| Brand Name | Rating | Farm/Brand Headquarters | Market Area | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5-Cow Rating | Top-Rated—Beyond Organic  This 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. | ||||
| Paradise Springs Farm |  | Victor, ID | ID, Web Sales | 1740 |
| SpringWood Organic Farm | | Kinzers, PA | PA | 1680 |
| Pure Eire Dairy | | Othello, WA | WA | 1675 |
| Berle Farm | | Hoosick, NY | MA, NY, VT | 1650 |
| Radiance Dairy | | Fairfield, IA | IA | 1645 |
| Pride and Joy Dairy | | Granger, WA | WA, Web Sales | 1645 |
| Hawthorne Valley Farm | | Ghent, NY | East | 1630 |
| Dutch Meadows Farm | | Paradise, PA | PA | 1625 |
| Working Cows Dairy | | Slocomb, AL | AL | 1610 |
| The Family Cow | | Chambersburg, PA | PA, web sales | 1595 |
| Alpine Heritage Creamery | | Paradise, PA | PA, FL, web sales | 1590 |
| Coonridge Organic Goat Dairy (Coonridge Dairy) | | Pie Town, NM | AZ, CO, NM | 1580 |
| Seven Stars Farm | | Phoenixville, PA | East, Southeast, Midwest | 1571 |
| Lifeline Farm | | Victor, MT | ID, MT, OR, WA, Web Sales | 1540 |
| Engelbert Farms | | Nichols, NY | NY | 1535 |
| Organic Pastures Dairy Company (McAffee Farm) | | Fresno, CA | CA | 1520 |
| Meant To Be Natural Food | | Spring Valley, NY | NY, NJ | 1515 |
| The Milkhouse | | Monmouth, ME | Maine | 1485 |
| Misty Brook Farm | | Albion, ME | Maine | 1485 |
| Chase Hill Farm | | Warwick, MA | MA, UT | 1470 |
| Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Dairy | | Kimberton, PA | PA | 1465 |
| Butterworks Farm | | Westfield, VT | VT, NH | 1455 |
| Amaltheia Organic Dairy | | Bozeman, MT | MT, Web Sales | 1445 |
| Sidehill Farm | | Hawley, MA | New England and New York | 1430 |
| Strafford Organic Creamery | | Strafford, VT | NH, VT | 1430 |
| Alexandre Family EcoDairy Farms | | Crescent City, CA | CA, OR, WA | 1425 |
| Maple Hill Creamery | | Stuyvesant, NY | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Nature's One | | Lewis Center, OH | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1415 |
| Saint Benoit Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1405 |
| Trimona Yogurt | | Port Jefferson, NY | TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast | 1400 |
| Rumiano Cheese Company | | Crescent City, CA | Nationwide | 1400 |
| Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm) | | Edmunds, ME | ME | 1400 |
4-Cow Rating | Excellent Producers 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. | ||||
| Castle Rock Farms | | Osseo, WI | IL, WI, MN, IA | 1395 |
| Evans Farmhouse Creamery (Sunrise Family Farms) | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1385 |
| Sunrise Family Farms | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1375 |
| Naturi | | Pittsburgh, PA | East, Southwest | 1370 |
| Grassmilk (Organic Valley) | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1365 |
| Oasis at Bird in Hand | | Ronks, PA | PA | 1360 |
| Kimball Brook Farm (Green Mountain Organic Creamery) | | North Ferrisburgh, VT | Northeast | 1350 |
| Natural By Nature (Natural Dairy Products Corp.) | | West Grove, PA | Nationwide | 1347 |
| B'More Organic | | Baltimore, MD | MD, NY, NJ, MA | 1340 |
| PCC Community Markets | | Seattle, WA | WA | 1335 |
| Fresh Breeze Dairy | | Lynden, WA | OR, WA | 1330 |
| Stonyfield Farms (Lactalis) | | Londonderry, NH | Nationwide | 1315 |
| Organic Valley (CROPP) | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1310 |
| Liberte (General Mills) | | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Annie's Homegrown (General Mills) | | Berkeley, CA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery) | | Kalona, IA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Pure Indian Foods | | Princeton Junction, NJ | Nationwide, Web Sales | 1300 |
| Sierra Nevada Cheese Company | | Willows, CA | Nationwide | 1285 |
| Humboldt Creamery (Foster Farms Dairy) | | Fortuna, CA | Nationwide | 1280 |
| Nancy's (Springfield Creamery) | | Eugene, OR | Nationwide | 1255 |
| Green Field Farms | | Fredericksburg, OH | Nationwide | 1237 |
| Shaw Family Dairy (New England Organic Creamery) | | Dracut, MA | MA | 1225 |
| Green Valley Organics (Redwood Hill Farm/Emmi Roth) | | Sebastopol, CA | Nationwide | 1217 |
| Clover Sonoma | | Petaluma, CA | AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, West | 1215 |
| Blue Marble Ice Cream | | Brooklyn, NY | Nationwide | 1185 |
| Westby Cooperative Creamery | | Westby, WI | Nationwide | 1175 |
| Helios Kefir (Lifeway) | | Morton Grove, IL | Nationwide | 1165 |
| Cedar Grove Cheese | | Plain, WI | CA, East, Midwest, Web Sales | 1155 |
| Amish Country Farms | | Totowa, NJ | Nationwide | 1145 |
| Good Culture | | Irvine, CA | Nationwide | 1145 |
| White Mountain Foods | | Austin, TX | Nationwide | 1130 |
| Trader's Point Creamery | | Zionsville, IN | IN, IL, Midwest, Northeast, Mid Atlantic | 1120 |
| Smari Organics | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1120 |
| Organic Creamery (DCI Cheese/Saputo Specialty Cheese) | | Richfield, WI | Nationwide | 1110 |
3-Cow Rating | Unverified Three-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. | ||||
| Upstate Farms (Upstate Niagara Coop.) | | Buffalo, NY | NY, PA | 1070 |
| Nature's Touch (Kwik Trip) | | La Crosse, WI | WI | 1045 |
| Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Eugene, OR | Nationwide | 975 |
| Julie's Organic (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Camas, WA | Nationwide | 975 |
