Aaren Ecoculture Farms (Opc) Private Limited

Our spot is right by the Basti Roadways, near the PO Roadways, which makes it easy to find but also pretty noisy with all the buses going by. We’ve been working on the ecoculture farm for some time now. It’s an OPC, so it’s a bit of a personal venture but the focus is always on the land. We try to grow things the old way, without a lot of the extra chemicals that people use nowadays. The soil in Basti has its own personality, and you have to learn how to work with it if you want anything to grow right. Some mornings the fog is so thick you can’t see the road from the fields, but that’s when the work starts. We don't have a huge staff, just a few of us who don't mind getting our boots muddy. People stop by on their way to the bus station sometimes to see what we’re planting. We talk about the rain or the lack of it and how the market is looking. It’s a simple life really, focused on the plants and making sure the farm stays healthy. We spend a lot of time weeding and checking the irrigation lines because something is always leaking or getting blocked. It’s not the kind of work you do if you want to stay clean. We just keep at it because the land is what we know best.