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    Farm Name White Mountain Foods
    Rating (4)          WhiteMountain1

    Location Austin, TX
    Products Yogurt
    Market Area Nationwide
    Web Site http://www.whitemountainfoods.com

    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)