Poondi Dam Collective Farming Farmers Producer Company Limited

We've been working the land around Nelvoy for a while now. Poondi Dam is right there, so that's where the name comes from. It is just a group of us who decided to get together to handle the farming stuff a little better. Being on Nelvoy Street means we see each other often. Most days are spent looking at the crops or figuring out the tools. It isn't always easy, especially when the weather doesn't cooperate, but having the collective helps out. We don't have a big office or anything fancy. It's just the storage space and the fields. Sometimes we sit around and talk about the seeds or the prices we're getting. Everyone here knows each other’s families. We grew up here. The post office is just down the road from us. It gets dusty in the summer and muddy when it rains, but that’s just how it is. We try to keep things organized so the smaller farmers don't get lost in the shuffle. It's practical work. We deal with what's in front of us. If a tractor breaks, we fix it. If the water is low, we wait. There are no suits or big meetings here, just a lot of dirt under our fingernails and hope for a decent harvest. We just keep going, day after day, trying to make sure the work gets done and the crops make it to where they need to go. It's a living for us.