| 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 |
| Burroughs Family Farms (Full Circle Dairy) | | Denair, CA | CA | 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 |
| Nature's One | | Lewis Center, OH | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Maple Hill Creamery | | Stuyvesant, NY | Nationwide | 1420 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1415 |
| Crystal Ball Farm | | Osceola, WI | MN, WI | 1415 |
| Saint Benoit Creamery | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1405 |
| 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. | ||||
| 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 |
| Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery) | | Kalona, IA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Annie's Homegrown (General Mills) | | Berkeley, CA | 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 |
| Green Valley Organics (Redwood Hill Farm/Emmi Roth) | | Sebastopol, CA | Nationwide | 1257 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Smari Organics | | Petaluma, CA | Nationwide | 1120 |
| Trader's Point Creamery | | Zionsville, IN | IN, IL, Midwest, Northeast, Mid Atlantic | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery) | | Clackamas, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Sunrise Yogurt | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 320 |
| Byrne Dairy | | Lafayette, NY | NY | 320 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 320 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 320 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Spring Hill Cheese (Petaluma Creamery) | | Petaluma, CA | CA, Web Sales | 320 |
| Champlain Valley Dairy | | Middlebury, VT | Northeast | 320 |
| Rogue Creamery | | Grants Pass, OR | Nationwide | 320 |
| Steckler Grassfed | | Dale, IN | IN, IL, Ky, MI | 320 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 320 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 320 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 320 |
| McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms | | Hillpoint, WI | ND, WI, Web Sales | 320 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 320 |
| Prairie Farms | | Edwardsville, IL | Midwest, TX | 320 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 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 |
| New Seasons Market | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 34 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 34 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 34 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 34 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 34 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Promise (GiantFood, a subsidiary of Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Earth Fare | | Asheville NC | Southeast | 34 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 34 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 34 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 34 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 34 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 34 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 34 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 34 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 34 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 34 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 34 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Western Family | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 34 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 34 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Verka | | San Jose, CA | CA, Midwest | 34 |
| Green Mountain Creamery (Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy) | | Brattleboro, VT | Nationwide | 34 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Producers Dairy | | Fresno, CA | California | 34 |
| Galbani (Lactalis American Group) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 34 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 34 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 34 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 34 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | 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. | ||||
| Rockview Farms Organic Milk (Rockview Farms) | | Downey, CA | CA | 17 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, Texas | Nationwide | 17 |
| Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) | | Matthews, NC | Nationwide | 17 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 17 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 17 |
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Roth Organics (Emmi Roth) | | Monroe, WI | Nationwide | 17 |
| Happy Family (Groupe Danone) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 17 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 17 |
| County Line Farms | | Earth, TX | TX, KS, OK | 17 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| Horizon (DanoneWave) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 17 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 17 |
| Sassy Cow Creamery | | Columbus, WI | IL, WI | 10 |
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