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

Coonridge Organic Goat 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

Meant To Be Natural Food Spring Valley, NY NY, NJ 1515

Misty Brook Farm Albion, ME Maine 1485

The Milkhouse Monmouth, 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

Sidehill Farm Hawley, MA New England and New York 1450

Alexandre Family Farms Crescent City, CA CA, OR, WA 1450

Thistle Hill Farm (Tarentaise Cheese) North Pomfret, VT Nationwide, VT 1445

Amaltheia Organic Dairy Bozeman, MT MT, Web Sales 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

Trimona Yogurt Port Jefferson, NY TX, OR, NY, CA, IL, Northeast 1400

Rumiano Cheese Company Crescent City, CA Nationwide 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

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 LaFarge, WI Nationwide 1310

Kalona SuperNatural (Farmers Creamery) Kalona, IA Nationwide 1305

Liberte (General Mills) Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada 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 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 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

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.

Verka San Jose, CA CA, Midwest 655

Wallaby (Danone North America) Denver, CO Nationwide 645

Alpenrose Portland, OR OR, WA 615

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.

Sky Top Farms Bronx, NY NY 340

Horizon Grassfed (DanoneWave) Boulder, CO Nationwide 340

Roth Organics (Emmi Roth) Monroe, WI Nationwide 260

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

Cowgirl Creamery (Emmi Roth USA/Emmi Group) Point Reyes Station, CA Nationwide 0

Harvest Farms (Ingles Markets) Black Mountain, NC AL, GA, NC, SC, TN 0

365 Organic (Whole Foods) Austin, TX Nationwide 0

Stremicks Heritage Foods Santa Ana, CA Midwest, West, HI 0

Wegmans Rochester, NY NY, PA, NJ, VA, MD 0

Glanbia Foods Twin Falls, ID Nationwide 0

Perry's Ice Cream Akron, NY NY, PA, OH, Northeast 0

Challenge Dairy Products California Nationwide 0

Bethel Creamery Bethel, NY Unknown 0

Voskos (Sun Valley Dairy) Sun Valley, CA GA, SC, TN, FL, AZ, AL, NC, CA, NV 0

Umpqua Dairy Roseburg, OR West 0

Smith Brothers Farms Kent, WA WA 0

Talenti (Unilever) Minneapolis, MN Nationwide 0

Pavel's Yogurt San Leandro, CA Nationwide 0

Mama Sattva Chico, CA Nationwide 0

Samish Bay Cheese Farm Bow, WA WA 0

Cocoa Metro Auburndale, MA Nationwide 0

Clearly Organic (Associated Wholesale Grocers) Kansas City, KS Unknown 0

Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) Orlando, FL Nationwide 0

Wild Harvest (Albertson's) Boise City, ID Nationwide 0

Nature's Best (KeHE) Brea, CA Nationwide 0

Natural Directions (Unified Grocers) Tigard, OR Nationwide 0

Galbani (Lactalis) Buffalo, NY Nationwide 0

O Organics (Safeway) Pleasanton, CA Nationwide 0

Greenwise (Publix) Lakeland, FL Southeast 0

Trader Joe's Monrovia, CA Nationwide 0

Fairway NY Northeast 0

Sprout's Phoenix, AZ AZ, CA 0

Olympus Dairy Astoria, NY Nationwide 0

Shoprite Edison, NJ Nationwide 0

Western Family (Topco) Tigard, OR Nationwide 0

Simply Nature (Aldi) Batavia, IL Nationwide 0

Wellsley Farms (BJ's Wholesale Club) Westborough, MA OH, East 0

Stew Leonard's Norwalt, CT CT, NY 0

Vermont Organics (Perrigo Nutritionals) Georgia, VT Nationwide, Web Sales 0

Great Value Food (Walmart) Bentonville, AR Nationwide 0

Honest Infant Formula (Honest Company) Santa Monica, CA Nationwide 0

Winn Dixie Organics (Bi-Lo) Jacksonville, FL Southeast 0

Double Rainbow San Francisco, CA Nationwide 0

Kirkland Signature (Costco) Seattle, WA Nationwide 0

Kemps (Dairy Farmers of America) St. Paul, MN Nationwide 0

Latta (Latta USA) Fair Lawn, NJ East, CA 0

Nature's Place (Hannaford) Scarborough, ME Nationwide 0

MOM's Organic Market Rockville, MD DC, MD, NJ, PA, VA 0

Dahlicious Organic Leominster, MA Nationwide 0

Similac (Abbott Laboratories) Abbott Park, IL Nationwide 0

Woodstock (UNFI) Providence, RI Nationwide 0

Nature's Promise (Giant Food/Ahold) Carlisle, PA Nationwide, Web Sales 0

Santini Foods San Lorenzo, CA Nationwide 0

Simply Balanced (Target) Minneapolis, MN Nationwide 0

Cadia (KeHE) CA Nationwide 0

Full Circle (Topco) Elk Grove Village, IL Nationwide 0

New Seasons Market (Good Food Holdings/E-Mart) Portland, OR OR, WA 0

Roundy's Milwaukee, WI IL, WI 0

Friendly Farms (Aldi) Batavia, IL Nationwide 0

Hy Vee West Des Moines, IA Nationwide 0

HEB Organics (HEB Grocery Company/Central Market) San Antonio, Texas TX, KS, OK 0

Horizon (DanoneWave) Boulder, CO Nationwide 0

Applegate Farms (Hormel) NJ Nationwide 0

High Meadow (Aurora Dairy) Boulder, CO Nationwide 0

Hiland Dairy Springfield, Missouri Midwest 0

Farmland Fresh Newark, NJ Nationwide 0

Happy Family (Groupe Danone) New York, NY Nationwide 0

Harris Teeter Organics (Kroger) Matthews, NC Nationwide 0

Meijer Organics (Meijer) Grand Rapids, MI Midwest 0

Simple Truth (Kroger) Cincinnati, OH Nationwide 0

Shamrock Farms Phoenix, AZ Nationwide 0