CORN CLUB is specialty Quick service Restaurant (QSR)
focused on Sweet corn and Baby corn recipes.
The
concept was implemented by Rahul and Radha Mhaske in year 1999.It
was started as a small eatery in Model colony Pune which was eventually
converted into a QSR and was shifted to F.C Rd in 2001.
CORN CLUB was a purposeful initiative of the couple as
they wanted to showcase Sweet corn and Baby corn recipes to promote the new
crops of Sweet corn and Baby corn, which was their farming innovation then.
It all began at their family farms from the year 1995.Getting
fresh crop throughout the year was a big challenge to run a QSR.Rahul
thus formed a company of farmers who could grow Sweet corn for them round the
year. Thus CORN CLUB was merged in the company entitled
MONSOON AGRO BIO
LTD.(MABl)
The
contract farming initiative was experimented successfully by MABL in the Pune
region.
Another
big challenge to implement contract farming was the availability of Quality
hybrid seeds.
Unfortunately
the farmers had to rely on imported seeds, which were restricted to import.
Thus the seeds were smuggled and were exorbitantly priced, between Rs 4000 to
5000 per kg.
Rahul
Mhaske did the herculean task of convincing the Government of India to allow
free imports of Sweet corn and Baby corn seeds as they were vegetables.
The pursuit was successful in year 2002 and today farmers are getting Quality
seeds at Rs 1500 per kg.