Sahyadri Farms

SEEDING GOODNESS

We’re for nature and it’s bounties.
We’re for the tillers of the ground
As much for the quality of the produce.
We’re for taking Bharat to India.
With no check-posts in between.
We strive to provide better crops every season.
Not artificially, but with the best natural processes we can access.
We’re simple people,
working hard to bring back goodness into a simple need called food.
We’re against bad handling and contamination.
And processes that can disturb the journey to your plate.
We’re more for purity than for profits.
More for soul and safety, than just sales.
We believe you have the right to know
where your food comes from.
And we’re proud to show it to you.

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FROM THE CEO’S DESK
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IT ALL
HAPPENS
HERE

FROM A FEW
This situation is what got together a group
of like-minded people from Nasik. With
farming backgrounds and education to go
with, we decided it was time to do something
worthwhile for our community. We
understood the basic problem that the
grape growers of Nasik faced. Since most
were marginal farmers (owning farms less
than 2 acres in size) they couldn’t get
enough yield to make profits that could
be put back into processes that would
optimize the efficiency of their farms.
Instead their lands were degenerating,
harvest after harvest. It was a vicious
cycle, with seemingly no way out.
The first step was to stop these farmers from functioning as
individual entities and bring them (and their lands) under one
banner – this meant they were marginal farmers no more. It also
meant more efficiency, access to improved techniques, a
higher yield, considerable profits, and in turn, a better life.

YEARS AGO…
Unlike the cool gun toting, denim-clad, horse-riding
farmer from western cinema, farmers in India were fighting
hard for survival. Though major Corporate Houses
were cashing in on agricultural produce, the real tillers of
the land seemed to be struggling to give their children
basic education, or even two square meals a day. A debtridden
existence that made them question life itself. All
this, while others in the chain were grinning their way to
their banks.
In June 2004, ten farmers together cultivated and exported four
containers of top quality grapes, to Europe. It was the first
harvest as one united entity. And this, was just the beginning.

A root vegetable from the parsley family, that has lacy green leaves and a long slender orange root.
Baby carrots are often more tender, but have less flavor because of their immaturity. Carrots were
formerly every color: red, black, yellow, white and especially purple EXCEPT orange! First cultivated in
Afghanistan, carrots originally had purple exteriors and yellow flesh. In the Middle Ages, the Dutch
developed the bright orange carrot.

BRINGING
THE BEST
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we are now exporting to
10+
countries
5
serving over large
retail
chains
The years after the first harvest were filled with learnings. Our farmer family was growing.
With an increasing base, there was more access to expert guidance, better machinery and
efficient techniques. 2010 saw the introduction of the Producer Company Act, a hybrid of
the Co-operative and Company Act.
Though the principles were similar to that of the Co-operative Act, the Producer Company
Act required the organization to be run in an absolutely professional manner as the
Company Act mentioned.
With this, we were registered as, and christened Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company
Limited (SFPCL). In 2014, under the SFPCL banner, we proudly shipped off 630 containers
of high quality grapes to Europe, the Middle East, Far East and the Eastern Bloc.
And as you read this, we’re only growing.

We believe it’s our people who make
all the difference. A sense of humour
is of utmost importance, be it in our
conference rooms or on the farm.
Jokes apart, we’re blessed to have
some of the best people who by now
have sold their souls to farming.
Though some are from farming
backgrounds themselves, others are
professionals from different streams
and walks of life. This makes Sahyadri
continually strive towards new
arenas and better ways of doing
things. Over the years, many producer
companies have faded away, not due to
lack of vision, but the lack of
professionals who can’t see it
through. Luckily for us, we’re glad to
be working with highly competent
people who have the right skill sets
and determination to not just dream
big, but turn it to reality.
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100% SAFETY.
PERIOD
At Sahyadri, we believe Food Safety is
a right of the consumer, whether
European or Asian. All our growers are
Global Gap certified and our team of 15
Agronomists work with all our 1007
growers to ensure chemical residue
on the final product at the time of
h a rv e s t sui t s t h e d e s t i na t i o n
country’s norms and standards.
Our packhouse is registered with
sedex and is BRC certified. Currently
we’re undergoing TPPS certifications
too. We’ve put in place an efficient ERP
system that enables GSI traceability
standards to be implemented, which
in turn gives you traceability up to the
farm level of every product handled at
Sahyadri. It’s a movement we’re
building in India, called ‘KNOW YOUR
FOOD’. Through this, not only are we
empowering the end consumer to
know exactly where his/her food
comes from, we’re also making sure
our standards are up to the mark,
always.

