Heather Thoma
Posted: February 3, 2025
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Heather has championed community resilience and well-being in her work with non-profit organizations and grassroots groups related to food, farming, health, and the arts at the local and provincial level for over 25 years. She has extensive experience in project coordination, community education and outreach, facilitation and partnership building.
Heather is the Provincial Animator with the Ontario Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food, assisting with member support and provincial advocacy to build strong school food programs, including a vision of increased local procurement and expanded relationships with Ontario food producers. She supports local farms through her work with Farms at Work based in Peterborough, and for several years was a Food Procurement Coordinator in support of Ontario student nutrition programs.
She and her partner operate LoonSong Farm, growing organic grains in Northumberland County.