Sant Istari Farmers Producer Companylimited

This company is based in Yavatmal, specifically in Pandharkawada at a place called Telang Takali. Ramesh Kopulwar is the person who keeps everything moving for us here. Yavatmal is famous for its cotton, and that is a big part of what we deal with every day. Sant Istari Farmers was created so we could have a bit more control over our own lives and work. Farming in this region can be very stressful. The costs of everything keep going up, but the prices we get for our cotton often do not match the effort. So, we started this producer company to see if we could do better. We meet up at the address in Kelapur and talk about what needs doing. It is not a formal office at all. You will usually find someone drinking tea and talking about the rain or the soil. We do not have any fancy mission statements or slogans. We just want to make sure we can keep farming next year and the year after. We look after each other. If one person’s crop is having a hard time, we try to figure out why and help them. It is a practical way to live. We do all our own paperwork, which is a struggle sometimes, but it is better than paying a stranger to do it. We are just local people who have lived here forever. We know the fields and the people.