Farm Name | White Mountain Foods | |
Rating | (4) | |
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Location | Austin, TX | |
Products | Yogurt | |
Market Area | Nationwide | |
Web Site | http://www.whitemountainfoods.com | |
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Since 1980 White Mountain
Foods’ mission has been a simple
one: to provide our consumers with completely additive and preservative
free,
minimally processed, organic when possible, tasty, vegetarian foods. All of our products begin
with one concept:
people before profit. Our
ultimate goal
is to contribute to changing the way the world eats by providing food
that
supports our health and does not detract from it. “I created White Mountain
Foods the way I lived my
life. It was not
about the money. It
was and is about creating and sustaining
right livelihood through honest and productive work that enhances
individual
and community life. My
heart was in it. I
created delicious health food for a family
dinner table. This
is our core value.”
-Founder, Reed
Murray |
Criteria | Points | Comments |
Ownership Structure | 80 | Family-owned business |
Milk Supply | 70 | Highly-rated supplier |
Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full disclosure |
Certifier farms | 100 | USDA |
Certifier processing | 100 | USDA |
Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 100 | Strong/enforced policy |
Health and longevity of cows | 100 | Very low cull rate |
Replacement animals only from organic farms | 75 | Organic animals purchased/minority conventional |
Antibiotics used on young cattle | 100 | Never |
Reproductive hormones used | 100 | Never |
Farm support oversight | 90 | All dairies visited regularly |
Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 90 | Some outside ingredients |
TOTAL SCORE | 1105 | FOUR COWS
(excellent) |