Pattukottai Kalasam Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our group started because a few of us in Pattukottai realized that selling our crops individually wasn't working out that well anymore. We found this space on the first floor of the A C D Complex along Athirampattinam Road to use as our main base. It’s a good spot because it’s easy for everyone to reach. Inside, you’ll mostly see stacks of registers and farmers coming in to check on their accounts or ask about new government rules. We don't really do the whole professional office thing with uniforms or silent rooms. It’s usually loud with people talking about the rain or the price of inputs. We are all from nearby villages and we know each other's families. Setting this up as a producer company was a big step for us, mostly to handle the logistics that one person can't do alone. We have had some good years and some tough ones where the crops didn't do what we expected. That's just how farming goes in this part of Tamil Nadu. We try to keep things simple and honest. If you walk up the stairs at 1741, you’ll find us. We are just trying to get through the seasons and make sure the people who actually grow the food get a decent deal at the end of the day. It’s a local effort through and through, run by the same people who are out in the mud every morning. We just want to keep the farms going.