Mitrayu Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited

Mitrayu is based in Pilibhit, specifically in the Suhas and Pipariya Bhaja area. We operate out of Ram Pal Kasyap’s place. Pilibhit is known for its greenery and the farming here is quite central to everyone’s life. We are a group of farmers who decided to focus on organic methods. It’s a slow process and involves a lot of learning about the soil and the pests without using heavy chemicals. The office is basically a meeting room at the house. We have some storage for the organic inputs we share. Ram Pal keeps an eye on the records and the daily visitors. It’s a very local thing. We aren't trying to be some big national corporation. We just want to produce good food from our own land. People in Suhas know us as the organic group. Sometimes we have long discussions about which natural fertilizers are working better. It’s a lot of trial and error. The weather in Uttar Pradesh can be unpredictable, so we spend a lot of time worrying about the monsoon. We don't have fancy brochures. If someone wants to know about us, they usually just walk in and ask. We have our registration and all that, but at the end of the day, we are just neighbors working together. It’s practical work that takes up most of our time. We are just glad to be doing it here.