Every morning and evening, a tiny shop opens in Kuvempu Nagar, a residential locality a short walk from Hassan Railway Station in Karnataka.
Farm-fresh organic fruits and vegetables are placed on a table. There are eggs too. A board displays prices of the produce. Customers buy what they want and place the money in a cash box. The shop doesn’t have a salesperson, a supervisor or even a CCTV.
“My daily sales target is `1,000,” says 56-year-old Hema Ananth, owner of the unmanned shop and an exemplary farmer.
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