I've been poking around the last week or two trying to find places to buy cruelty-free dairy -- eggs and cheese from farms where the animals not only aren't pumped full of virulent post-apocalyptic chemicals, but also aren't tortured, de-beaked, or stuffed into pens the size of pot holders. I found a few Washington farms, and this article in the now-defunct Seattle P.I. about Whistling Train Farm in Kent, WA. I didn't know they had a Starbucks in the industrial grossplex of Kent, let alone a humane farm. Apologies to Kentonians.
If you want to find other humane farms, there are a bunch of WA farms listed on the Pacific Northwest Cheese website if you scroll down and look at the left. The prices are pretty steep -- and a lot of them are goat cheese rather than the quesadilla-friendly cheddar variety -- but it's certainly better than "sheese," the non-dairy substitute from Scotland, which is like drinking non-alcoholic wine (just have a soda). However, if you can stomach the stuff, good for you. If you can't, check out the standards for "certified humane" at the Humane Farm Animal Care site and find out how the brands / stores you use measure up.
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