Saaraketha Organics

Saaraketha is an organically certified, socially responsible business that operates in Sri Lanka having EU, USDA and JAS certifications, we have been empowering rural farmer communities during the last 5 years. Saaraketha is a catalyst that empowers rural small holder farmers to embrace sustainable methods of production. Our faith in sustainable growth; that man and nature can co-exist in harmony, fuels our passion to empower the local farming communities by transferring knowledge, entrepreneurship and facilitating access to technology to bring about dignity to the vocation of farming. The inspiration for the name Saaraketha comes from the fact that it is a "fertile field". The seed of inspiration revolved around creating a fertile field to change the lives and landscapes of Sri Lanka. It began 5 years ago with a dream to create a model of Entrepreneurial Agriculture, not farmers who are subservient or subsistence-driven but farmers who are agribusiness entrepreneurs who create fertility in their lives and the lands they work on. "This is the philosophy behind Saaraketha - we think every person has a right to good clean ethical produce - it is a fundamental right. The notion that organic is expensive and only for the affluent is a myth we strive to dispel in our vision. We wish to create a model where good clean and ethical produce are available for all walks of society." - Prasanna Hettiarachchi, Chairman Saaraketha Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.