The superstars of Khatamla
The farmers who grow the crops and the women who turn them into tea and oil. Every pouch and bottle you buy is theirs. [Number] women and [number] farming families in the Khatamla panchayat; here are some of the people you'll meet in our photos and posts.
Pictured on our homepage cutting lemongrass at peak season, the first step of every batch of tea and oil.
Grows lemongrass on her own farm. The tin she is holding is oil distilled from her harvest at the cluster's unit.
Grows lemongrass for the cluster with water-efficient, regenerative methods. Keeps all the profit from what his harvest sells for.
Plants chamomile, the crop behind our chamomile oil and the chamomile tea that is in the works.
Packs her family's fresh lemongrass tea: cut three days earlier, dried under the sun, sifted for hygiene, and packed at peak freshness.
Dries lemongrass on her roof. Her batch, she says, may be the best one yet.
Grows lemongrass for the cluster. His son Kushaal helped pack the first batch of tea we launched online.
Introduced organic haldi to the tribal farmers of Khatamla. New crops and products are in the works.
A sustainable income for tribal women, a fair market for small farmers
Our social enterprise empowers tribal women in rural Rajasthan by providing them with a sustainable source of income, and supports socioeconomically backward farmers by purchasing their locally harvested produce.
From the field
All journal entries →Son of our farmer Baludas ji, pictured the day the lemongrass tea launched on our website.
OilPackaging the next batch of lemongrass oilDistilled the day it was cut, bottled the same week.
New cropsOrganic haldi comes to KhatamlaSuraj Dangi introduces turmeric to the tribal farmers. New products in the works.
A Seva Mandir initiative, via Sumana Palle's SBI YFI Fellowship. Completely owned by the rural women of Khatamla, southern Rajasthan.