Organic Dairy Scorecard

Purchasing authentic organic is an investment in healthy systems — and one way to resist the industrialization of organic dairy. Use our Organic Dairy Scorecard to support authentic organic dairy farms. And choose local, organic dairy if you can!

Brand Name	Rating	Farm/Brand Headquarters	Products	Score
5-Cow Rating | Top-RatedThis category of producers represents the “gold standard” in dairy production. Producers in this top tier manage diverse, small-to-medium-scale family farms. They emphasize well-managed pasture. Pasture and other forage makes up the majority of their animals’ feed.
Pride and Joy Dairy		Granger, WA	Raw cheese	1745
Radiance Dairy		Fairfield, IA	Fluid milk	1745
Paradise Springs Farm		Victor, ID	Cheese, fluid milk, raw milk	1740
SpringWood Organic Farm		Kinzers, PA	Yogurt, grassfed	1680
Clover Mountain		Chewelah, WA	Cheese, fluid milk, yogurt	1665
Berle Farm		Hoosick, NY	Cheese, yogurt	1650
Engelbert Farms		Nichols, NY	Cheese	1635
Hawthorne Valley Farm		Ghent, NY	Cheese, fluid milk, raw milk, yogurt, vat pasteurized, A2 breeds	1630
Working Cows Dairy		Slocomb, AL	Butter, cream, fluid milk, vat pasteurized, grassfed	1610
The Family Cow		Chambersburg, PA	Fluid milk, raw milk, A2 milk	1595
Alpine Heritage Creamery		Paradise, PA	Cheese	1590
The Milkhouse		Monmouth, ME	Fluid milk	1585
Chaseholm Farm		Pine Plains, NY	Fluid milk, yogurt, cheese	1580
Chase Hill Farm		Warwick, MA	Cheese, fluid milk	1575
Seven Stars Farm		Phoenixville, PA	Fluid milk, biodynamic	1571
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Dairy		Kimberton, PA	Fluid milk, raw milk	1565
Earthwise Farm and Forest Dairy		Randolph, VT	Fluid milk	1560
Butterworks Farm		Westfield, VT	Yogurt, A2 milk	1555
Kiss the Cow Dairy		South Royalton, VT	Fluid milk, ice cream	1550
Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese)		North Pomfret, VT	Cheese	1545
Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm)		Edmunds, ME	Cheese, kefir, yogurt, goat milk products	1545
Lifeline Farm		Victor, MT	Cheese	1540
Meant To Be Natural Food		Spring Valley, NY	Cheese, fluid milk	1515
Roger's Farmstead		Berlin, VT	Fluid milk	1495
Misty Brook Farm		Albion, ME	Fluid milk	1485
Evans Farmhouse Creamery		Norwich, NY	Cheese	1465
Larson Farm and Creamery		Wells, VT	Fluid milk, raw milk	1460
Sidehill Farm		Hawley, MA	Yogurt, fluid milk	1450
Alexandre Family Farms		Crescent City, CA	Fluid milk, raw milk, A2 milk	1450
Nezinscot Farm		Turner, ME	Cheese, yogurt fluid milk	1450
Amaltheia Organic Dairy		Bozeman, MT	Cheese (goat)	1445
Strafford Organic Creamery		Strafford, VT	Ice cream, fluid milk	1440
4-Cow Rating | ExcellentProducers in this category provide ample pasture for their animals and make a credible effort to encourage natural behaviors. These brands may get additional milk from outside sources (that are also certified organic). If multiple farms produce the milk for a brand, the management has close oversight and control over the practices of those farms.
