Rudreshwara Women Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group is over at Lakudaram, right on the main road at H No 10-1. It's a bunch of women farmers who decided to work together. It’s busy here most mornings. We deal with what we grow ourselves. Being on the main road means people stop by a lot to see what’s happening. We have meetings where everyone talks at once, trying to figure out the prices and where to send the produce. It isn't always organized perfectly, but we manage. Some of us have been farming since we were kids. Now we handle the business side of it too. It's a lot of learning. We have some equipment stored in the back. Sometimes the power goes out and we just sit outside and talk. It’s a community thing as much as a business. We don't use big words or fancy systems. We just use what we know about the land. The office is small and usually has bags of stuff waiting to be moved. We get tired, but it feels good to own something ourselves. Lakudaram is home, so everyone knows us here. We just want to make sure the work we do in the fields pays off for our families. It’s a straightforward life, really. We share the work and we share the problems. That is how we keep going month after month.