Farm Name | Organic Pastures Dairy Company | |
Rating |
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Location | Fresno, CA | |
Products | Fluid milk products (raw) | |
Market Area | California | |
Web Site | http://organicpastures.com/ | |
![]() They write, “Organic Pastures Dairy Company is a rapidly growing fourth-generation family-operated, highly specialized organic raw milk dairy, creamery, distribution, and marketing company with hundreds of retail outlets in California. These include all the natural food co-ops, Whole Foods, Wild Oats, and many other stores. The company has led a “raw revolution,” where consumers have become health empowered and can now readily access pasture-fed, nutrient-dense, whole, safe, enzyme-rich, bio-diverse, living, delicious food. The company has pioneered pathogen-free raw milk technologies and on-farm rapid testing to assure 100% consumer safety and confidence.” |
Criteria | Points | Comments |
Ownership Structure | 100 | Family Farm |
Milk Supply | 95 | Buys some milk from other farms |
Disclosure of Information for Verification | 100 | Full and open disclosure |
Certifier farms | 100 | COFA and CCOF |
Certifier processing | 100 | COFA and CCOF |
Cows on pasture time/acreage provided | 100 | Intensive rotational grazing |
Health and longevity of cows | 100 | Extremely low cull rate |
Replacement animals only from organic farms | 100 | Closed herd |
Antibiotics used on young cattle | 100 | Never |
Reproductive hormones used | 100 | Never |
Farm support oversight | 100 | Owner-operator |
Outside dairy ingredients purchased | 100 | None |
TOTAL SCORE | 1200 |
FIVE COWS (Outstanding)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |