In 1986, when Chairman Emil Stanley and his wife, Directress S.M.D. Marie Seetha Lakshmee, started a poultry farm in Hanwella with just 1,000 birds and a manual production facility, they had a simple dream: to provide quality, healthier chicken to families in their community. What began as a small operation focused on giving local families better meals would eventually evolve into something far more significant.