Vizianagaram Organic Sugarcane Farmersproducer Company Limited

If you go towards Seethanagaram, you will find us at Lashmi Tirumala in Latchayyapeta. That is where Vizianagaram Organic Sugarcane Farmersproducer Company Limited operates. It’s mostly about the sugarcane here. The smell of the fields is always around, which is something you get used to pretty quick. We aren't a huge team, just a bunch of people who know the local land. The office is simple. We have some desks and a lot of maps of the local farms. Sugarcane takes time and patience, and so does running this company. We spend a lot of our morning drinking tea and figuring out the schedules for the week. It’s not a shiny office in the city. There are stacks of paper everywhere and the floor needs a sweep more often than not. People stop by to talk about their organic crops and how the prices are looking. We listen and try to keep everything organized. It gets hot in the afternoons, so we try to get the heavy work done early. Latchayyapeta is a small place, so news travels fast by word of mouth. We don't use much technology besides the basics. It’s more about the hands-on stuff and knowing the farmers by their first names. We have been in this area for a bit, and we know the rhythms of the seasons. It’s just how life is for us here. No big secrets, just daily chores and lots of sugarcane to think about.