LOOK HOW FAR WE’VE COME
Our fans, customers and farmer-owners deserve to know how we uphold our values. While we’ve come a long way, there’s still plenty of work to be done. Follow our progress by reading our past Stewardship Reports.
SCORECARD
For several years, we’ve monitored and logged key performance data central to upholding our six Stewardship Commitments. We look equally at our successes and shortfalls to guide our decisions toward meeting our goals.
Here is where we landed in 2024.
Thriving farms
Helping farmers to be more efficient, economically sound and viable for generations.
Healthful Cows
Committed to keeping cows healthful and comfortable.
inspired consumers
Demanding a higher standard of excellence for great tasting products that consumers love.
Enduring Ecosystems
Conserving air, land and water, while reducing energy and waste on farms, in facilities and across our truck fleet.
fulfilled employees
Fostering a culture that’s enriching and fulfilling for our employees.
enriched communities
Strengthening communities with agricultural advocacy, food security and investing in healthful children.
1 Result color indicates current year result vs. target. For metrics where a year is part of the target (such as 2030), color is based on current year results vs. adherence to the glide path to the final target.
2 In 2023, we started testing post-consumer recycled (PCR) packaging options to ensure we could maintain food safety and quality. In 2024, we tested options for both ice cream packaging and plastic shrink wrap used for baling. We also released a market test of cheese wrapped in packaging containing 20% PCR. We will continue to research this and other packaging in 2025 while tracking emerging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging laws.
3 Diversion of non-hazardous solid waste at production facilities.
4 EPA SmartWay data is released after this report is published; therefore, the 2024 column represents 2023 participation.
5 Including wages and benefits, according to values on the MIT Living Wage Calculator for 1 working adult, 0 children.
