Purnadatta Farmer Producer Company Limited

Down here in Jalna, specifically in the Ambad area, we started Purnadatta Farmer Producer Company Limited. It is located at Dahegao, near Tadhadgaon. The house numbers are a bit confusing on the official papers, showing H.No.4 and H.No.52, but everyone in the village knows where we are located. We are farmers first and foremost. This company stuff came later because we needed a way to stay organized as a group. It is a real group effort. We spend most of our time in the dirt, planting and harvesting. Jalna is known for certain crops and we try to do our bit every year. It is not a shiny corporate office with air conditioning. It is just a room where we meet and talk about seeds, fertilizers, and who is buying what this month. Sometimes we meet at the house in Dahegao to go over the books and the bank stuff. It is a bit of a headache dealing with all the government rules, but it is necessary for us. We want to see our kids stay in farming if they want to, so we try to make it work a little better than before. We are not trying to be the biggest company in Maharashtra. We just want to be steady and honest. Life in the village moves at its own pace. We follow that. If you need us, we are usually around the farm or at the Ambad address. We just keep our heads down.