KHATAMLA WOMEN'S CLUSTER

Products from the farm.
From the women who grow the harvest.

Khatamla Women's Cluster is a social enterprise completely owned by the tribal women in Khatamla, Rajasthan, India, who turn locally-grown crops into products for you.

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Ambu Bhabhi of Khatamla, smiling in a red sweater and orange scarf, cutting lemongrass Ambu Bhabhi cuts lemongrass, Khatamla
Women-ownedCompletely owned by the rural women who harvest the crops and create the products.
Profit stays in the communityFarmers sell their harvests to local tribal women, who keep the profit from the products they make. 
Made right after harvestSmall batches, distilled and dried on the farm the same week the crop is cut, so it stays fresh for a long time.
FROM THE FARM TO YOUR HOME

Handcrafted teas and essential oils

All of our teas and essential oils are handmade in small batches directly on our farms immediately after harvest, ensuring high quality and a long shelf life.

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Lemongrass Tea
Lemongrass Tea Sun-dried, sifted and packed within days of cutting. Caffeine-free.
₹185
Lemongrass Essential Oil
Lemongrass Essential Oil Steam-distilled on the farm from fresh-cut lemongrass.
₹300
Chamomile Essential Oil
Chamomile Essential Oil Distilled from chamomile flowers grown in Khatamla.
₹300
Chamomile Tea We are working on packaging and getting the appropriate licenses. Please stay tuned.
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How it works

The whole village benefits.

Farmers pay the women a processing fee to turn harvest into product. Farmers keep every rupee of the sale. Nobody in the middle takes a cut.

1

Farmers grow and harvest aromatic crops

Small and marginal farmers get high-quality planting material through government subsidies. Water-efficient crops are grown with regenerative, indigenous practices and natural fertilizers that replenish the soil. Harvest comes at peak season.

2

Women of the cluster distill the oils and make the teas

Farmers bring their harvests to the cluster's processing units, where local rural women distill oils and make teas for a fee. Women are also trained to package products and run the business logistics.

3

Sold directly to you, and everyone benefits

You get oils and teas straight from the source. Women are paid from the processing fees farmers pay. Farmers keep all the profits from the sale. The whole village of Khatamla benefits.

Our farmers and makers

The people behind every pouch and bottle

Ambu Bhabhi, Sangeeta, Geeta, Baludas ji, Suraj Dangi and the rest of the cluster. Buying our teas and oils gives tribal women in rural Rajasthan a sustainable income and gives small farmers a market for their harvest.

Meet all our farmers
A woman of the Khatamla cluster in a yellow sari, holding a tin Kanku Bai with lemongrass oil from her farm
A Khatamla farmer standing in his field Moti Lal ji on his lemongrass farm
A woman planting seedlings in a Khatamla field Lalli ji planting chamomile
Our story

A fellowship project the village made its own

The Khatamla Women's Cluster began as a fellowship project with Seva Mandir, an NGO based in southern Rajasthan, in collaboration with CIMAP, a government department that provides farmers resources to grow highly profitable aromatic plants.

CIMAP's Aroma Mission provided infrastructure support: free planting material, market linkages, and technical trainings on how to grow and harvest crops. Today the processing units are run by the women of the cluster.

Read our full story CIMAP Aroma Mission
Seva Mandir team members walking through a green field in Khatamla Seva Mandir team in the fields, Khatamla

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Khatamla Women's Cluster

A Seva Mandir initiative, via Sumana Palle's SBI YFI Fellowship. Completely owned by the rural women of Khatamla, southern Rajasthan.

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