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! Read our detailed breakdown of the Organic Dairy Scorecard criteria.

Brand Name	Rating	Products	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.
Paradise Springs		Fluid Milk	1225
Working Cows Dairy		Cheese, Butter, Fluid Milk, Raw Milk	1225
Hawthorne Valley Farm		Yogurt, Raw, Fluid Milk	1150
Radiance Dairy		Yogurt, Fluid Milk, A2	1125
Sidehill Farm		Yogurt, Sour Cream	1125
Does' Leap		Goat Cheese	1095
Larson Farm & Creamery		Raw, Fluid Milk, A2, 100% Grassfed, Yogurt	1090
Traders Point Creamery		100% Grassfed, Fluid Milk, Cheese, Ice Cream, Eggnog	1065
Amaltheia Organic Dairy		Goat Cheese	1050
Balfour Farm		Cheese	1050
Butterworks Farm		Yogurt, Cream, Kefir, 100% Grassfed	1045
Strafford Organic Creamery		Fluid Milk, Cream, Ice Cream	1000
Engelbert Farms		Cheese	980
Chase Hill Farm		Cheese, 100% Grassfed, Raw	955
Sunshine Dairy		Fluid Milk, Cheese, Raw, A2	920
Miller Farm		Fluid Milk	880
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.
Misty Brook		Fluid Milk, Raw	875
Straus Family Creamery		Fluid Milk, Cream, Ice Cream, Kefir, Sour Cream, Butter	875
Berle Farm		Cheese, Yogurt, Fluid Milk, Raw	850
Cedar Grove Cheese		Cheese	805
Clover Sonoma		Fluid Milk, Kefir, Yogurt	780
Ferndale Organic		Fluid Milk, A2	730
Natural by Nature (Natural Dairy Products)		Fluid Milk, Cream	690
Rumiano Cheese		Cheese	690
Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi)		Cheese	680
Nezinscot Farm		Cheese	625
3-Cow Rating | Very GoodThree-cow rated brands may have failed to answer some or all of our questions about their practices or are a brand with some industrial practices. For those that did not participate in this category, they could be highly rated (4 or 5-cow) had they done so.
Kiss the Cow Farm		Fluid Milk, 100% Grassfed, A2, Raw	615
Samish Bay Cheese Farm		Cheese, Yogurt, Milk, Labneh	575
Lifeline Farm		Cheese, Fluid Milk	540
Meant To Be		Fluid Milk, 100% Grassfed, Yogurt, Cheese	500
McCluskey Brothers at Shillelagh Glen Farms		Cheese	490
Rogers Farmstead		Fluid Milk	490
Zeal Creamery		Butter	485
Organic Valley Grassmilk		Fluid Milk, Cheese, Yogurt, 100% Grassfed	470
Champlain Valley Creamery		Cheese	455
Oasis Creamery		Cheese, Fluid Milk	455
Pure Indian Foods		Ghee	455
Sky Top Organics		Fluid Milk, Cheese, A2	450
Spring Sunrise Natural Foods		Ghee, A2	450
Trimona Yogurt		Yogurt, A2	450
Ancient Organics		Ghee	425
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.
Westby Cooperative Creamery		Fluid Milk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream	425
Nuna Organic		Cheese	400
Horizon Grassfed (Danone)		Fluid Milk, 100% Grassfed	380
Lulubelle's Creamery		Fluid Milk, Cheese, Butter	375
Organic Valley		Fluid Milk, Cheese, Yogurt	375
Trickling Springs (South Mountain Creamery)		Fluid Milk, Cream	375
Willamette Valley Cheese (Wild Rose Foods)		Cheese	375
Alexandre Family Farm 100% Grassfed		Fluid Milk, Yogurt, A2, 100% Grassfed	350
Green Valley Creamery (Emmi)		Lactose Free, Cream Cheese, Yogurt, Sour Cream, Kefir	325
Alpine Heritage Creamery		Cheese, 100% Grassfed	300
Rogue Creamery		Cheese	300
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company		Cheese, Yogurt, Goat Cheese	300
White Orchard Farm		Fluid Milk, Yogurt	300
Humboldt Creamery (Foster Farms Dairy)		Fluid Milk, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream	275
Gold Nugget Ghee		Ghee	250
Organic Creamery (Saputo)		Cheese	250
White Mountain		Yogurt	250
PCC Community Markets		Fluid Milk, Cheese	225
Shaw Farm Dairy (New England Organic Creamery)		Fluid Milk	175
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.
