| 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 |
| Amaltheia Organic Dairy | | Bozeman, MT | MT, Web Sales | 1445 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1445 |
| Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm) | | Edmunds, ME | ME | 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 |
| Sky Top Farms | | Brooklyn, NY | NY | 1315 |
| Organic Valley | | 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 |
| 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. | ||||
| 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 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 0 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 0 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Talenti (Unilever) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 0 |
| Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets) | | Black Mountain, NC | AL, GA, NC, SC, TN | 0 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 0 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Happy Family (Groupe Danone) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 0 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 0 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart) | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 0 |
| Glanbia Foods | | Twin Falls, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) | | Matthews, NC | Nationwide | 0 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 0 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 0 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
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. | ||||
| Chaseholm Farm | | Pine Plains, NY | NY | 0 |
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. | ||||
| Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries) | | Stockton, CA | CA, NV | 0 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 0 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 0 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 0 |
| Horizon (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 0 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 0 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 0 |
| Member's Mark (Sam's Club) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Galbani (Lactalis) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| 365 Organic (Whole Foods) | | Austin, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 0 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 0 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 0 |
| Western Family (Topco) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Perry's Ice Cream | | Akron, NY | NY, PA, OH, Northeast | 0 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 0 |
| Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Eugene, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Stremicks Heritage Foods | | Santa Ana, CA | Midwest, West, HI | 0 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 0 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wegmans | | Rochester, NY | NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD | 0 |
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 0 |
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