Saint Benoit Creamery		Petaluma, CA	Fluid milk, cheese, yogurt	1430
Nature's One		Lewis Center, OH	Formula	1420
Maple Hill Creamery		Stuyvesant, NY	Cheese, kefir, yogurt, fluid milk, grassfed	1420
Grey Barn and Farm		Chilmark, MA	Fluid milk	1415
Trimona Yogurt		Port Jefferson, NY	Yogurt	1410
Rumiano Cheese Company		Crescent City, CA	Cheese	1400
Grassmilk (Organic Valley)		LaFarge, WI	Fluid milk, yogurt, grassfed	1390
Sunrise Family Farms		Norwich, NY	Fluid milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir, buttermilk	1375
Naturi		Pittsburgh, PA	Yogurt (greek)	1370
Oasis at Bird in Hand		Ronks, PA	Cheese, fluid milk, yogurt, grassfed	1360
Sunshine Dairy		Bethel, PA	Fluid Milk	1355
Natural By Nature (Natural Dairy Products Corp.)		West Grove, PA	Cheese, fluid milk, sour cream, yogurt, whipped cream	1347
PCC Community Markets		Seattle, WA	Fluid milk	1335
Sky Top Farms		Brooklyn, NY	Fluid milk	1315
Stonyfield Farms (Lactalis)		Londonderry, NH	Cream, fluid milk, frozen yogurt, yogurt	1315
Organic Valley		LaFarge, WI	Butter, butter (ghee), fluid milk	1310
Annie's Homegrown (General Mills)		Berkeley, CA	Cheese, packaged goods (pasta), canned meals, yogurt	1305
Liberte (General Mills)		Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada	Yogurt	1305
Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery)		Kalona, IA	Fluid milk, yogurt	1305
Pure Indian Foods		Princeton Junction, NJ	Butter, ghee, grassfed	1300
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company		Willows, CA	Cheese	1280
Humboldt Creamery (Foster Farms Dairy)		Fortuna, CA	Cream, fluid milk	1280
Nancy's (Springfield Creamery)		Eugene, OR	Cream cheese, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, yogurt, 100% grassfed	1255
Green Field Farms		Fredericksburg, OH	Cheese	1237
Shaw Family Dairy (New England Organic Creamery)		Dracut, MA	Fluid milk	1225
Green Valley Organics (Redwood Hill Farm/Emmi Roth)		Sebastopol, CA	Yogurt, sour cream, lactose free	1217
Clover Sonoma		Petaluma, CA	Butter, cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, fluid milk, ice cream, kefir, sour cream	1215
Blue Marble Ice Cream		Brooklyn, NY	Ice cream	1185
Westby Cooperative Creamery		Westby, WI	Butter, cheese	1175
Cedar Grove Cheese		Plain, WI	Cheese	1155
Good Culture		Irvine, CA	Cottage cheese	1145
Amish Country Farms		Totowa, NJ	Fluid milk	1140
White Mountain Foods		Austin, TX	Yogurt	1130
Smari Organics		Petaluma, CA	Yogurt (skyr)	1120
Trader's Point Creamery		Zionsville, IN	Fluid milk, yogurt	1120
Organic Creamery (DCI Cheese/Saputo Specialty Cheese)		Richfield, WI	Cheese	1110
Stonewall Farms		Keene, NH	Fluid milk, raw milk	1100
3-Cow Rating | Very GoodThree-cow rated brands failed to answer some or all of our questions about their practices, however they are considered likely to be highly rated (4 or 5-cow) had they done so.
Steckler Grassfed		Dale, IN	Cheese	1080
Upstate Farms (Upstate Niagara Coop.)		Buffalo, NY	Fluid milk	1070
Nature's Touch (Kwik Trip)		La Crosse, WI	Fluid milk	1045
McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms		Hillpoint, WI	Cheese	950
Rogue Creamery		Grants Pass, OR	Cheese	850
Straus Family Creamery		Petaluma, CA	Butter, ice cream, fluid milk, yogurt, sour cream	795
Champlain Valley Dairy		Middlebury, VT	Fluid milk	790
2-Cow Rating | FairThese are either industrial-scale operations or others with outstanding questions or concerns regarding their compliance with USDA organic regulations. One of the primary features that distinguishes these operations from the ethically deficient 1-cow brands is their willingness to share with their customers (and Cornucopia researchers) some of the details as to how their milk is produced.
Verka		San Jose, CA	Yogurt, paneer, cheese	655
Wallaby (Danone NA)		Denver, CO	Kefir, sour cream, yogurt	645
Alpenrose		Portland, OR	Fluid milk	605
Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group)		Point Reyes Station, CA	Cheese	570
Sassy Cow Creamery		Columbus, WI	Fluid milk	515
Earth's Best (Hain Celestial)		Lake Success, NY	Formula	465
Byrne Dairy		Lafayette, NY	Fluid milk, yogurt, long shelf life	425
Organic Family Farms Cooperative		Twin Falls, ID	Fluid milk	365
1-Cow Rating | PoorBrands in this category are suspected of being, or sourcing from, what we would describe as "factory farms." These brands are better than conventional dairy, but are at the bottom of the ratings among organic brands.