Wallaby Organic (Horizon Family Brands)		Yogurt	175
Alden's Organic		Ice Cream	150
Alexandre Family Farm EcoDairy		Fluid Milk, Yogurt, A2	150
Annie's (General Mills)		Cheese, Snacks, Meals	150
Happy Family (Danone)		Formula	150
Horizon (Danone)		Fluid Milk	150
Verka		Ghee, Yogurt, Cheese	150
Alpenrose		Fluid Milk, Half and Half	125
Blue Marble Ice Cream		Ice Cream, Wholesale	125
New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings)		Cheese, Fluid Milk	100
High Meadow (Aurora Organic Dairy)		Fluid Milk	50
Neutral		Fluid Milk, Half and Half	10
1836 Farms		Fluid Milk	10
365 Organic (Whole Foods)		Fluid Milk, Half and Half	10
Belfiore Cheese		Cheese	10
Bellwether Farm		Yogurt, A2	10
Bobbie		Formula	10
Bub's Organic (Aussie Bubs)		Formula	10
Byrne Hollow Farm (Byrne Dairy)		Fluid Milk, Wholesale	10
Cadia (KeHe)		Cheese	10
Central Market Organics (HEB)		Fluid Milk	10
County Line Farms		Fluid Milk	10
Earth's Best (Hain Celestial)		Formula	10
Farmland Fresh		Fluid Milk	10
Full Circle Market (Topco)		Fluid Milk	10
Good Culture		Cottage Cheese, Lactose Free Cottage Cheese	10
Great Value (Walmart)		Fluid Milk, Cheese	10
Green Mountain Creamery (Lactilis)		Organic, Greek	10
GreenWise (Publix)		Fluid Milk	10
Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets)		Fluid Milk	10
Kirkland Signature (Costco)		Fluid Milk	10
Lifeway Keifer		Keifer	10
Market Basket (DeMoulas Super Markets)		Fluid Milk	10
Member's Mark (Sam's Club)		Instant, Fluid Milk	10
MOM's Organic Market		Fluid Milk	10
Mt Vikos		Cheese	10
Naturally Better (Aldi)		Fluid Milk	10
Nature's Basket (Giant Eagle)		Fluid Milk	10
Nature's Best (KeHe)		Fluid Milk	10
Nature's Promise (Ahold Delhaize)		Fluid Milk	10
Nature's Touch (Kwik Trip)		Fluid Milk	10
O Organics (Safeway)		Cheese, Fluid Milk	10
Oberweis Dairy		Fluid Milk	10
Pure Bliss (Similac)		Formula	10
Rockview Farms		Fluid Milk, Cream	10
Roth Organics (Emmi)		Cheese	10
Roundy's Organics (Kroger)		Fluid Milk	10
Santini Foods		Canned Milk, Evaporated Milk	10
Sassy Cow Creamery		Fluid Milk	10
Shamrock Farms		Fluid Milk	10
Simple Truth (Kroger)		Fluid Milk, Cheese, Butter	10
Simply Nature (Aldi)		Fluid Milk, Cheese	10
Smith Brothers Farms		Fluid Milk, Half and Half, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Cream	10
Sprouts		Fluid Milk	10
Stew Leonard's		Fluid Milk	10
Stremicks Heritage		Fluid Milk	10
Sunnyside Farms Dairy (Save Mart Supermarkets)		Fluid Milk	10
Trader Joe's		Fluid Milk, Yogurt, Cream	10
True Goodness (Meijer)		Fluid Milk, Cheese	10
Wegmans		Fluid Milk, Cheese	10
Wellsley Farm (BJ's)		Cheese, Fluid Milk	10
Wild Harvest (UNFI)		Fluid Milk	10
Wholesome Pantry (ShopRite)		Fluid Milk	10
0-Cow Rating | PendingBrands in this category are undergoing more investigation or are in the process of participating with the Cornucopia's survey. We may share some initial information about the brand but expect to see changes at some point!
Alec's Ice Cream		Ice Cream, A2	0
Baby's Only (Bobbie)		Formula, Toddler, A2	0
Family Farmstead Dairy		Fluid Milk, Yogurt, Cheese, Buttermilk, A2, 100% Grassfed	0
Grace Pond Farm		Yogurt, Ice Cream, Cheese, Raw	0
Kalona Supernatural (Farmers Creamery)		Fluid Milk, Half and Half, Cottage Cheese, Yogurt, Kefir	0
Kimberton Hills Dairy (Camphill Village Kimberton Hills)		Fluid Milk, Raw, Cheese	0
Maple Hill Creamery		Fluid Milk, Yogurt	0
Meadowsweet Farm		Fluid Milk	0
Nancy's (Springfield Creamery)		Yogurt, Sour Cream, Butter, Cream Cheese, Kefir	0
Neighborly Farms (Hillcrest Farms)		Cheese	0
Norr Organic		Skyr, Yogurt, Wholesale	0
Origin Milk		A2, Fluid Milk, Cream	0
Painterland Sisters		Skyr, Yogurt	0
Pavel's Yogurt		Yogurt, A2	0
Seven Stars		Yogurt, Cream	0
Stony Pond Farm		Cheese	0
Stonyfield Farms (Lactilis)		Yogurt, Snacks	0
The Milkhouse		Fluid Milk, Yogurt	0
Von Trapp Farmstead		Cheese, Yogurt, Fluid Milk, Raw	0