Payal Dairy & Organic Fertilizer Farm

At 118, Gopalapuram in Vriddhachalam, you will find Payal Dairy & Organic Fertilizer Farm. Our daily life is very different from a shop in the city. We start long before the sun is up because the cows need to be tended to and the milk has to be ready. The air here always smells of hay and earth, which is just part of living on a farm. We have a section where we handle the organic fertilizer, which involves a lot of turning the piles and bagging the finished product. It is hard, physical work that leaves your clothes stained and your hands rough. We keep our supplies in a shed that has some rusted spots on the roof. People from around Vriddhachalam come directly to the farm to pick up what they need. We don't have a storefront with shelves; instead, it is just us meeting people by the gate or in the main barn. We have to keep an eye on the weather constantly because a heavy rain changes everything we have planned for the day. There is no air conditioning here, just the breeze if we are lucky. We spend most of our time outdoors or in the sheds, making sure the animals are fed and the bags of fertilizer are stacked properly so they stay dry. It is a simple life centered around the land and the animals we keep.