| Brand Name | Rating | Farm/Brand Headquarters | Market Area | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5-Cow Rating | Top-Rated  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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 1475 |
| Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Dairy | | Kimberton, PA | PA | 1465 |
| Butterworks Farm | | Westfield, VT | VT, NH | 1455 |
| Alexandre Family Farms | | Crescent City, CA | CA, OR, WA | 1450 |
| Sidehill Farm | | Hawley, MA | New England and New York | 1450 |
| Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm) | | Edmunds, ME | ME | 1445 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1445 |
| Amaltheia Organic Dairy | | Bozeman, MT | MT, Web Sales | 1445 |
| Strafford Organic Creamery | | Strafford, VT | NH, VT | 1440 |
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. | ||||
| Saint Benoit Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1435 |
| Nature's One | | Lewis Center, OH | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Maple Hill Creamery | | Stuyvesant, NY | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Rumiano Cheese Company | | Crescent City, CA | Nationwide | 1400 |
| Trimona Yogurt | | Port Jefferson, NY | TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast | 1400 |
| Grassmilk (Organic Valley) | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1390 |
| Evans Farmhouse Creamery | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1385 |
| Sunrise Family Farms | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1375 |
| Naturi | | Pittsburgh, PA | East, Southwest | 1370 |
| Oasis at Bird in Hand | | Ronks, PA | PA | 1360 |
| 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 | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1310 |
| Annie's Homegrown (General Mills) | | Berkeley, CA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery) | | Kalona, IA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Liberte (General Mills) | | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada | 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 |
| Good Culture | | Irvine, CA | Nationwide | 1145 |
| Amish Country Farms | | Totowa, NJ | Nationwide | 1140 |
| 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 |
| Stonewall Farms | | Keene, NH | NH | 1100 |
3-Cow Rating | Very Good 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 |
| Steckler Grassfed | | Dale, IN | IN, IL, Ky, MI | 980 |
| McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms | | Hillpoint, WI | ND, WI, Web Sales | 950 |
| Rogue Creamery | | Grants Pass, OR | Nationwide | 850 |
| Straus Family Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | OR, WA, CA, NV, AZ | 795 |
| Champlain Valley Dairy | | Middlebury, VT | Northeast | 790 |
2-Cow Rating | Fair These 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.
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| Verka | | San Jose, CA | CA, Midwest | 655 |
| Wallaby (Danone North America) | | Denver, CO | Nationwide | 645 |
| Alpenrose | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 615 |
| Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group) | | Point Reyes Station, CA | Nationwide | 570 |
| Sassy Cow Creamery | | Columbus, WI | IL, WI | 545 |
| Earth's Best (Hain Celestial) | | Lake Success, NY | Nationwide | 465 |
| Byrne Dairy | | Lafayette, NY | NY | 425 |
| Organic Family Farms Cooperative | | Twin Falls, ID | Unknown | 365 |
1-Cow Rating | Poor 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. | ||||
| Sky Top Farms | | Bronx, NY | NY | 340 |
| Horizon Grassfed (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 340 |
| Roth Organics (Emmi Roth) | | Monroe, WI | Nationwide | 260 |
| Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery) | | Clackamas, OR | Nationwide | 215 |
| Yami Yogurt (Auburn Dairy Products, Inc.) | | Auburn, WA | Nationwide | 185 |
| Producers Dairy | | Fresno, CA | California | 165 |
| Spring Hill Cheese (Petaluma Creamery) | | Petaluma, CA | CA, Web Sales | 135 |
| Boulder Ice Cream | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 125 |
| Green Mountain Creamery (Lactalis) | | Brattleboro, VT | Nationwide | 120 |
| County Line Farms | | Earth, TX | TX, KS, OK | 115 |
| Rockview Farms | | Downey, CA | CA | 105 |
| Prairie Farms | | Edwardsville, IL | Midwest, TX | 75 |
| Yoatz (Facci Food Company) | | Danville, CA | Nationwide | 60 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 0 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 0 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 0 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 0 |
| Perry's Ice Cream | | Akron, NY | NY, PA, OH, Northeast | 0 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 0 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 0 |
| Stremicks Heritage Foods | | Santa Ana, CA | Midwest, West, HI | 0 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 0 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 0 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 0 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 0 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) | | Matthews, NC | Nationwide | 0 |
| 365 Organic (Whole Foods) | | Austin, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Western Family (Topco) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Glanbia Foods | | Twin Falls, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Member's Mark (Sam's Club) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wegmans | | Rochester, NY | NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD | 0 |
| Happy Family (Groupe Danone) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 0 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 0 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 0 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 0 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Horizon (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 0 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart) | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 0 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 0 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 0 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 0 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 0 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Eugene, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 0 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries) | | Stockton, CA | CA, NV | 0 |
| Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Galbani (Lactalis) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets) | | Black Mountain, NC | AL, GA, NC, SC, TN | 0 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Talenti (Unilever) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
The Cornucopia Institute, through research and investigations on agriculture and food issues, provides needed information to family farmers, consumers and other stakeholders in the good food movement and to the media.
