See how your favorite organic milk fared in the The Cornucopia Institute* Organic Dairy Report/Ratings (arranged by Cow Star Ratings).
View the local report here and the Brand Name comparison post and become a better educated consumer.
| Click on Dairy Name for Full Profile |
| Farm Name | Rating | Location | Products | Market Area | Total Score | Cow Rating |
| 5 Cow Rating (Outstanding)
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| Bridge View Dairy |
5 |
Oxford, PA | Whole raw milk, cheese | Pennsylvania | 1200 | |
| Cedar Summit Dairy |
5 |
New Prague, MN | Fluid milk/yogurt/ice cream | Minnesota | 1200 | |
| Chase Hill Farm |
5 |
Warwick, MA | Raw milk, cheese (100% grass fed) | Massachusetts and Vermont | 1200 | |
| Coonridge Dairy |
5 |
Coonridge, NM | Raw Goat Milk | New Mexico | 1200 | |
| Hails Family Farm |
5 |
Wyalusing, PA | Cow and goat milk, cheese, yogurt, kefir | Pennsylvania | 1200 | |
| Kimberton Hills |
5 |
Phoenixville, PA | Fluid milk products (raw) | Pennsylvania | 1200 | |
| Lifeline Farm |
5 |
MT | Cheese | MT, OR, WA and nationwide on the web | 1200 | |
| Organic Pastures Dairy Company |
5 |
Fresno, CA | Fluid milk products(raw) Butter, colostrum, kefir | California or sold as pet food | 1200 | |
| Pride and Joy Dairy |
5 |
OR | Whole Raw Milk | Washington State | 1200 | |
| Radiance Dairy |
5 |
Fairfield, IA | Fluid milk products | Fairfield, Iowa | 1200 | |
| Sassy Cow Creamery |
5 |
Columbus, WI | Fluid milk products | Primarily Wisconsin | 1200 | |
| Thistle Hill Farm |
5 |
North Pomfret, VY | Tarentaise Cheese | Nationwide | 1200 | |
| Fresh Breeze Organic Dairy |
5 |
Lynden, WA | Fluid milk products, butter | Washington State | 1195 | |
| Kimball Brook Farm/Green Mountain Organic Creamery |
5 |
North Ferrisburgh, VT | Fluid milk products, butter and ice cream | Vermont, New York City, and Boston | 1195 | |
| Butterworks Farm |
5 |
Westfield, VT | Yogurt | East Coast | 1190 | |
| Crystal Ball Farms |
5 |
Osceola, WI | Fluid Milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream | Minnesota/Wisconsin/Chicago | 1190 | |
| Hawthorne Valley Farm |
5 |
Ghent, NY | Yogurt, cheese, raw milk sales on the farm | East Coast | 1190 | |
| Seven Stars |
5 |
Phoenixville, PA | Yogurt | East Coast / Midwest | 1190 | |
| New England Organic Creamery (Shaw Family Dairy) |
5 |
Dracut, MA | Fluid Milk Products | Eastern Massachusetts | 1185 | |
| Sandy River Farm |
5 |
Farmington, ME | Fluid Milk Products | Maine (Franklin County) | 1180 | |
| Working Cows Dairy |
5 |
Slocomb, AL | Fluid milk products, butter | Alabama, Georgia, and Florida | 1180 | |
| Evans Farmhouse Creamery |
5 |
Norwich, NY | Fluid milk products | New York/New Jersey | 1170 | |
| Maple Hill Creamery |
5 |
Stuyvesant, NY | Yogurt | Primarily Northeast | 1165 | |
| Strafford Organic Creamery |
5 |
Strafford , VT | Fluid milk products | Vermont and New Hampshire | 1165 | |
| Loleta Cheese |
5 |
Loleta, CA | Cheese | Northern California | 1160 | |
| Natural by Nature |
5 |
West Grove, PA | Fluid, whip cream | Fluid and other dairy products distributed on the East Coast, whipped cream nationwide. | 1160 | |
