Pundlika Farmer Producer Company Limited

If you are looking for us, we are over at Sharad Thokare’s house in Kalyana. It is a quiet village in the Mehkar area. We don't have a fancy storefront or anything like that. We just use the space we have to organize our farming work. A few of us decided to get together because the costs of fertilizer and seeds were just getting too high for one family to handle. We mostly grow what everyone else around here grows, like bajra and some pulses. The weather has been a bit strange lately, so we spend a lot of time sitting on the porch talking about the clouds and hoping for rain at the right time. Our company is just a way for us to stick together. We keep our papers in a few metal cupboards and try to stay on top of the government rules. It is a lot of work and sometimes we feel like we are just filling out forms all day. But when harvest time comes, it feels worth it. We don't have any big slogans or goals other than just getting a fair deal for our crops. Sharad is good with the numbers, so he helps out with the books. We usually have some tea and sit around for an hour or two after the day's work is done to plan for the next week. It’s just how things are done here in Kalyana.