Shrishivshambho Farmer Producer Company Limited

Up in Nimgaon Jali, we operate from the home of Shri Janardan Babanrao Dengale. It’s in the Sangamner area. We chose the name Shrishivshambho Farmer Producer Company, but to the locals, it's just the place where the farmers gather. We aren't city people in suits. Most of the time, we have mud on our boots because we’ve just come from the fields. Sangamner is where we go for the main markets, but Nimgaon Jali is where the real work happens. It’s a small community and everyone knows what everyone else is planting. If a neighbor has a problem with his crop, he comes over to Janardan’s house and we sit on the porch to talk it through. We don't have fancy brochures or a website with lots of pictures. We just have years of experience in the dirt. The soil here has its own way of doing things, and you have to respect that. We handle the group’s business because it makes it easier to buy supplies in bulk. It’s not exciting work, just lots of phone calls and writing things down in big books. But it’s our life and we’ve been here forever. If you’re looking for us, just ask anyone in the village for the Dengale house. We’re usually around, unless it's peak harvest time and then everyone is out in the fields until dark.