| Redwood Hill Farm and Creamery |
5 |
Sonoma, CA | Goat milk yogurt | Nationwide | 1160 | |
| Butternut Farms |
5 |
Gilbertsville, NY | Cheese | Nationwide | 1155 | |
| Organic Acres |
5 |
ID | Fluid Milk Products | Idaho | 1155 | |
| Castle Rock Farms |
5 |
Osseo, WI | Fluid Milk Products, Cheese | Wisconsin, MN | 1150 | |
| MOO Maine’s Own Organic Milk |
5 |
Augusta, ME | Fluid Milk Products, Butter | Maine & New Hampshire | 1150 | |
| St. John’s Organic Farm |
5 |
Emmett, ID | Fluid milk products (not homogenized) | Idaho | 1150 | |
| Traders Point Farms |
5 |
Zionsville, IN | Fluid milk/yogurt | Midwest/Northeast/Mid-Atlantic | 1150 | |
| 4 Cow Rating (Excellent)
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| Green Field Farms |
4 |
Fredericksburg, OH | Cheese | Nationwide | 1145 | |
| MOM”s Organic Market |
4 |
Maryland and Northern VA | Milk | Maryland and Northern VA | 1140 | |
| Pure Indian Foods |
4 |
Lawrenceville, NJ | Ghee | Nationwide | 1140 | |
| Cultural Revolution (Kalona Organics) |
4 |
Kalona, IA | Yogurt | Nationwide | 1135 | |
| Kalona Supernatural |
4 |
Wellman, IA | Fluid milk products, cheese | Midwest, Atlanta | 1135 | |
| Wisconsin Organics |
4 |
Thorp, WI | Fluid, cheese, butter | Midwest, plus | 1130 | |
| Purity Farms (Organic Valley) |
4 |
Sedalia, CO | Ghee | Nationwide | 1125 | |
| Trickling Springs Creamery |
4 |
Chambersberg, PA | Fluid milk products | Mid Atlantic | 1120 | |
| Organic Valley (CROPP) |
4 |
La Farge, WI | Full line dairy | Nationwide | 1115 | |
| Alden’s Organic (Oregon Ice Cream) |
4 |
Eugene, OR | Ice Cream | Nationwide | 1100 | |
| Amish Country Farms |
4 |
Totowa, NJ | Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 1100 | |
| Julie’s (Oregon Ice Cream) |
4 |
Eugene, OR | Ice cream | Nationwide | 1100 | |
| Nature’s One |
4 |
Columbus, OH | Baby Formula | Nationwide | 1100 | |
| Ingles Markets (Harvest Farms) |
4 |
Black Mountain, NC | Fluid Milk Products | AL, GA, NC, SC, TN | 1095 | |
| Nancy’s (Springfield Creamery) |
4 |
Eugene, OR | Yogurt/sour cream, cream cheese & cottage cheese, kefir | Nationwide | 1095 | |
| Sibby Farm |
4 |
Westby, WI | Ice cream | Midwest | 1095 | |
| Green and Black’s Organic-USA |
4 |
Parsippany, NJ | Ice cream | Nationwide | 1080 | |
| Cedar Grove Cheese |
4 |
Plain, WI | Cheese | Nationwide | 1075 | |
| Old Home |
4 |
St. Paul, MN | Fluid Milk Products | Wisconsin and Minnesota | 1075 | |
| Organic Creamery (DCI Cheese) |
4 |
Sun Prairie, WI | Cheese | Nationwide | 1075 | |
| Wallaby Yogurt |
4 |
Napa, CA | Yogurt, Ice Cream | Nationwide | 1075 | |
| Whole Foods Markets (365 organic) |
4 |
Austin, TX | Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 1070 | |
| Cowgirl Creamery |
4 |
Point Reyes Station, CA | Cheese | 1065 | ||
| HyVee |
4 |
West Des Moines, Iowa | Fluid milk products | IA, MN, MO, IL, KA, NE, SD | 1065 | |
| Straus Family Creamery |
4 |
Marshall, CA | Full line dairy, ice cream, yogurt | California | 1065 | |
| Three Twins Organic |
4 |
CA | Ice Cream | Nationwide | 1060 | |
| Hope Creamery |
4 |
Hope, MN | Butter | Minnesota/Iowa | 1055 | |
