Raitasampada Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our place is actually an old farm house at Survey No.129 in Ventagodi. It’s right where the work happens, surrounded by fields instead of noisy city buildings. We like it that way because we can see how the crops are doing right from the front door. Raitasampada is a group of us farmers who just wanted to do things better for ourselves. We grow all sorts of things depending on what the weather is doing that month. The farm house is where we keep our tools and all the records. It’s a bit dusty inside and there are always boots left on the porch by the guys coming in from the fields. We don't follow a strict nine-to-five schedule like office people. If there’s work to be done in the dirt, the office work has to wait. We are just regular people from Ventagodi. Most of us have worked this land since we were kids. This company is a way for us to pool our resources together so we aren't at the mercy of the big buyers. Sometimes we sit around the farm house and just talk about the old days or some new seeds someone brought from the city. It’s a very informal setup. We don't have a board of directors in fancy suits; we just have neighbors who want to make a decent living. It’s a slow process, but we are getting there one day at a time. We take things as they come.