Namakku Naam Collective Farming Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group is based out on the Main Road in Kulasekarapperi. It is a small village area near Thiruvenkadam in Tirunelveli, and you can find us at number 5/99. We call ourselves Namakku Naam because the whole idea is about doing things for ourselves as a community of farmers. There are many local families involved in this collective now. We use the building on the Main Road for all our meetings and for storing the equipment we share. Farming in this part of Tamil Nadu takes a lot of physical effort and everyone has to pitch in to make it work. We share the costs of the seeds and the labor. It is not a big corporation with offices in the city. We are right here where the fields are located. Most mornings start very early before the sun gets too high for us to work outside. We meet up at the 5/99 spot to decide who is doing what for the day and if any machinery needs fixing. It has been this way for a while. We deal with whatever crops are in season at the time. The soil here is decent if you take care of it and don't let it get too dry. We do not spend any money on big ads or marketing. We just talk to each other and get the work done. It is messy sometimes, especially when the weather turns, but that is just farming in Tirunelveli.