Farmers

If there is food, it is our farmers who need to be thanked for their efforts. Farmers who intend well, work in harmony with nature are the ones who grow food which works in harmony with our bodies and minds.

मधुमतीरोषधीर्द्याव आपो मधुमन्नो भवत्वन्तरिक्षम् ।
क्षेत्रस्य पतिर्मधुमान्नो अस्त्वरिष्यन्तो अन्वेनं चरेम ॥

May the Plants be Sweet, may the Sky be Sweet,
may the Waters be Sweet, and may the Space be Sweet to us.
May the Lord of the Kshetra (Field) be Sweet to us,
and may we be devoted Followers of Him.

Sweet = filled with purity of Nature

We personally visit farmers to understand their farming practices and pick those who work closely with nature, avoiding the use of harmful farming practices. Once selected, we train them further with the best practices and ensure that they get their fair share of earnings without engaging in harmful practices.

Pramod Hanumante Phadtare

Vadapuri Village, Indapur
Pune, Maharashtra

Meet our farmer, Pramod Hanumante Phadtare, who manages a cooperative agricultural community of 400 farmers in Indapur, Maharashtra. Millet, sugarcane, seasonal fruits, and vegetables are the main crops they cultivate.

He has fields in Vadapuri in Indapur Village. Indapur is a village in Solapur District, a region producing very high-quality millets. This region receives scanty rainfall and farmers over here have no other source of water, this ensures that the millets produced in this region are naturally organic and are residue-free.

Nandkumar Dnyandeo Phadtare

Vadapuri Village, Indapur
Pune, Maharashtra

Meet our farmer, Nandkumar Dnyandeo Phadtare who lives a simple life in his fields with his family. When farmers have this practice of maintaining two different farms for their family and for the market, he believes in high principles of consuming first what he is offering to society.

He is a member of a collective group of 400 farmers, uniform high-quality seeds are purchased collectively and sown ensuring high-quality residue-free crops of millets.

Shailesh Ramchandra Jadhav

Jadhavwadi Village, Taluka
Solapur District, Maharashtra

Meet our farmer, Shailesh Ramchandra Jhadav from Solapur district, a region producing very high-quality millets producing Maldandi, Dagadi variety of Jowar. He along with his family members toils very hard in fields to produce perishable and non-perishable organic crops.

Rupali Vikas Pawar

Malinagar Village, Malshiras Taluka
Solapur District, Maharashtra

Meet our farmer, Rupali Vikas Pawar, she does farming on appx 3 acres of land where she grows millets, wheat, sugarcane, etc. Everything on her field is grown organically using compost made from cow dung and cow urine. With the help of drip, cow’s urine is released in the field ensuring there are no chemical fertilizers or pesticides being used while growing crops. All crops from her farm are grown through natural farming.

Ganesh Pawar

Ramvadi, Vadapuri

Indapur District, Maharashtra

Meet our farmer, Ganesh Pawar, he could be seen in Ramvadi village toiling hard on his fields with a smile on his face. He derives happiness when he looks at crops which are organically grownwithout any chemical pesticides or fertilizers. Since, millet is a low water footprint crop, drip water irrigation & use of soil friendly bio fertilizers help in sustainable organic farming for millets.

Sopanrao kadam

Deolali pravara

Rahuri District, Ahmednagar

Meet our farmer, Sopanrao Kadam. In the words of Sopanrao Kadam, few years back when he decided to switch to organic farming, initially journey was full of challenges since over the years, use of harsh chemicals has made soil infertile. It was like re-infusing life inside a dead creature. Now, he uses herbal pest repellents like neem seed and leaf extract to control pest attacks and his soil & crops have started breathing again