| Farm Name | Stremicks (Heritage-Foods) | |
| Rating | (4)  |
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| Location | Santa Ana, CA | |
| Products | Fluid milk products | |
| Market Area | West Coast/Hawaii/Midwest | |
| Web Site | http://heritage-foods.com/ | |
They should be congratulated and we hope their brand will be rewarded in the marketplace. Stremicks Heritage Foods is a family-owned and operated dairy and we are committed to bringing our strong family values into all aspects of our company, from the humane and healthy treatment of the cows that produce the milk to the quality control of our manufacturing plant where it is bottled. |
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Stremicks
have now secured all of their milk supply from family-scale farmers of
high integrity. They have also now fully participated in the
Cornucopia dairy study and they will move up from a 1-cow rating to a
4-cow rating on our scorecard.
| Criteria | Points | Comments |
| Ownership Structure | 60 | Limited liability corporation |
| Milk Supply | 70 | Milk of integrity |
| Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and open disclosure |
| Certifier farms | 100 | CCOF |
| Certifier processing | 75 | QAI |
| Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 100 | Cows grazed 300 plus days per year |
| Health and longevity of cows | 90 | Long-lived healthy cows |
| Replacement animals only from organic farms | 50 | Certifier allows purchase of commercial cattle |
| Antibiotics used on young cattle | 75 | Per USDA standard |
| Reproductive hormones used | 100 | Never |
| Farm support oversight | 90 | All dairies and visited regularly by supply co-op |
| Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 100 | None |
| TOTAL SCORE | 1010 | FOUR COWS (excellent) |