Organizer & Advocate

In 2009, Haleh co-founded a non-profit organization called Planting Justice that builds sustainable solutions at the intersection of urban farming, prison abolition, and land rematriation. Over a period of 12 years, Haleh led in the development of an innovative non-profit model that now operates 4 commercial properties on a total of 11 acres in unceded Ohlone land. 

Haleh has been an integral part of forming a national collaborative called EFOD, Equitable Food Oriented Development, a multiracial coalition of food systems leaders organizing across Turtle Island. Together they co-designed the EFOD Fund to support and uplift emerging food justice enterprises at the intersection of health and economic development. 

Haleh is a part of a 13-acre land-based community with natural buildings that demonstrate low-carbon earthen home construction, community-scale sustainable food production, and healthy watershed management. 

In her role with Pisces Foundation and ClimateWorks, in 2024 Haleh launched FAST Ports, committed to catalyzing resources and scaling action to mitigate black carbon and protect communities living and working adjacent to ports by taking advantage of federal funding.