Organic Dairy Scorecard

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!

As of June 2024, Alexandre Dairy has been suspended from our scorecard until we complete our investigation.

Brand Name	Rating	Products	Market Area	Score
5-Cow Rating | Top-RatedThis 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.
Radiance Dairy		Fluid milk	IA	1745
Paradise Springs Farm		Cheese, fluid milk, raw milk	ID, Web Sales	1720
SpringWood Organic Farm		Yogurt, grassfed	PA	1680
Clover Mountain		Cheese, fluid milk, yogurt	Chewelah, Bluecreek, WA	1665
Berle Farm		Cheese, yogurt	MA, NY, VT	1650
Engelbert Farms		Cheese	NY	1635
Hawthorne Valley Farm		Cheese, fluid milk, raw milk, yogurt, vat pasteurized, A2 breeds	East	1630
Working Cows Dairy		Butter, cream, fluid milk, vat pasteurized, grassfed	AL	1610
Balfour Farm		Cheese	ME	1600
The Family Cow		Fluid milk, raw milk, A2 milk	PA, web sales	1595
Alpine Heritage Creamery		Cheese	PA, FL, web sales	1590
The Milkhouse		Fluid milk	Maine	1585
Chaseholm Farm		Fluid milk, yogurt, cheese	NY	1580
Chase Hill Farm		Cheese, fluid milk	MA	1575
Seven Stars Farm		Fluid milk, biodynamic	East, Southeast, Midwest	1571
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Dairy		Fluid milk, raw milk	PA	1565
Earthwise Farm and Forest Dairy		Fluid milk	VT	1560
Butterworks Farm		Yogurt, A2 milk	VT, NH	1555
Kiss the Cow Dairy		Fluid milk, ice cream	New England	1550
Tide Mill Creamery (Tide Mill Organic Farm)		Cheese, kefir, yogurt, goat milk products	ME	1545
Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese)		Cheese	Nationwide, VT	1545
Lifeline Farm		Cheese	ID, MT, OR, WA, Web Sales	1540
Meant To Be Natural Food		Cheese, fluid milk	NY, NJ	1515
Trader's Point Creamery		Fluid milk, A2, raw cheese, fresh cheese, cottage cheese, butter, ice cream	IN	1510
Roger's Farmstead		Fluid milk	New England	1495
Misty Brook Farm		Fluid milk	Maine	1485
Evans Farmhouse Creamery		Cheese	NJ, NY	1465
Larson Farm and Creamery		Fluid milk, raw milk	Northeast	1460
Nezinscot Farm		Cheese, yogurt fluid milk	New England	1450
Sidehill Farm		Yogurt, fluid milk	New England and New York	1450
Amaltheia Organic Dairy		Cheese (goat)	MT, Web Sales	1445
Strafford Organic Creamery		Ice cream, fluid milk	NH, VT	1440
4-Cow Rating | ExcellentProducers 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.
Alec's Ice Cream		Ice Cream	Nationwide	1425
Maple Hill Creamery		Cheese, kefir, yogurt, fluid milk, grassfed	Nationwide	1420
Nature's One		Formula	Nationwide	1420
Grey Barn and Farm		Fluid milk	New England	1415
Trimona Yogurt		Yogurt	TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast	1410
Rumiano Cheese Company		Cheese	Nationwide	1400
Miller Farm		Fluid milk	VT	1395
Grassmilk (Organic Valley)		Fluid milk, yogurt, grassfed	Nationwide	1390
Sunrise Family Farms		Fluid milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir, buttermilk	NJ, NY	1375
Naturi		Yogurt (greek)	East, Southwest	1370
Oasis at Bird in Hand		Cheese, fluid milk, yogurt, grassfed	PA	1360
Sunshine Dairy		Fluid Milk	PA	1355
Natural By Nature (Natural Dairy Products Corp.)		Cheese, fluid milk, sour cream, yogurt, whipped cream	Nationwide	1347
PCC Community Markets		Fluid milk	WA	1335
Sky Top Farms		Fluid milk	NY	1315
Stonyfield Farms (Lactalis)		Cream, fluid milk, frozen yogurt, yogurt	Nationwide	1315
Organic Valley		Butter, butter (ghee), fluid milk	Nationwide	1310
Annie's Homegrown (General Mills)		Cheese, packaged goods (pasta), canned meals, yogurt	Nationwide	1305
Liberte (General Mills)		Yogurt	Nationwide	1305
Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery)		Fluid milk, yogurt	Nationwide	1305
Pure Indian Foods		Butter, ghee, grassfed	Nationwide, Web Sales	1300
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company		Cheese	Nationwide	1280
