Purchasing authentic organic is an investment in healthy systems — and one way to resist the industrialization of organic dairy. Use our Organic Dairy Scorecard to support authentic organic dairy farms. And choose local, organic dairy if you can!
| 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. | ||||
| Pride and Joy Dairy |  | Granger, WA | WA, Web Sales | 1745 |
| Radiance Dairy | | Fairfield, IA | IA | 1745 |
| Paradise Springs Farm | | Victor, ID | ID, Web Sales | 1740 |
| SpringWood Organic Farm | | Kinzers, PA | PA | 1680 |
| Berle Farm | | Hoosick, NY | MA, NY, VT | 1650 |
| Engelbert Farms | | Nichols, NY | NY | 1635 |
| Hawthorne Valley Farm | | Ghent, NY | East | 1630 |
| 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 |
| The Milkhouse | | Monmouth, ME | Maine | 1585 |
| Chaseholm Farm | | Pine Plains, NY | NY | 1580 |
| Chase Hill Farm | | Warwick, MA | MA | 1575 |
| Seven Stars Farm | | Phoenixville, PA | East, Southeast, Midwest | 1571 |
| Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Dairy | | Kimberton, PA | PA | 1565 |
| Earthwise Farm and Forest Dairy | | Randolph, VT | VT | 1560 |
| Butterworks Farm | | Westfield, VT | VT, NH | 1555 |
| Kiss the Cow Dairy | | South Royalton, VT | New England | 1550 |
| Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm) | | Edmunds, ME | ME | 1545 |
| Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) | | North Pomfret, VT | Nationwide, VT | 1545 |
| Lifeline Farm | | Victor, MT | ID, MT, OR, WA, Web Sales | 1540 |
| Meant To Be Natural Food | | Spring Valley, NY | NY, NJ | 1515 |
| Roger's Farmstead | | Berlin, VT | New England | 1495 |
| Misty Brook Farm | | Albion, ME | Maine | 1485 |
| Evans Farmhouse Creamery | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1465 |
| Larson Farm and Creamery | | Wells, VT | Northeast | 1460 |
| Nezinscot Farm | | Turner, ME | New England | 1450 |
| Sidehill Farm | | Hawley, MA | New England and New York | 1450 |
| Alexandre Family Farms | | Crescent City, CA | CA, OR, WA | 1450 |
| 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 |
| Grey Barn and Farm | | Chilmark, MA | New England | 1415 |
| Trimona Yogurt | | Port Jefferson, NY | TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast | 1410 |
| Rumiano Cheese Company | | Crescent City, CA | Nationwide | 1400 |
| Grassmilk (Organic Valley) | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1390 |
| Sunrise Family Farms | | Norwich, NY | NJ, NY | 1375 |
| Naturi | | Pittsburgh, PA | East, Southwest | 1370 |
| Oasis at Bird in Hand | | Ronks, PA | PA | 1360 |
| Sunshine Dairy | | Bethel, PA | PA | 1355 |
| Natural By Nature (Natural Dairy Products Corp.) | | West Grove, PA | Nationwide | 1347 |
| PCC Community Markets | | Seattle, WA | WA | 1335 |
| Sky Top Farms | | Brooklyn, NY | NY | 1315 |
| Stonyfield Farms (Lactalis) | | Londonderry, NH | Nationwide | 1315 |
| Organic Valley | | LaFarge, WI | Nationwide | 1310 |
| Annie's Homegrown (General Mills) | | Berkeley, CA | Nationwide | 1305 |
| Liberte (General Mills) | | Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. | ||||
| Steckler Grassfed | | Dale, IN | IN, IL, Ky, MI | 1080 |
| Upstate Farms (Upstate Niagara Coop.) | | Buffalo, NY | NY, PA | 1070 |
| Nature's Touch (Kwik Trip) | | La Crosse, WI | WI | 1045 |
| 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 NA) | | Denver, CO | Nationwide | 645 |
| Alpenrose | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 605 |
| Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group) | | Point Reyes Station, CA | Nationwide | 570 |
| Sassy Cow Creamery | | Columbus, WI | IL, WI | 515 |
| 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 (Danone NA) | | 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 |
| Perry's Ice Cream | | Akron, NY | NY, PA, OH, Northeast | 0 |
| Kirkland Signature (Costco) | | Seattle, WA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Sprout's | | Phoenix, AZ | AZ, CA | 0 |
| Roundy's | | Milwaukee, WI | IL, WI | 0 |
| Stremicks Heritage Foods | | Santa Ana, CA | Midwest, West, HI | 0 |
| Mama Sattva | | Chico, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| MOM's Organic Market | | Rockville, MD | DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA | 0 |
| Farmland Fresh | | Newark, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc) | | Tewksbury, MA | MA, ME, NH | 0 |
| Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets) | | Black Mountain, NC | AL, GA, NC, SC, TN | 0 |
| Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream) | | Eugene, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Friendly Farms (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Double Rainbow | | San Francisco, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Meijer Organics (Meijer) | | Grand Rapids, MI | Midwest | 0 |
| High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) | | Georgia, VT | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Simple Truth (Kroger) | | Cincinnati, OH | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) | | Orlando, FL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Place (Hannaford) | | Scarborough, ME | Nationwide | 0 |
| Pavel's Yogurt | | San Leandro, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Stew Leonard's | | Norwalt, CT | CT, NY | 0 |
| Nature's Best (KeHE) | | Brea, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Central Market (HEB Organics) | | San Antonio, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Shoprite | | Edison, NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Smith Brothers Farms | | Kent, WA | WA | 0 |
| Bethel Creamery | | Bethel, NY | Unknown | 0 |
| Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) | | St. Paul, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) | | San Antonio, Texas | TX, KS, OK | 0 |
| Trader Joe's | | Monrovia, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Latta (Latta USA) | | Fair Lawn, NJ | East, CA | 0 |
| Samish Bay Cheese Farm | | Bow, WA | WA | 0 |
| Greenwise (Publix) | | Lakeland, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| Applegate Farms (Hormel) | | NJ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wild Harvest (Albertson's) | | Boise City, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) | | Kansas City, KS | Unknown | 0 |
| Full Circle (Topco) | | Elk Grove Village, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) | | Jacksonville, FL | Southeast | 0 |
| Wegmans | | Rochester, NY | NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD | 0 |
| Great Value Food (Walmart) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart) | | Portland, OR | OR, WA | 0 |
| Glanbia Foods | | Twin Falls, ID | Nationwide | 0 |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) | | Abbott Park, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Fairway | | NY | Northeast | 0 |
| Challenge Dairy Products | | California | Nationwide | 0 |
| Cadia (KeHE) | | CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Simply Balanced (Target) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle) | | Pittsgurgh, PA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Neutral | | Portland, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| 365 Organic (Whole Foods) | | Austin, TX | Nationwide | 0 |
| Dahlicious Organic | | Leominster, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Happy Family (Danone NA) | | New York, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Cocoa Metro | | Auburndale, MA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Oberweis Dairy | | North Aurora, IL | Midwest | 0 |
| Horizon (Danone NA) | | Boulder, CO | Nationwide | 0 |
| Simply Nature (Aldi) | | Batavia, IL | Nationwide | 0 |
| Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold) | | Carlisle, PA | Nationwide, Web Sales | 0 |
| Shamrock Farms | | Phoenix, AZ | Nationwide | 0 |
| Umpqua Dairy | | Roseburg, OR | West | 0 |
| O Organics (Safeway) | | Pleasanton, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Hy Vee | | West Des Moines, IA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) | | Westborough, MA | OH, East | 0 |
| Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) | | Sun Valley, CA | GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV | 0 |
| Hiland Dairy | | Springfield, Missouri | Midwest | 0 |
| Western Family (Topco) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries) | | Stockton, CA | CA, NV | 0 |
| Woodstock (UNFI) | | Providence, RI | Nationwide | 0 |
| Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) | | Santa Monica, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) | | Tigard, OR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Member's Mark (Sam's Club) | | Bentonville, AR | Nationwide | 0 |
| Olympus Dairy | | Astoria, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
| Santini Foods | | San Lorenzo, CA | Nationwide | 0 |
| Talenti (Unilever) | | Minneapolis, MN | Nationwide | 0 |
| Galbani (Lactalis) | | Buffalo, NY | Nationwide | 0 |
