Gregory Kalinin, Co-founder

Gregory Kalinin, Co-founder of Holistic Roasters

Gregory Kalinin

Co-founder, Holistic Roasters · Biodynamic Coffee

Gregory co-founded Holistic Roasters in 2016 to build the cleanest, most rigorously tested coffee available. He writes about regenerative farming, lab testing methodology, and the science of health-conscious coffee consumption.

Background

Before Holistic Roasters, Gregory worked as a corporate executive, startup entrepreneur and business consultant. Today he works directly with Demeter-certified Biodynamic farms, and along with the Holistic Roasters team, oversees the third-party lab testing program (Actlabs and Eurofins) that verifies every harvest, and is responsible for publishing every certificate of analysis unedited at Lab Test Results.

Areas of expertise

  • Coffee mycotoxin testing methodology (ochratoxin A, aflatoxins, multi-compound panels)
  • Demeter Biodynamic farming and its impact on green coffee purity
  • Lab accreditation standards (ISO 17025) for food safety testing
  • Specialty coffee sourcing, roast curve design, and quality control
  • Regenerative agriculture, and supply chain logistics

Editorial standards

Every article on this site that makes a health, scientific, or regulatory claim is fact-checked against primary sources (peer-reviewed studies, regulatory documents, or original lab data). Articles citing studies link to the original sources. Articles comparing brands disclose methodology and any commercial interest.

Holistic Roasters publishes lab data for every harvest. If you find an error in any article, please email info@biodynamic.coffee — corrections are made promptly and dated.

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