Humboldt Creamery (Foster Farms Dairy)		Cream, fluid milk	Nationwide	1280
Neutral		Fluid milk	Nationwide	1260
Nancy's (Springfield Creamery)		Cream cheese, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, yogurt, 100% grassfed	Nationwide	1255
Green Field Farms		Cheese	Nationwide	1237
Shaw Family Dairy (New England Organic Creamery)		Fluid milk	MA	1225
Green Valley Organics (Redwood Hill Farm/Emmi Roth)		Yogurt, sour cream, lactose free	Nationwide	1217
Clover Sonoma		Butter, cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, fluid milk, ice cream, kefir, sour cream	AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, West	1215
Blue Marble Ice Cream		Ice cream	Nationwide	1185
Westby Cooperative Creamery		Butter, cheese	Nationwide	1175
Cedar Grove Cheese		Cheese	CA, East, Midwest, Web Sales	1155
Good Culture		Cottage cheese	Nationwide	1145
Amish Country Farms		Fluid milk	Nationwide	1140
White Mountain Foods		Yogurt	Nationwide	1130
Smari Organics		Yogurt (skyr)	Nationwide	1120
Organic Creamery (DCI Cheese/Saputo Specialty Cheese)		Cheese	Nationwide	1110
Stonewall Farms		Fluid milk, raw milk	NH	1100
3-Cow Rating | Very GoodThree-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		Cheese	IN, IL, Ky, MI	1080
Upstate Farms (Upstate Niagara Coop.)		Fluid milk	NY, PA	1070
Nature's Touch (Kwik Trip)		Fluid milk	WI	1045
McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms		Cheese	ND, WI, Web Sales	950
Rogue Creamery		Cheese	Nationwide	850
Straus Family Creamery		Butter, ice cream, fluid milk, yogurt, sour cream	OR, WA, CA, NV, AZ	795
Champlain Valley Dairy		Fluid milk	Northeast	790
2-Cow Rating | FairThese 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.
Verka		Yogurt, paneer, cheese	CA, Midwest	655
Wallaby (Danone NA)		Kefir, sour cream, yogurt	Nationwide	645
Alpenrose		Fluid milk	OR, WA	605
Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group)		Cheese	Nationwide	570
Sassy Cow Creamery		Fluid milk	IL, WI	515
Earth's Best (Hain Celestial)		Formula	Nationwide	465
Byrne Dairy		Fluid milk, yogurt, long shelf life	NY	425
Organic Family Farms Cooperative		Fluid milk	Unknown	365
1-Cow Rating | PoorBrands 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)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	340
Roth Organics (Emmi Roth)		Cheese	Nationwide	260
Mother's Choice (Larsen's Creamery)		Butter	Nationwide	215
Yami Yogurt (Auburn Dairy Products, Inc.)		Yogurt	Nationwide	185
Producers Dairy		Fluid Milk	California	165
Boulder Ice Cream		Ice cream	Nationwide	125
Green Mountain Creamery (Lactalis)		Yogurt	Nationwide	120
County Line Farms		Fluid milk	TX, KS, OK	115
Rockview Farms		Fluid milk	CA	105
Prairie Farms		Fluid Milk	Midwest, TX	75
Yoatz (Facci Food Company)		Yogurt	Nationwide	60
White Orchard Farm		Fluid milk	ME	0
Udder Milk		Fluid milk	Unknown	0
Buttercup Mountain Farm		Raw milk	VT	0
365 Organic (Whole Foods)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Pavel's Yogurt		Yogurt	Nationwide	0
Nature's Place (Hannaford)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Horizon (Danone NA)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Cocoa Metro		Chocolate milk, chocolate products	Nationwide	0
Cadia (KeHE)		Butter, cheese, fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Challenge Dairy Products		Butter	Nationwide	0
Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Shamrock Farms		Fluid milk, sour cream	Nationwide	0
Stew Leonard's		Fluid milk	CT, NY	0
Nature's Best (KeHE)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Bethel Creamery		Fluid Milk	Unknown	0
Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market)		Cheese, fluid milk, cream	TX, KS, OK	0
Trader Joe's		Fluid milk, cheese, yogurt	Nationwide	0
