Aaravalli Spices Producer Company Limited

Our office is over at Iv/868, Chellanam Square in the Chellanam Estate area. Being in Udumbanchola P O means we are right in the middle of where everything grows. Aaravalli Spices Producer Company Limited was set up to help the local growers here. We spend a lot of time walking through the estates to see how the crops are doing. It's not a desk job for us. Most of the time, our boots are covered in dirt from the fields. We use the space at Chellanam Square for storage and some basic processing. It is a busy place during the picking months. You can hear the trucks coming and going all day. We try to keep things organized, but when there’s a big load, the whole place gets covered in sacks. It’s just a group of us working together. We don't have fancy titles or a big corporate structure. Everyone just does what needs doing. If the bags need moving, we move them. If the spice needs drying, we spread it out. The weather in Udumbanchola is usually good for this kind of work, though the humidity can be a challenge sometimes. We keep an eye on the spice quality every single day. It’s a lot of physical labor, but it keeps us going. People stop by the estate often to ask about the current prices. We just tell them what we know. It is a simple way of living.