Heather is the East KY Value Chain Coordinator for The Food Connection. She is a farmer and strong advocate for the farming community and the agricultural industry as a whole. For the past 7 years she served as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent in Wolfe County. Heather and her husband, Reed, and their son, John Henry, live and farm in eastern KY. Their farm, Holly Creek Farms, is a 450 acre diversified operation comprised of a cow-calf operation, a freezer beef business, a firewood business, forages, and vegetable production. Heather holds a bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University in Animal Science and a master’s degree in Science Translation Outreach from the University of Kentucky.