| Clover Organic Farms |
4 |
Petaluma, CA | Fluid milk products | California | 1050 | |
| Stonyfield (yogurt, fluid milk) |
4 |
Londonderry, NH | Yogurt, Fluid Milk | Nationwide | 1035 | |
| Helios |
4 |
Sauk Centre, MN | Kefir | Nationwide | 1025 | |
| Lifeway |
4 |
Morton Grove, IL | Kiefir | Nationwide | 1025 | |
| Raley’s, Nob Hill, Bel Air, Food Source (Sunnyside Farms) |
4 |
Stockton, CA | Milk | N. California & Nevada | 1025 | |
| Save Mart, Lucky, Food Maxx (Sunnyside Farms) |
4 |
Stockton, CA | Milk | N. California & Nevada | 1025 | |
| Upstate Farms |
4 |
Buffalo, NY | Fluid milk products | Mid Atlantic | 1025 | |
| Sierra Nevada Cheese Company |
4 |
Willows, CA | Cheese | Nationwide | 1020 | |
| Westby Cooperative Creamery |
4 |
Westby, WI | Cheese, butter | Midwest | 1015 | |
| Alpenrose Dairy |
4 |
Portland, OR | Fluid milk products | Washington, Oregon | 1010 | |
| Stremicks (Heritage-Foods) |
4 |
Santa Ana, CA | Fluid milk products | West Coast/Hawaii/Midwest | 1010 | |
| Scenic Central Milk Prod. Co-op |
4 |
Prairie Du Sac, WI | Wholesale milk | Nationwide | 1005 | |
| Wegmans Food Markets |
4 |
Rochester, NY | Fluid Milk Products | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland | 995 | |
| Glanbia Foods |
4 |
Twin Falls | Cheese | Nationwide | 975 | |
| Perry’s Ice Cream |
4 |
Akron, NY | Ice Cream | NY, PN, OH, New England | 965 | |
| 3 Cow Rating (Very Good)
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| Natural Choice |
3 |
Oxnard, CA | Ice cream | Nationwide | 955 | |
| Similac (Abbott Laboratories) |
3 |
Abbott Park, IL | Infant Formula, Fortified with DHA /ARA (please see related Cornucopia report for possible side effects) | Nationwide | 930 | |
| Auburn Dairy/Yami Organic |
3 |
Auburn, WA | Yogurt | QFC Stores | 850 | |
| Harris Teeter |
3 |
Fluid milk products | Southeast | 800 | ||
| Sky Top Farms |
3 |
Bronx, NY | Fluid Milk products | New York | 760 | |
| Heavenly Organics, Inc |
3 |
Condensed milk | Nationwide | 585 | ||
| Boulder Ice Cream |
3 |
Boulder, CO | Ice cream | Nationwide | 485 | |
| 2 Cow Rating PRIVATE-LABEL (good, but questionable long-term commitment to organics) Note: information based on ”industry sources.” None of the two cow rated private-label brands were open enough to participate in the study.
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| Fairway |
2 |
New York | Fluid milk products | Northeast | 0 | |
| Publix |
2 |
Fluid milk products | Southeast | 0 | ||
| Stop & Shop (Natures Promise) |
2 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| (TESCO)Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market |
2 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| UNFI (Woodstock) |
2 |
Fluid milk products, butter | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Wakefern/Shoprite |
2 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| 1 Cow Rating PRIVATE-LABEL (some or all factory-farm milk or unknown source, but better than conventional) Note: information based on ”industry sources.” None of the one cow rated private-label brands were open enough to participate in the study.
