Suminter India Organics, a Mumbai-based company, was founded in 2003 on the notion that organic farming contracted out to small farmers in India would not only help to fulfil the worldwide growing demand for organic produce but also lead the participating farmers to greater economic stability.

Although we started out as a small trading company with the aim of helping local farmers, the rapid growth and technological advances Suminter has experienced in such a short time span is truly impressive. Suminter opened a base in the Netherlands in a bid to supply the entire European market with greater efficiency and we can now supply products to our European customers almost immediately. Now a leading exporter of organic produce from India with a unique organizational structure, Suminter aims to stay at the cutting edge of technological advances in food safety, processing and preservation and has recently installed an organic fumigation system (Eco2) and a dry steam sterilization facility (SteamLab) in Central India (Indore). We are the first certified organic food processors in India to provide dry steam sterilized products.

All of the farms with which we work are certified to international standards, ensuring not only quality produce but also fair labour and distribution practices. In fact, Suminter is only the third company in India to be Fair Trade certified for cotton and is one of the only companies in India to be exporting Fair Trade goods to the international market.
Despite its rapid development, whereby Suminter now works with over 7,500 farmers and represents over 38,900 acres of farmland that has been or is in the process of being converted to organic, the company has continued to bring about social, economic and environmental benefits for its workers and consumers. Integrating certification, training, farming, monitoring, processing and distribution as Suminter has, assures us of a high-quality organic supply chain and guarantees the farmers a market for their crops.

Suminter firmly believes that organic farming is a strong alternative for small and marginal farmers in India and aims to expand its farmland to 100,000 acres within two years as well as further develop its product range. With a business model that emphasizes the well-being of farmers, high quality products and the environmental benefits of organic farming practices, Suminter will play a more and more prominent role in the organic food and textile industry, both in India and abroad.