Alexis Stavropoulos

Alexis Stavropoulos received her M.A. in Geography at California State University, Fullerton. Her research focused on local food production, farmers markets, and home gardens in Irvine, CA. During this time she worked at Orange County Produce, which led her through a world of conventional and organic agriculture.

Her experience introduced her to the wasteful system of large-scale industrial agriculture. This inspired her to receive a permaculture design certificate from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. Her support for food justice comes from years of watching people give their lives to fields of strawberries, moving from county to county following the harvesting schedules of the Central Valley, and being underpaid and under-respected. Her central mantra is to let food be your medicine. Her life pleasures include yoga, photography, running in the rain, and travel.