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| Albertson’s( Wild Harvest) |
1 |
Fluid Milk Products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Assoc. Wholesale Grocers (Clearly Organic) |
1 |
Kansas City, MO | Fluid Milk Products | Unknown | 0 | |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc |
1 |
MA | Fluid Milk Products | East Coast | 0 | |
| Costco (Kirkland Signature) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Earth Fare |
1 |
North Carolina | Fluid milk products | Southeast | 0 | |
| Giant (Natures Promise) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| Great Value (Wal-Mart) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| HEB/Central Market |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Kroger (Simple Truth) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| Lund’s and Byerly’s |
1 |
Edina, MN | Fluid milk products | Twin Cities | 0 | |
| Meijer, Inc (Meijer Organics) |
1 |
Grand Rapids, MI | Fluid milk products | Midwest | 0 | |
| Nature’s Basket (Giant Eagle) |
1 |
PA | Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | |
| Nature’s Best (Cadia) |
1 |
CA | Fluid Milk Products, butter, cheese | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Our Family Organic – Nash Finch Company |
1 |
Minneapolis, MN | Grocery Distributor | Unknown | 0 | |
| Price Chopper (Naturals) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Northeast | 0 | ||
| Roundy’s |
1 |
Milwaukee, WI | Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | |
| Safeway ( O – Organics) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| Sprout’s/Henry’s Market |
1 |
So. California | Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | |
| Stew Leonard’s |
1 |
New York | Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | |
| Target (Simply Balanced) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Topco (Full Circle) |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | ||
| Trader Joe’s |
1 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Western Family Foods Inc |
1 |
Tigard, OR | Fluid milk products | Oregon | 0 | |
| Winn-Dixie |
1 |
Florida | Fluid milk products | Southeast | 0 | |
| 0 Cow Rating NO COWS (Ethically Deficient) Most produce or purchase factory farm milk – none were open enough to participate in this study
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| Alta Dena (Dean Foods) |
0 |
City of Industry, CA | Purchased by Dean Foods. Alta Dena is a brand managed by Dean. | West Coast | 0 | |
| Aurora Organic Dairy |
0 |
Boulder, CO | Largest conventional/organic factory-farm operator. Largest Private label manufacturer. | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Back to Nature (Kraft) |
0 |
Glenview, IL | Cheese | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Borden Dairy (Dean Foods) |
0 |
Texas | Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Challenge Dairy Products |
0 |
California | Butter | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Champlain Valley Dairy |
0 |
New York | Fluid Milk Products | Northeast | 0 | |
| Good Heart Organics (Rockview) |
0 |
Downey, CA | Fluid milk products | California | 0 | |
| Grassland |
0 |
Wisconsin | Butter | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Greenbank Farms/ Stonefelt Cheese Co. |
0 |
Preston, WA | Cheese | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Hain Celestial (Earth’s Best) |
0 |
Boulder, CO | Infant Formula | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Horizon (Dean Foods) |
0 |
Dallas, TX | $11 billion–the nation’s largest conventional & organic milk marketer. Owns 4000 cow “farm”. | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Humboldt Creamery (Foster Family Dairy) |
0 |
California | Fluid milk products | Unknown | 0 | |
| Kemp’s Dairy (Dean Foods) |
0 |
Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| Mr. Cookie Face (Fieldbrook Farms) |
0 |
New Jersey | Ice Cream | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Mother’s Choice (Larsen’s Creamery) |
0 |
Georgia | Fluid milk products | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Natural Prairie |
0 |
Dalhart, TX | The nation’s largest factory farm producing “organic” milk,7200 milk cows/upwards of 10,000 total animals | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Nurture Inc./Happy Baby (Danone) |
0 |
Yogurt | Nationwide | 0 | ||
| PMB Nutritionals (private-label infant formula including Wal-Mart) |
0 |
Gordonsville, VA | Private-label infant formula including Wal-Mar | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Santini |
0 |
CA | Condensed milk | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Shamrock Farms |
0 |
Phoenix, AZ | This processor owns their own mammoth dairy, about an hour south of Phoenix., It is a “split herd” (conventional and organic combined) milking thousands of cows. | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Source Naturals |
0 |
CA | Protein powder | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Spring Hill Cheese/Petaluma Creamery |
0 |
Wisconsin | Butter | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Swissland |
0 |
Indiana | Cheese | Nationwide | 0 | |
| Vermont Organics (PMB Nutritionals/Perrigo) |
0 |
Vermont | Infant formula | Nationwide | 0 | |
| White Mountain Foods |
0 |
Austin, TX | Yogurt | Unknown | 0 | |
| Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) |
0 |
Orlando, FL | Cheese/processed cheese | Nationwide | 0 | |
*The Cornucopia Institute, through research and investigations on agricultural and food issues, provides needed information to family farmers, consumers and other stakeholders in the good food movement and to the media. We support economic justice for the family-scale farming community – partnered with consumers – backing ecologically produced local, organic and authentic food.
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