Viralimalai Vayalaga Jeevidam Farmers Producer Company Limited

You can find us at 1402/14 on Sangampatti Salai in Viralimalai. Our group is the Viralimalai Vayalaga Jeevidam Farmers Producer Company Limited. We’re basically a group of neighbors and local farmers who pooled our resources together. Working on your own is tough, so we figured we’d have a better shot if we joined up. The office on Sangampatti Salai is where we store some of the shared equipment and keep our records. It’s often a bit cluttered with bags of seeds or tools that someone brought in for repair. We don’t have a receptionist or anything like that. If you come by, you’ll probably find one of us covered in dirt or busy on the phone with a vendor. We deal with whatever the local land gives us, mostly traditional crops that have been grown here for ages. Viralimalai is our home, and we take pride in the work we do here. It isn’t always profitable, and there are months when we really have to tighten our belts. But being part of the producer company gives us a bit more stability than we had before. We spend a lot of time talking about the weather and the soil. It’s not a glamorous job, but it’s what we know. We aren't looking to expand into some giant empire; we just want to make sure the farmers in our group get a fair shake.