| Three Twins Ice Cream | | San Rafael, CA | Nationwide | 970 |
| Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group) | | Point Reyes Station, CA | Nationwide | 895 |
| Alpenrose | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 880 |
| Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets) | | Black Mountain, NC | AL, GA, NC, SC, TN | 860 |
| 365 Organic (Whole Foods) | | Austin, TX | Nationwide | 830 |
| Stremicks Heritage Foods | | Santa Ana, CA | Midwest, West, HI | 825 |
| Straus Family Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | OR, WA, CA, NV, AZ | 795 |
| Wegmans | | Rochester, NY | NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD | 780 |
| Glanbia Foods | | Twin Falls, ID | Nationwide | 750 |
| Perry's Ice Cream | | Akron, NY | NY, PA, OH, Northeast | 695 |
| Wallaby (Dannon North America) | | Denver, CO | Nationwide | 645 |
| Sassy Cow Creamery | | Columbus, WI | IL, WI | 545 |
| Earth's Best (Hain Celestial) | | Lake Success, NY | Nationwide | 465 |
| Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries) | | Stockton, CA | CA, NV | 415 |
| Sky Top Farms | | Bronx, NY | NY | 340 |
| Talenti (Unilever) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 320 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 320 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 320 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 320 |
| Prairie Farms | | Edwardsville, IL | Midwest, TX | 320 |
| McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms | | Hillpoint, WI | ND, WI, Web Sales | 320 |
| Sunrise Yogurt | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 320 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 320 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery) | | Clackamas, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 320 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 320 |
| Rogue Creamery | | Grants Pass, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Spring Hill Cheese (Petaluma Creamery) | | Petaluma, CA | CA, Web Sales | 320 |
| Steckler Grassfed | | Dale, IN | IN, IL, Ky, MI | 320 |
| Champlain Valley Dairy | | Middlebury, VT | Northeast | 320 |
| Byrne Dairy | | Lafayette, NY | NY | 320 |
| Stonewall Farms | | Keene, NH | NH | 260 |
2-Cow Rating | Lacking Transparency Store brands are often lower priced than name brands, but that lower price comes at the expense of transparency. Cornucopia recommends caution with store brands, as it is impossible to know if the brand sources from a highly rated dairy or a factory farm. | ||||
| Yami Yogurt (Auburn Dairy Products, Inc.) | | Auburn, WA | Nationwide | 185 |
| Boulder Ice Cream | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 153 |
| Yoatz (Facci Food Company) | | Danville, CA | Nationwide | 88 |
| Horizon Grassfed (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 76 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 34 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 34 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 34 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Western Family | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | Nationwide | 34 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 34 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 34 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 34 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 34 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 34 |
| Producers Dairy | | Fresno, CA | California | 34 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Earth Fare | | Asheville NC | Southeast | 34 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 34 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| New Seasons Market | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 34 |
| Green Mountain Creamery (Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy) | | Brattleboro, VT | Nationwide | 34 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 34 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Verka | | San Jose, CA | CA, Midwest | 34 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 34 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 34 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 34 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Galbani (Lactalis American Group) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Promise (GiantFood, a subsidiary of Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 34 |
1-Cow Rating | Factory Farms Brands 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. | ||||
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 17 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) | | Matthews, NC | Nationwide | 17 |
| Organic Family Farms Cooperative | | Twin Falls, ID | Unknown | 17 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 17 |
| Rockview Farms Organic Milk (Rockview Farms) | | Downey, CA | CA | 17 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, Texas | Nationwide | 17 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 17 |
| County Line Farms | | Earth, TX | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| Happy Family (Groupe Danone) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 17 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 17 |
| Horizon (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| Roth Organics (Emmi Roth) | | Monroe, WI | Nationwide | 17 |
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