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Chandra Shekhar Basavanna:
Founder & Director at Orgtree India
rgTree, pioneering Mahesh Basavanna, 43, and as a science here. This is where
farmerpreneur movement, Chandrashekhar Basavanna, we experiment with recipes,
Ois a food production 40, brothers who hail from explore with machines, and most
company making millet based Thenkahalli, a village in importantly, all our products start
snacks. Our mission is to make MalavalliTaluk in Mandya district, their life journey here.
good and healthy millet food Karnataka, decided to introduce
available for everyone. millets to the urban populace in Each and every part of this
the form of snacks. That’s how factory has been carefully
The company was founded in 2014 OrgTree was founded, with a inspected, worked, reworked, and
with a world class manufacturing mission to make healthy food transformed to do one thing, and
facility in Thenkahalli, Malavalli in available to everyone. one thing only. Ship the best millet
Mandya district, Karnataka, India, products we produce. And then
with corporate office in Bangalore. Mahesh and Chandra Basavanna make them better the next day.
have set up OrgTree, which is
The idea is to provide healthy enabling farmers to grow millet, Straight From The Farmers
food made from locally sourced adding value to their produce, and
millet and from the hands of promoting a healthy lifestyle. To make the best of anything, you
the farmers. OrgTree follows have to start from the source and
sustainability to the core in all Brand Story and Tradition work your way up, it is twice as
practices. Sustainability in terms of true for farm produce. For that we
production and delivery processes, OrgTree at its core is a farmer have our millets grown specifically
economic and environmental backed company. From growing for us without fertilizers and
sustainability. millet and other ingredients substitutions. This way, we control
required for our products, to the quality of the grains we get.
Orgtree with Kiru millet snacks manufacturing and packaging them
envisions to create healthy all is the effort of the farmers. The best products will come from
snacking habits among its From performing research to the best farms. No exceptions. The
consumers. Creating awareness on create highly nutritious products farmers we work with, are growers
consuming millet as a staple food and to testing and ensuring that who live and die by their produce.
and including it as a part of the the products are of world-class They are a force of nature in
daily dietary habits is one of our standards is the effort of the themselves and we can only hope
objective. farmers. OrgTree emnates this they continue their way of unspoilt
Farmer identity. production.
We Want Millets to Become a Part
of Everyone’s Lives! The Factory The Road Ahead
The Dynamic Duo It is a heart of our company. We Sustainability to us is more than
proclaim millet food engineering just doing things better. Our
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