Horizon Grassfed (Danone NA)		Boulder, CO	Fluid milk	340
Roth Organics (Emmi Roth)		Monroe, WI	Cheese	260
Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery)		Clackamas, OR	Butter	215
Yami Yogurt (Auburn Dairy Products, Inc.)		Auburn, WA	Yogurt	185
Producers Dairy		Fresno, CA	Fluid Milk	165
Boulder Ice Cream		Boulder, CO	Ice cream	125
Green Mountain Creamery (Lactalis)		Brattleboro, VT	Yogurt	120
County Line Farms		Earth, TX	Fluid milk	115
Rockview Farms		Downey, CA	Fluid milk	105
Prairie Farms		Edwardsville, IL	Fluid Milk	75
Yoatz (Facci Food Company)		Danville, CA	Yogurt	60
Sprout's		Phoenix, AZ	Fluid milk	0
Talenti (Unilever)		Minneapolis, MN	Ice Cream	0
Stremicks Heritage Foods		Santa Ana, CA	Fluid milk	0
Happy Family (Danone NA)		New York, NY	Infant formula	0
Simply Balanced (Target)		Minneapolis, MN	Fluid milk	0
Kirkland Signature (Costco)		Seattle, WA	Fluid milk	0
Olympus Dairy		Astoria, NY	Yogurt	0
Santini Foods		San Lorenzo, CA	Condensed milk, evaporated milk, fluid milk	0
Mama Sattva		Chico, CA	Butter (ghee)	0
Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets)		Black Mountain, NC	Fluid milk	0
Hiland Dairy		Springfield, Missouri	Fluid milk	0
O Organics (Safeway)		Pleasanton, CA	Fluid milk, A2 milk, raw milk	0
MOM's Organic Market		Rockville, MD	Fluid milk	0
Friendly Farms (Aldi)		Batavia, IL	Fluid milk	0
Double Rainbow		San Francisco, CA	Ice cream	0
Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream)		Eugene, OR	Ice cream	0
Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc)		Tewksbury, MA	Fluid milk	0
Roundy's		Milwaukee, WI	Fluid milk	0
Perry's Ice Cream		Akron, NY	Ice cream	0
Farmland Fresh		Newark, NJ	Fluid Milk	0
Umpqua Dairy		Roseburg, OR	Fluid milk, ice cream	0
Meijer Organics (Meijer)		Grand Rapids, MI	Fluid milk	0
High Meadow (Aurora Dairy)		Boulder, CO	Fluid milk	0
Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals)		Georgia, VT	Formula	0
Simple Truth (Kroger)		Cincinnati, OH	Fluid milk	0
Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods)		Orlando, FL	Cheese	0
Nature's Place (Hannaford)		Scarborough, ME	Fluid milk	0
Pavel's Yogurt		San Leandro, CA	Yogurt	0
Stew Leonard's		Norwalt, CT	Fluid milk	0
Nature's Best (KeHE)		Brea, CA	Fluid milk	0
Central Market (HEB Organics)		San Antonio, TX	Fluid milk	0
Shoprite		Edison, NJ	Fluid milk	0
Smith Brothers Farms		Kent, WA	Butter, cheese, fluid milk	0
Bethel Creamery		Bethel, NY	Fluid Milk	0
Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America)		St. Paul, MN	Fluid milk	0
HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market)		San Antonio, Texas	Cheese, fluid milk, cream	0
Trader Joe's		Monrovia, CA	Fluid milk, cheese, yogurt	0
Latta (Latta USA)		Fair Lawn, NJ	Kefir, yogurt	0
Samish Bay Cheese Farm		Bow, WA	Cheese, kefir, yogurt	0
Greenwise (Publix)		Lakeland, FL	Ice cream, fluid milk, packaged products	0
Applegate Farms (Hormel)		NJ	Cheese	0
Wild Harvest (Albertson's)		Boise City, ID	Fluid milk	0
Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers)		Kansas City, KS	Fluid milk	0
Full Circle (Topco)		Elk Grove Village, IL	Fluid milk	0
Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo)		Jacksonville, FL	Fluid milk	0
Wegmans		Rochester, NY	Fluid milk	0
Great Value Food (Walmart)		Bentonville, AR	Fluid milk, formula	0
New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart)		Portland, OR	Fkuid milk	0
Glanbia Foods		Twin Falls, ID	Cheese	0
Similac (Abbott Laboratories)		Abbott Park, IL	Infant formula	0
Fairway		NY	Fluid milk	0
Galbani (Lactalis)		Buffalo, NY	Cheese	0
Member's Mark (Sam's Club)		Bentonville, AR	Fluid milk, cheese	0
Natural Directions (Unified Grocers)		Tigard, OR	Butter, cheese, fluid milk	0
Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company)		Santa Monica, CA	Formula	0
Woodstock (UNFI)		Providence, RI	Butter, fluid milk	0
Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries)		Stockton, CA	Fluid milk	0
Western Family (Topco)		Tigard, OR	Fluid milk	0
Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy)		Sun Valley, CA	Yogurt	0
Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club)		Westborough, MA	Fluid milk	0
Hy Vee		West Des Moines, IA	Fluid milk	0
Shamrock Farms		Phoenix, AZ	Fluid milk, sour cream	0
Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold)		Carlisle, PA	Fluid milk	0
Simply Nature (Aldi)		Batavia, IL	Fluid milk	0
Horizon (Danone NA)		Boulder, CO	Fluid milk	0
Oberweis Dairy		North Aurora, IL	Fluid milk, ice cream	0
Cocoa Metro		Auburndale, MA	Chocolate milk, chocolate products	0
Dahlicious Organic		Leominster, MA	Yogurt	0
365 Organic (Whole Foods)		Austin, TX	Fluid milk	0
Neutral		Portland, OR	Fluid milk	0
Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle)		Pittsgurgh, PA	Fluid milk	0
Cadia (KeHE)		CA	Butter, cheese, fluid milk	0
Challenge Dairy Products		California	Butter	0