Vidhya Shri Farmer Producer Company Limited

If you head out toward Khanpur Bel Bhutapo in the Faridpur area of Bareilly, you’ll find where we work. We are based at Vedram’s place. Vidhya Shri Farmer Producer Company Limited is basically just a group of local farmers trying to get by. Bareilly is a big place, but our little corner is mostly about the land and what we can pull from it. We don't have a receptionist or a coffee machine. Usually, there is just some mud on the floor and a lot of talk about the crops. Farming is a tough way to make a buck, especially when you are doing it on your own. That’s why we started this. We wanted to see if we could do better by working as one group. It’s been a learning process for all of us. None of us are experts at running a company, but we know how to plant and harvest. Sometimes we disagree on how things should be done, but we usually figure it out over a glass of water. The weather is always a gamble, and some years are better than others. We don't promise anything fancy. We just work hard and try to keep the business moving. It’s a local thing, through and through. Most of the people involved live just a short walk away. We like it that way because we can keep an eye on things and help out whenever someone gets stuck.