Kamathenu Collective Farming Producer Company Limited

There are quite a few of us involved with Kamathenu Collective Farming Producer Company Limited now. We are located right at 6, Kovilpatti in Rengasamuthiram. Most people around here know the 1St West Street area in Andipatti quite well. We aren’t doing anything fancy, just standard farming like our parents did, but we do it together now. It helps when buying things in bulk or trying to figure out where to send the produce once it's picked. It’s a lot of work, honestly. Some mornings start before the sun is even up properly. We spend most of our time figuring out the water situation or checking on the plants. If you come by Andipatti, you will see us busy with something or the other. It gets dusty and hot, but that’s the job. We share what we know and try to keep things moving. The company part of it is mostly just paperwork so we can get better prices. Otherwise, we’re just neighbors who decided to pool our resources. Sometimes we sit around and complain about the prices of fertilizer or the lack of rain. It’s just how it goes here. No one is trying to be a corporate boss. We’re just trying to keep our farms going and take care of our families through this collective effort. It feels right to work this way because we understand the struggles of this specific area.