[5] Kanwal Singh Chauhan was raised in Aterna, a village in Sonipat district of Haryana.
In 1997 he began farming baby corn at a time when the main source of the vegetable was imports from Thailand at the price of ₹4000 per kg.
[6] He also established a fair price system for farmers growing mushroom, babycorn, sweetcorn and tomato.
[7] In 2001, he founded the Gulab Fruits & Vegetable Growers & Marketing Cooperative Society in Sonipat, a cooperative dedicated to the production, marketing, and export of vegetables such as baby corn, sweet corn, mushrooms, and broccoli.
[10] After extending support to the government over the new farm laws, he received threat calls from unidentified callers.