Why Choosing Farmveda Means Supporting Hundreds of Farmer Families
When you pick up a Farmveda product from the shelf, you’re not just buying nutritious, preservative-free food, you’re directly supporting thousands of small farmer families across India. Farmveda is a farmer-owned brand, built through the Centre for Collective Development (CCD), where profits flow back to the very farmers who grow and process the ingredients.
Farmer Cooperatives at the Heart
Farmveda works with over 542 CCD-supported cooperatives across 5 states, empowering 43,710 small and marginal farmers. These farmers, who often earn just ₹20,000 annually and face middlemen exploitation, now pool their produce collectively. By forming village-level cooperatives and district federations, they gain bargaining power, fair pricing, and control over their value chain from field to processing units.
Profits Go Back to Farmers
Unlike traditional brands, Farmveda shares all profits directly with farmer cooperatives. This means when you buy Multi Millet Dosa Mix, Ragi Idli Mix, or Cold Pressed Groundnut Oil, your purchase funds farmer dividends, reinvestments in processing units, and community development. Farmers become shareholders and entrepreneurs, turning subsistence farming into sustainable businesses.
From Raw Crops to Branded Products
CCD helps farmers set up owned processing units, like groundnut mills in Anantapur and toor dal mills in Adilabad that create Farmveda’s ready-to-eat dal tadka, podis, and oils. This eliminates middlemen, boosts incomes by 25%+, and creates local jobs in grading, packaging, and quality control. A single dal mill can double farmer's earnings while employing 50+ youth.
Women and Youth as Farmpreneurs
Many cooperatives are women-led, with groups in Telangana managing peanut farms for Farmveda’s spreads. Youth under 30 lead millet processing and digital sales tracking, doubling incomes and expanding into snacks. These “farmpreneurs” secure loans using cooperative records, breaking debt cycles and building generational wealth.
Real Impact, Transparent Results
• No distress sales: Farmers hold produce until peak prices via pooled storage.
• Cost savings: Shared transport and inputs cut expenses by 15-20%.
• Skill building: Training in quality grading, hygiene, and market linkages turns farmers into business owners.
• Scale: From 25,000+ farmers initially, now reaching 45,000+ across villages.
Your Choice, Their Future
Every Farmveda purchase from Instant Lemon Poha to Unsweetened Peanut Butter closes the loop: farmers grow, process, own the brand, and reap the rewards. You get clean, delicious food while helping small families escape poverty, educate children, and thrive. Choosing Farmveda isn’t just ethical, it’s transformative for hundreds of farmer families building a prosperous rural India.