Anandshetkari Agro Producer Company Limited

If you ever come down to the Marketyard, you’ll find us at Gala No 791. It’s right in the Fruit Bhaji Pala Vibhag, which is always a very busy and noisy place to be. Anandshetkari Agro Producer Company Limited started because the market can be a tough place for a lone farmer to navigate. We handle a lot of fruits and vegetables coming in from the surrounding villages. In the mornings, it’s total chaos with trucks arriving and people shouting, but that’s just how it works here. We try to organize the produce so it doesn’t sit around and rot in the heat. It’s a lot of lifting and moving crates back and forth. Some days the prices are good and everyone is happy, and other days it’s a struggle to break even. We aren't trying to be some huge corporation; we just want the farmers who bring their stuff to our gala to get a decent price. Most of us have dirt under our fingernails from working our own plots before coming to the market. We know how much effort goes into growing a single crate of tomatoes or onions. It’s not just business to us, it’s how we live. The walls of the gala are a bit dusty and the floor is always covered in stray leaves, but it’s where the real work happens every day. We just stay focused on the daily tasks and making sure the crates get moved to where they need to go.