Lohit Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited

Lohit Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited is based out in Maruba village, which is near Wakro in the Lohit district. Shri Baritlum Ama is the person who looks after things here. We are a collective of farmers from this part of Arunachal Pradesh who wanted to do things a bit differently. Most of us are in the Wakro or Chongkham areas. We grow our crops without any of those harsh chemicals because we want to keep the soil healthy for our kids. The land around here is beautiful, especially during the harvest season. It’s not a fancy business with a big glass office. Our "office" is usually just a porch or a shed where we store the tools and the crops. We spend our days out in the fields, pulling weeds and checking the growth. It’s hard on the back, but it’s the life we chose. We started this producer company so we could help each other out with selling and transporting our goods. In a place like Lohit, it’s better to work together than to try and do everything alone. Sometimes we have meetings to decide what to plant next or how to fix a broken fence. It’s all very informal but we get the job done. We just want to make an honest living off the land we’ve always lived on. Everything we do is for the community here.