Dr. Heather Coiner

Virginia Farm to Table Conference 2023 SpeakeR

Dr. Heather Coiner is a founding member of the Common Grain Alliance and served as Chair between 2018-2021. She holds a PhD in plant physiological ecology from the University of Toronto, and co-owns Little Hat Creek Farm, an ecological vegetable farm and wood-fired bakery in central Virginia where she lives with her husband and three children. As CGA’s Southern SARE Grant Project Manager, she is the primary contributor to the Growing Grain blog and is leading the development of a modular curriculum for growing food grain for the Mid-Atlantic market.

Dr. Heather Coiner