Latta (Latta USA)		Kefir, yogurt	East, CA	0
Samish Bay Cheese Farm		Cheese, kefir, yogurt	WA	0
Greenwise (Publix)		Ice cream, fluid milk, packaged products	Southeast	0
Applegate Farms (Hormel)		Cheese	Nationwide	0
Wild Harvest (Albertson's)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers)		Fluid milk	Unknown	0
Full Circle (Topco)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo)		Fluid milk	Southeast	0
Wegmans		Fluid milk	NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD	0
Great Value Food (Walmart)		Fluid milk, formula	Nationwide	0
New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart)		Fkuid milk	OR, WA	0
Glanbia Foods		Cheese	Nationwide	0
Similac (Abbott Laboratories)		Infant formula	Nationwide	0
Fairway		Fluid milk	Northeast	0
Galbani (Lactalis)		Cheese	Nationwide	0
Member's Mark (Sam's Club)		Fluid milk, cheese	Nationwide	0
Natural Directions (Unified Grocers)		Butter, cheese, fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company)		Formula	Nationwide	0
Woodstock (UNFI)		Butter, fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart/Super Store Industries)		Fluid milk	CA, NV	0
Western Family (Topco)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy)		Yogurt	GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV	0
Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club)		Fluid milk	OH, East	0
Simple Truth (Kroger)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Sprout's		Fluid milk	AZ, CA	0
Talenti (Unilever)		Ice Cream	Nationwide	0
Stremicks Heritage Foods		Fluid milk	Midwest, West, HI	0
Happy Family (Danone NA)		Infant formula	Nationwide	0
Simply Balanced (Target)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Kirkland Signature (Costco)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Olympus Dairy		Yogurt	Nationwide	0
Santini Foods		Condensed milk, evaporated milk, fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Mama Sattva		Butter (ghee)	Nationwide	0
Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets)		Fluid milk	AL, GA, NC, SC, TN	0
Hiland Dairy		Fluid milk	Midwest	0
O Organics (Safeway)		Fluid milk, A2 milk, raw milk	Nationwide	0
MOM's Organic Market		Fluid milk	DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA	0
Friendly Farms (Aldi)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Double Rainbow		Ice cream	Nationwide	0
Alden's Ice Cream (Oregon Ice Cream)		Ice cream	Nationwide	0
Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets, Inc)		Fluid milk	MA, ME, NH	0
Roundy's		Fluid milk	IL, WI	0
Perry's Ice Cream		Ice cream	NY, PA, OH, Northeast	0
Farmland Fresh		Fluid Milk	Nationwide	0
Umpqua Dairy		Fluid milk, ice cream	West	0
Meijer Organics (Meijer)		Fluid milk	Midwest	0
High Meadow (Aurora Dairy)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals)		Formula	Nationwide, Web Sales	0
Grace Pond Farm		Fluid milk	ME	0
Lulubelle Creamery (Wild Rose Foods)		Fluid milk, butter, cheese	Nationwide	0
Neighborly Farms		Cheese	Northeast	0
Nuna Organic		Cheese	Nationwide	0
Origin Milk		Fluid milk, butter, cheese	Nationwide	0
Straws Farm		Unknown	ME	0
Trickling Springs		Fluid milk	Mid-Atlantic	0
Vonn Trapp Farmstead		Fluid milk, yogurt, cheese	VT	0
Bellweather Farms		Yogurt, Cheese	Nationwide	0
1836 Farms		Fluid milk	TX	0
Dahlicious Organic		Yogurt	Nationwide	0
Oberweis Dairy		Fluid milk, ice cream	Midwest	0
Simply Nature (Aldi)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold)		Fluid milk	Nationwide, Web Sales	0
Hy Vee		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Smith Brothers Farms		Butter, cheese, fluid milk	WA	0
Shoprite		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Central Market (HEB Organics)		Fluid milk	Nationwide	0
Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods)		Cheese	Nationwide	0