Growripe Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are a small group of farmers based out here in Telhara, right in the Akola district. Our main office, if you can call it that, is actually at Keshao Nathuji Khotare’s place on Shegao Road. It is just a practical spot where we meet up to talk about the crops and how to handle the season. Most of us have been working the land around here for our whole lives, so starting this producer company felt like the next step. We don't have any fancy corporate offices or anything like that. It’s just us trying to pool our resources so we can buy seeds a bit cheaper and maybe get a better handle on where our produce goes after harvest. Sometimes the weather is against us, and other times the markets are a mess, but being together makes it a bit easier to deal with. We focus on what grows well in this part of Telhara. It is mostly about looking out for each other and making sure the local farms stay running. If you walk down Shegao Road, you’ll probably see some of us working. We aren't trying to change the world, just trying to make sure our families and the other farmers in the group can keep going. It’s hard work, and there are days when things don't go right, but that is just how farming is. We just keep at it every day.