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“I could fetch a good price as the produce was sold directly to the consumers and the middlemen were eliminated. Bhilare came across a set of people in Pune wanting to buy all of his strawberries.“I switched to growing organic strawberries but had issues in selling them at a good price. This could be one way to do good social work by helping the farmers,” she added.Surendra Hari, president of Athashri Housing Society for Senior Citizens, says reaching out to the farmers is a win-win situation. “We have abused our body through food which was not organic during our young years. And the farmers get assured customers,” he said.It also has health benefits according to the senior citizen..