("patrons") who ship exclusively to Cedar Grove, the other half they purchase from farmer-owned cooperatives, also dominated by smaller farms. |
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| Criteria | Points | Comments |
| Ownership Structure | 80 | Family business |
| Milk Supply | 70 | Own Patrons/One other Excellent Farm |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and Open Disclosure |
| Certifier farms | 100 | MOSA, GOA, FVO |
| Certifier processing | 100 | OCIA |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 95 | Good pasture compliance |
| Health and longevity of cows | 90 | Low Cull Rate |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms | 100 | Closed herds |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle | 100 | Never |
| Reproductive hormones used | 50 | Not to our knowledge |
| Farm support oversight | 90 | All dairies visited regularly by staff |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 100 | None |
| TOTAL SCORE | 1075 |
FOUR COWS (excellent)
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