Hazel P. Heath (née Parris; December 9, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and an entrepreneur who manufactured and sold gift boxes of jams and jellies made of wild local berries from Homer, Alaska.

Heath served as mayor of Homer for eight years, and was a National Republican delegate and a member of many local, state and federal boards and commissions.

[3] After graduating from high school in Helix, Oregon, in 1928 she attended business college in Seattle,[4] where she married Kenneth A. Heath (1902–1965).

[6] In her memoir of early days in Homer, she wrote, "By the time we returned from our six weeks trip with Dal, around Kodiak Island where we ate ducks, clams, crabs, shrimp, blueberries, cranberries, smoked salmon and other kinds of seafood, we were completely sold on Alaska living.

"[7] In September 1946, Heath and her husband Ken partnered with Freda Coles to run the Kachemak Café on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska.

[8] Heath's business plan was met with skepticism by locals, who doubted there were enough berries to "make gift boxes and ship them all over the country".

[6] Husband Ken abandoned his plans to start a "cabin court" business (a cluster of cottages for short-term rental) and instead purchased a Super Cub airplane to be able to harvest choice remote berry patches.

[4] She lost her 1976 bid for re-election to the local newspaper editor who supported revocation of oil leases in the Kachemak Bay, which she opposed.