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Farm Name Rating Location Products Market Area Total Score Cow Rating

5 Cow Rating (Outstanding)
Animal Farm 5 Orwell, VT Butter Vermont 1200      
Bridge View Dairy 5 Oxford, PA Whole raw milk, cheese Pennsylvania 1200      
Green Hills Harvest 5 Purdin, MO Fluid milk products Iowa, Kansas, Missouri 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      
Organic Pastures Dairy Company 5 Fresno, CA Fluid milk products(raw) Butter, colostrum, kefir California or sold as pet food 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      
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      
Seven Stars 5 Phoenixville, PA Yogurt East Coast / Midwest 1190      
Hawthorne Valley Farm 5 Ghent, NY Yogurt, cheese, raw milk sales on the farm East Coast 1190      
Cedar Summit Dairy 5 New Prague, MN Fluid milk/yogurt/ice cream Minnesota 1180      
Whispering Meadows Farm 5 Ridott, IL Yogurt Midwest 1180      
Coonridge Dairy 5 Coonridge, NM Raw Goat Milk New Mexico 1175      
Evans Farmhouse Creamery 5 Norwich, NY Fluid milk products New York/New Jersey 1170      
PastureLand 5 Dodge Center, MN Cheese, butter (seasonal production) Midwest 1170      
Strafford Organic Creamery 5 Strafford , VT Fluid milk products Vermont and New Hampshire 1165      
Castle Rock Farms 5 Osseo, WI Fluid Milk Products, Cheese Wisconsin, MN 1150      
Loleta Cheese 5 Loleta, CA Cheese Nothern California 1150      
Traders Point Farms 5 Zionsville, IN Fluid milk/yogurt Midwest/Northeast/Mid-Atlantic 1150     

4 Cow Rating (Excellent)
Green Field Farms 4 Fredericksburg, OH Cheese Nationwide 1145     
This Land is Your Land 4 Wilmington, DE Fluid Milk Products,goat cheese and yogurt Nationwide 1140     
Farmers All Natural Creamery 4 Wellman, IA Fluid milk products, cheese Midwest, Atlanta 1135    
Natural by Nature 4 West Grove, PA Fluid, whip cream East Coast, whipped cream nationwide 1135     
Organic Choice 4 Prescott, WI Wholesale milk, cheese Nationwide 1135     
Wisconsin Organics 4 Thorp, WI Fluid, cheese, butter Midwest, plus 1130     
Cultural Revolution (Kalona Organics) 4 Kalona, IA Yogurt Nationwide 1115     
HyVee 4 West Des Moines, Iowa Fluid milk products IA, MN, MO, IL, KA, NE, SD 1115     
Organic Valley (CROPP) 4 La Farge, WI Full line dairy Nationwide 1115     
Straus Family Creamery 4 Marshall, CA Full line dairy, ice cream, yogurt California 1115     
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 Infant Formula Nationwide 1100     
Nancy's (Springfield Creamery) 4 Eugene, OR Yogurt/sour cream, cream & 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     
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     
Wild Oats 4 Fluid milk products Nationwide 1070     
Cowgirl Creamery 4 Point Reyes Station, CA Cheese 1065     
Old Home 4 St Paul, MN Fluid milk products Twin Cities 1065     
Trickling Springs Creamery 4 Chambersberg, PA Fluid milk products Mid Atlantic 1060     
Clover Storenetta 4 Petaluma, CA Fluid milk products California 1050     
Hope Creamery 4 Hope, MN Butter Minnesota/Iowa 1045     
Humboldt Creamery 4 Fortuna, CA Ice cream, powder Nationwide 1035     
Naturally Iowa 4 Clarinda, IA Milk, ice cream Midwest 1035     
Stonyfield (yogurt) 4 Londonderry, NH Yogurt 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     
Westby Cooperative Creamery 4 Westby, WI Cheese, butter Midwest 1015     
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     
Potter Family Farms 4 Visalia, CA Smoothies, dairy coffee creamers, Kefer, yogurt, pudding West Coast 985     
Glanbia Falls 4 Twin Falls Cheese Nationwide 975     

3 Cow Rating (Very Good)
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    
Stonyfield (milk) HOOD 3 Boston, MA Fluid milk products Eastern half US 910    
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company 3 Willows, CA Cheese Nationwide 900    
Yami Organic (Auburn Dairy) 3 Auburn, WA Yogurt QFC Stores 825    
Harris Teeter 3 Fluid milk products Southeast 800    
Ben and Jerry's 3 South Burlingon, VT Ice cream Nationwide 780    
Sky Top Farms 3 Bronx, NY Fluid Milk products New York 760    
Heavenly Organics, Inc 2 Condensed milk Nationwide 520    
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'' no private-label supplier participated in the study
(TESCO)Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market 2 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0   
UNFI (Woodstock) 2 Fluid milk products, butter Nationwide 0   
Stop & Shop (Natures Promise) 2 Fluid milk products Unknown 0   
Wakefern/Shoprite 2 Fluid milk products Unknown 0   
Publix 2 Fluid milk products Southeast 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'' no private-label supplier participated in the study
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc 1 Fluid Milk Products Nationwide 0  
Costco (High Meadows-Aurora) 1 Butter Nationwide 0  
Costco (Kirkland Signature) 1 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0  
Giant (Natures Promise) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
Haggens (Full Circle) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
HEB/Central Market 1 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0  
Ingles Markets 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
Kroger (Naturally Prefered) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
Lund's and Byerly's 1 Edina, MN Fluid milk products Twin Cities 0  
Meijer, Inc 1 Grand Rapids, MN Fluid milk products Midwest 0  
Safeway ( O - Organics) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
Trader Joe's 1 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0  
Target (Archer Farms) 1 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0  
Topco (Full Circle) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
Tops (Natures Promise) 1 Fluid milk products Unknown 0  
UNFI (Woodstock) 1 Fluid milk products Nationwide 0  
Western Family Foods Inc 1 Tigard, OR Fluid milk products Oregon 0  

0 Cow Rating NO COWS (Ethically Deficient) Most produce or purchase factory farm milk - none were open enough to participate in this study
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
Good Heart Organics (Rockview) 0 Downey, CA Fluid milk products California 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
Organic Cow (Dean Foods) 0 Dallas, TX (Northeast) Purchased by Horizon, then Dean Foods. Organic Cow is a brand managed by Dean. East Coast 0
PMB Nutiritionals (private-label ( private-label infant formula including Wal-Mart) 0 Gordonsville, VA private-label infant formula including Wal-Mar Nationwide 0
Noris Dairy/Noris Organic Life 0 Crabtree, OR Unwilling to share any information about their operation after numerous attempts by registered mail and phone 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
Shamrock Farms 0 Phoenix, AZ This processor owns their own mammoth dairy, about an hour south of Phoenix., It is a "split heard" (conventional and organic combined) milking thousands of cows. Nationwide 0
Rockview Farms 0 Downey, CA Fluid milk products California 0
Wholesome Valley (Galaxy Foods) 0 Orlando, FL Cheese/processed cheese Nationwide 0
Greenbank Farms/ Stonefelt Cheese Co. 0 Preston, WA Cheese Nationwide 0

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