Arco Iris Hydro Farms Private Limited

Up on the 22nd floor of the Shubh Kalyan building in Nanded City, things look a bit different. We’re in Pune, right on Sinhgad Road, and even though we’re high up in an apartment, our minds are always on the plants. We’re doing hydro farming, which means we don't use much soil, just water and nutrients. It sounds complicated, but we’re just figuring it out as we go. The apartment is usually full of pipes, pumps, and plastic tubs. It’s not like a normal home anymore. My wife gets a bit annoyed with all the equipment in the living room, but she helps out too. We aren't some big tech firm with millions in funding. We’re just a small team trying to grow fresh stuff in the middle of the city. Pune is growing so fast, and there’s less land every day, so this seemed like a smart thing to do. It’s a lot of trial and error. Sometimes the pumps fail or the pH is wrong and we lose a whole batch. It’s frustrating, but when it works, the greens look amazing. We spend our weekends delivering boxes to people nearby. It’s a bit of a struggle to balance the city life with the farming, but we’re making a go of it. Just a regular family project that turned into a business.