Meal Farm

We run Meal Farm out of the Sharma Compound in Village Basai, right near the Arya Samaj Mandir in Gurgaon. It’s an old part of the city, and our setup is pretty basic. We spend most of our mornings getting the kitchen ready and sorting through the ingredients that come in. It’s a lot of manual work, chopping and cleaning and making sure everything is ready to go. The compound is usually busy with people coming and going. We don't have a fancy dining room or anything like that. We focus more on getting the food prepared. The heat in the kitchen can get pretty bad during the summer, but we’re used to it by now. There are only a few of us here, and we all pitch in with whatever needs doing, whether it's cooking or cleaning up the floor. We buy our supplies from the local markets nearby because it’s easier that way. Sometimes we run out of things and have to scramble, but we always manage to figure it out. It’s a small, local business and we don't have any big ambitions to be a giant company. We just want to make sure the food we put out is solid and that the people in the village know we’re here if they need us. It's a long day every day, but we get it done and then start planning for the next one. We just try to keep things moving as best as we can.