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Rav Singh began farming vegetables in Caledon five years ago after years as an environmental educator. For her, farming was a way to honour her ancestry and reconnect with the land. Her parents were farmers in India before immigrating to Canada, and growing traditional foods felt like a return to her roots.
“I just felt really called to connect with the land on a very deep level and to grow food for people,” Singh told The Pointer.
She aimed to respect and celebrate her family's farming heritage, ensuring cultural foods like okra and bitter melon were available alongside common produce such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
“I wanted to respect and acknowledge my ancestral connection to agriculture in farming because my family, they were farmers back in India… I just really wanted to make sure that folks who were looking for ‘cultural foods’ like okra, bitter melon had the same type of choice that people have when they go to buy something like tomatoes or cucumbers.”
At 27, Singh founded Shade of Miti, with "miti" meaning soil in both Hindi and Punjabi. The name honours her ancestors and conveys her belief that planet health starts from the ground up.
This farming initiative became more than just food cultivation; it evolved into a bridge connecting food and climate justice.
Author's summary: Rav Singh’s farming journey honors her ancestral roots while promoting cultural food diversity and climate justice through sustainable agriculture.