Criteria |
Points |
Comments |
Ownership Structure |
60 |
Privately held |
Milk Supply |
60 |
Milk of integrity |
Disclosure of Information for Verification |
40 |
Minimal disclosure |
Certifier farms |
100 |
Organic Forum |
Certifier processing |
0 |
No |
Cows on pasture time/acreage provided |
100 |
Fully pasture-based - year-round outdoor access |
Health and longevity of cows |
100 |
Extremely low cull rate |
Replacement animals only from organic farms |
100 |
Closed Herds |
Antibiotics used on young cattle |
100 |
Never |
Reproductive hormones used |
100 |
Never |
Farm support oversight |
0 |
No Answer |
Outside dairy ingredients purchased |
0 |
No Answer |
TOTAL SCORE |
760 |
THREE COWS (very good)
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