PODIE

People's Organization for Development Imports & Exports (PODIE) is a small-scale Fair-Trade organization which began in 1974 and established in 1985, in Negombo Sri Lanka. PODIE'S primary goal is to protect the small-scale producers and consumers from the middlemen, and provide quality goods especially for the export market. We began to export mats and consequently established a fund from the profit, consequently began exporting handicrafts, prawn powder, etcetera. Meanwhile, we started processing spices with the aid of our buyers and established a stall for handicrafts and spices in Negombo town for tourists... PODIE is a processor & exporter of value-added organic spices & allied products. Organically grown raw materials for these products are purchased from our small holder farmer & producer groups based in the remote villages of Sri Lanka. These farmer & producer groups are organized as co-operative societies that are affiliated with our organization. The processing & packaging of..

Primary location: Demanhandiya Sri Lanka