Kartikey Jaivik Farmer Producer Companylimited

Out in Sahpur Dewar, life moves at its own pace. We’re over at Hanumant Saran Singh’s place. Kartikey Jaivik Farmer Producer Companylimited is what we call ourselves on the government forms, but to the neighbors, we’re just the ones working the jaivik way. We’re out in the fields most of the day. The sun can be quite heavy here, so we wear wide hats and keep a jug of water close. We don’t use those big corporate methods. We prefer the stuff our grandfathers used to talk about. It’s more manual labor, sure, but it feels more honest. The village is small enough that you can’t hide if you do a bad job. We share tools and advice over the fences. It’s not a shiny operation with trucks and logos everywhere. Usually, it’s just a couple of us hauling sacks or checking on the rows of vegetables. We’ve had some tough years with the rain, but we manage to get by. Sahpur Dewar is a good place if you like the quiet. We don't have much to say about ourselves other than we work hard and try to keep the chemicals away from our food. It’s just us doing what we know how to do, day in and day out, without any fuss or fancy talk. It's a living and we're used to it by now. We just hope the next harvest is a good one.