Rupi Valley Farmer Producer Company Limited

Rupi Valley Farmer Producer Company Limited is situated right in Ward No. 1, Dharabalgani, over in Kullu. Om Prakash looks after things at the address there. Kullu is a beautiful place, but farming in the valley has its own set of problems that people from the outside don't always see. We have to deal with the slopes and the way the sun hits the valley floor. We started this company because we wanted to have a collective voice. When you are just one farmer in Dharabalgani, nobody really listens to you. But when we come together as a producer company, it’s a bit different. We handle a mix of things depending on the season. It might be vegetables one month and something else the next. We spend a lot of time in the office trying to sort out the accounts, which isn't always our favorite thing to do. We'd much rather be outside. The air is fresh here, but the work is heavy. We share our tools and our knowledge about what works in this specific soil. Sometimes we argue about the best way to do things, but we always end up figuring it out over a meal. It's a community thing as much as a business thing. We just keep moving forward, one season at a time, trying to keep the valley productive and our families fed. We mostly stay out of the way of the tourists and focus on the dirt.