Khandoli Potato Producer Company Limited

We started this thing here at Gajendra Singh’s place because we grow a lot of potatoes around Khandoli. My dad, Hoti Laluncha, used to work these fields too, so it feels right. It isn't a big office or anything fancy, just a group of us trying to figure out how to handle the crops better. Some years the rain is too much, other years the price drops and we all worry about the bills. By working together as a producer company, we hope to get a bit more control over where the potatoes go after they leave the ground. It’s hard work every single day. Most days you'll find someone over at the house talking about seeds or how the harvest is looking this season. We aren't experts in big business talk, we just know potatoes and how to dig them out of the dirt. The grime under our nails is real and doesn't come off easy. Sometimes the paperwork gets confusing, but we manage somehow. If you come by the village, you'll see the sheds and the bags piled up high. We want the families here to keep farming without losing everything they own. It's just a bunch of neighbors helping each other out in the heat. We share what we know. If one person finds a better way to store the potatoes for longer, he tells the rest of us. It makes sense to stick together when you’re dealing with the big market. That’s why we registered this company. It's just local people.