farmer-owned dairy cooperative

Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Industry Food

A farmer-owned dairy cooperative and B Corp selling cheese and other dairy products through the Cabot brand. Cabot Creamery Cooperative lands in the middle because ownership is comparatively aligned and it bears more of the costs created by its work, but ecological harm and toxic or materially harmful products prevent a stronger rating.

Why this matters: Cabot’s farmer-cooperative and B Corp structure are real positives, but the company remains inside the dairy category rather than an intrinsically low-harm food category.

Letter grade D Extractive Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1 Last reviewed May 10, 2026

Final Score 31* D - Extractive

DEXTRACTIVE31 pts

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material41

Bonus+0

Cap66No structure cap

After Cap41

Penalties-10

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Evaluation Overview

D - Extractive

The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from High-Carbon Products.

Strengths

Ownership6/10
Governance5/10
Extraction5/10

Penalties

High-Carbon Products-7
Ecological Harm-2
Toxic Products-1

Evidence state

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
Linked claims5
Direct axis claims5
Coverage5/12

Scoring Axes

Axis	Score	Why this score
Ownership ? Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.	6 / 10	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Ownership: there is some mission, member, producer, or public-interest constraint, but decisive control is not fully democratic. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1]
Governance ? Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.	5 / 10	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Governance: there are accountability mechanisms, but they stop short of broad democratic control. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1]
Extraction ? Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.	5 / 10	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Extraction: the institution creates real value but still leaves room for rent extraction, unequal bargaining, or surplus capture. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1] context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2]
Labor Sovereignty ? Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.	4 / 7	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Labor Sovereignty: workers or participants have some protection or agency, but not enough binding power to control the relationship. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1] context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2]
Solidarity with the Unemployed ? Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.	4 / 7	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Solidarity with the Unemployed: some access, severance, retraining, openness, or mutual-aid value is present, but it is not central or durable. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1] context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity ? Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.	5 / 7	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative in the middle of Loss-Bearing Fidelity: there is some willingness to preserve obligations, but the record still leaves meaningful risk-shifting concerns. The value stays below the top tier because the linked record does not show full democratic control, non-extractive lock-in, or complete stakeholder protection on this axis. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1] context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2]
Market Conduct ? Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.	4 / 5	Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative high on Market Conduct: pricing, access, switching, and bargaining practices show restraint compared with ordinary rent-seeking competitors. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Linked evidence context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2] context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1]
Product Integrity ? Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.	4 / 5	Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative high on Product Integrity: the core offering is genuinely useful and comparatively less dependent on traps, degradation, or harmful dependencies. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Linked evidence Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2] context Cabot sells dairy products, so saturated-fat and animal-product exposure justify a limited Toxic Products penalty rather than a clean zero. [3]
Scale Integrity ? Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.	4 / 5	B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. That places Cabot Creamery Cooperative high on Scale Integrity: growth appears compatible with accountability, quality, and stakeholder benefit. A still-higher or maximum value requires stronger proof that this structure is durable, broad, and not merely discretionary. Linked evidence context B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities. [1] context Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category. [2] context Dairy production creates methane, manure, and feed-related environmental burdens; Cabot’s cooperative and B Corp status mitigate governance concerns but do not erase the category footprint. [4]

Penalties

Penalty	Applied	Why this penalty
Ecological Harm ? Footprint, trajectory, irreversibility, culpability, and scale, including whether ecological harm is central to the model and continued after credible notice. Range: -30 to 0.	-2	Dairy production creates methane, manure, and feed-related environmental burdens; Cabot’s cooperative and B Corp status mitigate governance concerns but do not erase the category footprint. Dairy production creates methane, manure, and feed-related environmental burdens; Cabot’s cooperative and B Corp status mitigate governance concerns but do not erase the category footprint. That warrants a limited Ecological Harm penalty because the institution causes or defends ecological damage that is more than incidental to the model. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence Dairy production creates methane, manure, and feed-related environmental burdens; Cabot’s cooperative and B Corp status mitigate governance concerns but do not erase the category footprint. [4]
High-Carbon Products ? Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly. Range: -10 to 0.	-7	Meat, dairy, and industrial animal-protein products have unusually high climate burden relative to plant-based alternatives; when they are central to the model, the penalty belongs in the core tier. Linked evidence Cabot Creamery Cooperative has animal-agriculture core high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A farmer-owned dairy cooperative and B Corp selling cheese and other dairy products through the Cabot brand. Cabot Creamery Cooperative lands in the middle because ownership is comparatively aligned and it bears more of… [5]
Toxic Products ? Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.	-1	Cabot sells dairy products, so saturated-fat and animal-product exposure justify a limited Toxic Products penalty rather than a clean zero. Cabot sells dairy products, so saturated-fat and animal-product exposure justify a limited Toxic Products penalty rather than a clean zero. That warrants a limited Toxic Products penalty because ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates material toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. The value is limited because the linked record shows a real problem but not one that dominates the profile on this axis. Linked evidence Cabot sells dairy products, so saturated-fat and animal-product exposure justify a limited Toxic Products penalty rather than a clean zero. [3]

Bonus Credits

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Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 65/100

5 verified linked claims 5 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 5/12 components covered

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Claim confidence 16/20

5 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 6/18

5 direct claims across 12 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 4/10

5/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending

VerificationUnverified

ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)

ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)

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1B Lab and Cabot describe Cabot Creamery Cooperative as a dairy cooperative and certified B Corp, with cooperative commitments to members, land, workers, and communities.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 10, 2026

AI scaffold

Cabot Creamery B Corp pageGeneral web source · 58%
B Lab profile: Cabot Creamery CooperativeGeneral web source · 58%

2Cabot sells cheese and dairy products through a certified B Corp cooperative structure, which is stronger than ordinary investor-owned dairy but still not a low-risk product category.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 10, 2026

AI scaffold

Cabot CreameryGeneral web source · 58%

3Cabot sells dairy products, so saturated-fat and animal-product exposure justify a limited Toxic Products penalty rather than a clean zero.

Toxic Products Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 10, 2026

AI scaffold

Cabot CreameryGeneral web source · 58%

4Dairy production creates methane, manure, and feed-related environmental burdens; Cabot’s cooperative and B Corp status mitigate governance concerns but do not erase the category footprint.

Ecological Harm Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending May 10, 2026

AI scaffold

B Lab profile: Cabot Creamery CooperativeGeneral web source · 58%

5Cabot Creamery Cooperative has animal-agriculture core high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A farmer-owned dairy cooperative and B Corp selling cheese and other dairy products through the Cabot brand. Cabot Creamery Cooperative lands in the middle because ownership is comparatively aligned and it bears more of…

High Carbon Products Verified High confidence Human-reviewed May 11, 2026

Cabot Creamery Cooperative public siteGeneral web source · 58%
Our World in Data: Environmental Impacts of Food ProductionGeneral web source · 58%

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