Malvans Kokum And Multifruits Processing

Malvans Kokum And Multifruits Processing Association is situated in Chowke, which is a small village in the Malvan Taluka of Sindhudurg. Our main place is at House Number 738. Living and working in Malvan means we are right in the heart of where the fruits grow. We spend most of our time dealing with kokum and other local fruits that come from the nearby farms. The smell of the fruit is everywhere when we are in the middle of a busy week. It is a very hands-on kind of job. We are not a big company with a lot of money; we are more of a group of people working together to process what we harvest. The building is simple and has plenty of space for the fruit to be dried and sorted. Our hands are often stained purple from the kokum juice, but that is just part of the work. We follow the seasons, so some months are much busier than others. When the harvest is ready, everyone in the village seems to be involved in some way. We do not use any complicated technology, just the old ways of doing things that have worked for years. The village of Chowke is a quiet place where everyone knows each other’s business. We are just trying to keep the local fruit traditions alive while earning a living for our families in the district.