OUR FARMS
Like a canvas to an artist is a farm to a farmer. The love and
passion which goes into each square inch of our farms is
evident in the results we yield. Our 1007 grape growers
with an acreage of 2500 acres and about 500 acres of
captive plantation work hard, not only because it brings
them money. But because they genuinely love what they
do. Now, that’s
big difference. When you truly love something, you’ll
make sure there are no shortcuts or easy ways. Be it
sowing time, or harvest or every other process in
between, the Sahyadri family is at it, making sure our farms
are pampered and given the best treatment. Why,
sometimes we even spot a few farmers having full fledged
conversations with their plants.
And on and off, if you drop by, you’ll hear loud singing on
the farms (in the native tongue Marathi) as our people are
at work. That difference can be seen in every piece of
produce that goes out of our farms.
Our grape varieties, Sugraone, Crimso and Autumn Royal
are new in India, besides the regular Thompson, Flame
and Black Seedless. And now as we foray into growing
fresh fruits and vegetables too, we intend registering an
additional 5000 marginal growers soon. Which means
more farms are on their way too.
Safety is followed strignently on our lands. Hardcore
research takes place before any new implementations.
And every stage is carefully monitored under the
watchfullness of modern machinery and experienced
hands.
Our timely investments and implementations in front line
technology and agronomy ensures we’re not just smart
farmers, but those equipped with the best processes, and
of course the best farmlands.

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OVERALL
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT

EVERYTHING.
OR NOTHING.
Give it your all. Or don’t do it at all. That’s the motto we work with. Be it getting up at 4
am to attend to a tender sapling. Or travelling a few hundred miles to choose the best
fertilizers, we’re up for anything our craft demands. Safety in food is a primary
concern. And we ensure it all across, from packaging our produce on the farm itself, to
ensuring transportation only in our specialised vehicles. All the way, till your plate,
Within the next few years, we hope to not just enrich Nasik’s farmers or provide the
safest produce. We envision an India where farming turns to a profession of hope.
And an embrace that brings Bharat and India together.
We see youth who understand the nuances of our lands. And a nation where the
farmer is respected and revered. For this dream, at Sahyadri, we pledge to give our all.

OUR PRODUCTION UNIT
With a vision to improve returns to Indian table grape growers, our fresh fruit pack house is probably the largest in
India. With a capacity to handle 300 MT of fresh F&V and 100 MT of processed F&V per day, the facility also has
banana ripening rooms as well as chambers for freezing and vacuum cooling.
Covers an area
of 165,000
square feet
Capacity to process
20 containers of
grapes per day
Cold storage capacity
of 3,500 pallets
spanning various
temperature regimes
Facilities for
freezing and
vacuum cooling
In a first for India, the use of dual-discharge,
ceiling mounted pre-coolers to ensure proper
cooling of every single carton in every batch

We ensure the best of technology where handling our produce is
concerned. As per climatic requirements and needs of handling, we
have procured and built the best facilities from the best of
manufacturers worldwide.

Central Processing Centre
Our Central Processing Center for Establishing
Fruits and Vegetable Supply Chain has a
capacity to handle 300 MT of fresh F&V and
100 MT of processed F&V per day.
Goodness Wagons
The only way we transport our produce
is in our customised temperature
controlled vehicles. Goodness wagons,
we call them. This is to ensure that
everything reaches the destination
without blemish of any kind.

www.sahyadrifarms.com

www.sahyadrifarms.com
Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company Ltd.
REGD. OFF
No. 1102/8, Behind Police Quarter,
A/P Adgaon, Nashik 422003
Phone : +91-253-2023497
PACK-HOUSE
Survey No. 314/2/, A/P Mohadi,
Tal. Dindori, Nashik 422007
Phone: +91-2557-274937
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