Muthumalai Women Farmer Producer Company Limited

If you look for us in Salem, you’ll find our office in Pethanayakkanpalayam at No.167/1 in N.S. Muthu Nagar. Muthumalai Women Farmer Producer Company Limited started because a group of us women realized we could do more together than on our own. Farming in this part of Salem is tough when the rains are late, so we spend a lot of time talking about the water and how the soil is doing. Our office is usually smelling like whatever crop we are harvesting that week. We are definitely not a big corporation. We are just local women who know how to work the land and sort seeds. Sometimes the kids are playing in the office while we are trying to count the bags or fix the registers. It gets noisy and a bit chaotic, but that is just how our lives are. We try to keep everything simple and honest. Salem has its own way of doing things, and we just fit into that rhythm. Dealing with middlemen used to be a big headache for us in the past, so this company is how we stand on our own feet. We might not have a polished way of talking, but we know our crops and we know our land. It is mostly just about getting the work done every day and making sure the harvest is worth all the sweat we put into it.