Junee Mountain Farmers Producer Company Limited

We are a small group of farmers up here in Dhangiara village. The office is over at the Himalayan Research Group building, which is where we usually meet up to talk about the crops. Being in Chachiot Tehsil in Mandi means we are dealing with mountain weather all the time. Sometimes the rain is too much and other times we are just waiting for the sun to come out so we can get back to the fields. We started this producer company because it felt like a better way to handle our produce together rather than everyone doing it alone. Most of our days are spent checking on the plants or sitting in the Po Jahal area trying to figure out the logistics of getting things down the mountain. It isn't always smooth and there are days when the paperwork feels like more work than the actual farming. We grow whatever the season allows and try to keep things as honest as possible. Everyone here knows each other, so it’s more like a big family trying to run a business. We don’t have fancy equipment or a big corporate office. It’s just us in a small village room with some chairs and a lot of muddy boots at the door. We work hard, we take our tea breaks, and we try to make sure the work gets done before the sun goes down and it gets too cold to stay out.