| 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 |
| Pride and Joy Dairy | | Granger, WA | WA, Web Sales | 1645 |
| Radiance Dairy | | Fairfield, IA | IA | 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 |
| Meant To Be Natural Food | | Spring Valley, NY | NY, NJ | 1515 |
| Misty Brook Farm | | Albion, ME | Maine | 1485 |
| The Milkhouse | | Monmouth, 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 |
| Sidehill Farm | | Hawley, MA | New England and New York | 1450 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1445 |
| Castle Rock Farms | | Osseo, WI | IL, WI, MN, IA | 1445 |
| Amaltheia Organic Dairy | | Bozeman, MT | MT, Web Sales | 1445 |
| Strafford Organic Creamery | | Strafford, VT | NH, VT | 1440 |
| Saint Benoit Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1435 |
| 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 |
| Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm) | | Edmunds, ME | ME | 1400 |
| Rumiano Cheese Company | | Crescent City, CA | Nationwide | 1400 |
| Trimona Yogurt | | Port Jefferson, NY | TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast | 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. | ||||
| Grassmilk (Organic Valley) | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1390 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery) | | Kalona, IA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Annie's Homegrown (General Mills) | | Berkeley, CA | 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 | 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 |
| Julie's Organic (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Camas, WA | Nationwide | 975 |
| Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Eugene, OR | 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 |
| Champlain Valley Dairy | | Middlebury, VT | Northeast | 320 |
| McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms | | Hillpoint, WI | ND, WI, Web Sales | 320 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 320 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Byrne Dairy | | Lafayette, NY | NY | 320 |
| Steckler Grassfed | | Dale, IN | IN, IL, Ky, MI | 320 |
| Spring Hill Cheese (Petaluma Creamery) | | Petaluma, CA | CA, Web Sales | 320 |
| Rogue Creamery | | Grants Pass, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 320 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 320 |
| Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery) | | Clackamas, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 320 |
| Sunrise Yogurt | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 320 |
| Prairie Farms | | Edwardsville, IL | Midwest, TX | 320 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 320 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 320 |
| Talenti (Unilever) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 320 |
| Stonewall Farms | | Keene, NH | NH | 260 |
2-Cow Rating | Lacking Transparency Cornucopia recommends caution with brands falling under this category as there is not enough information available to confirm they source their dairy from a ethical organic dairy or a factory-organic operation. | ||||
| 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 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 34 |
| New Seasons Market | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 34 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 34 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Promise (GiantFood, a subsidiary of Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Galbani (Lactalis American Group) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 34 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 34 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 34 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Verka | | San Jose, CA | CA, Midwest | 34 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Green Mountain Creamery (Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy) | | Brattleboro, VT | Nationwide | 34 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 34 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Earth Fare | | Asheville NC | Southeast | 34 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Producers Dairy | | Fresno, CA | California | 34 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 34 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 34 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 34 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 34 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Western Family | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 34 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 34 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 34 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | 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. | ||||
| Roth Organics (Emmi Roth) | | Monroe, WI | Nationwide | 17 |
| Horizon (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 17 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Happy Family (Groupe Danone) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 17 |
| County Line Farms | | Earth, TX | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 17 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, Texas | Nationwide | 17 |
| Rockview Farms Organic Milk (Rockview Farms) | | Downey, CA | CA | 17 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 17 |
| Organic Family Farms Cooperative | | Twin Falls, ID | Unknown | 17 |
| Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) | | Matthews, NC | Nationwide | 17 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 17 |
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