RASA students at the eFarm godown . RASA is a school for children/adults with special needs.
Sorting/Grading the produce .
Selecting items for processing
The RASA team - Shrikant , Geetha , Muniyandi, Sudhir get to work
Pre check in progress
Cutting to specifications
Shrikant - deep in concentration
Students who can safely handle knives are given certain tasks...
... while others do peeling .
Venky , MD of eFarm with the RASA team
Weighing and packing
Muniyandi with his mother Muniyamma
carrots
beans
Peeling carrots
Snake gourd
Packing the 'mixed veg' bag - good for instant kootu/dal
cauliflower florets
Ladies finger . All packed and ready to cook .
Getting the packs ready for final dispatch
Loading the items for delivery
Loading the items for deliver
Packed items kept in freezer for precooling
The RASA team beaming and all smiles.
Waste being collected by Nagraj , who is visually disabled
Waste being collected ...
Nagraj moving the waste to compost yard . No stick required here , cause he knows the route blind folded ...
Moving the waste to compost yard
Pouring the agri waste
Mixing with soil
covering with soil , reduces smell and accelarates decomposition
Sabre bean stalk .. growing on good old gfashioned compost manure .. faster than jack can climb...
Plants from eFarm's vegetable patch are fed on our own compost. Grow faster, organically and technically zero waste cycle.
banana plant
Godown getting cleaned up by end of day for next day .
RASA team sets up the stall for the event
Customers flooding the stall, amazed at the professionalism shown by the special kids in the way they ran the stall
Cut vegetables table was the centre of attention. Got fully sold out !
Instant freshly made fruit salads
eFarm support staff with the RASA team in the foreground
Valli , co-founder of eFarm with her star salesteam !
The events during the fund raiser
The students donated the proceeds of sale to RASA head, Dr. Mallika Kameshwar . Venky gave a short speech on the gifts of these special kids.
