Bhoomi Odeya Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group is called Bhoomi Odeya Farmers Producer Company Limited. You can find us at building number 41 in Shidlapur. Our post office is Hotanahalli. This is out in the countryside where the farming happens. Shidlapur is a small place, so everyone pretty much knows where #41 is located. We started this producer company to get the local farmers together. It is not a big corporate office with air conditioning. We have a simple room with some chairs and a table where we discuss the prices and the weather. The building is old but sturdy. We spend a lot of time outside on the porch talking to the men and women who work the land. The name Bhoomi Odeya means something to us because it connects us to the soil. We don’t use any fancy marketing tricks. We just show up every morning and see what needs to be done for the group. Sometimes we have to travel to the city for meetings, but we prefer being back here in Hotanahalli. The roads are a bit bumpy, but the air is fresh. We are just a bunch of neighbors trying to make the farming business work a little better for everyone in the village. It is a slow process, but we are patient people. We take care of the paperwork and the seeds and the sales together. That is enough to keep us busy all year.