Talakona Farmers Producer Company Limited

Talakona Farmers Producer Company Limited is based at No.1-4 in Yerravaripalem. This is a small village and post in the Chittoor district. Most of us have been here our whole lives. We know the seasons by the way the air feels in the morning. Chittoor-517194 is where we work. Our office is just a room in the village where we keep the records. It’s not very organized, to be honest. There are piles of papers and usually some grain samples sitting around. We are just farmers. We don't have a marketing department. We don't even have a regular schedule. We work when there is work to be done. The sun tells us when to start and when to stop. We formed this company because we were tired of being on our own. It’s better to talk to the buyers as a group. At No.1-4, we have our meetings. Usually, we talk more about the weather than anything else. If the rain doesn't come, we are all in trouble. We help each other out with the plowing and the harvesting. It’s a simple life, but it’s ours. We don't use complicated language. We just say things how they are. If a crop failed, we don't hide it. We just try again. We’re just local people from Yerravaripalem trying to stay afloat.