All of our cacao is grown organically, though not every farm maintains an organic certification. We label our chocolate to indicate which ones do but please be advised that an organic certification is not a qualifier for quality. Cacao is not an industrial grown crop. Most of the world’s cacao is farmed by smallholder farmers (average of 3 hectares). For the most part these farmers cannot afford pesticides or other chemicals. There are tons of challenging facing cacao cultivation, none of which are addressed with being designated organic.