Alyssa Crijns
LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS MARKETING MANAGER
602-956-0909 ext. 74
alyssa.crijns@localfirstaz.com
Building on a love of good food, Alyssa works to connect farmers, food entrepreneurs and community members throughout Arizona to important information, events and resources to build towards a sustainable, equitable food system.
Hometown:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
What I Love Most About Arizona:
When the orange of the mountains transforms to purple at dusk, the smell of rain in the desert (also, creosote), how the desert lights up with life when the sun rises.
Education/Training:
BA in Anthropology and Art History
Favorite Movie:
Rear Window
Favorite Book:
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Favorite Local Business:
Glai Baan, Lamp Pizzeria
If I'm Not at the LFA Offices, You Can Find Me:
On a hiking trail
Passions:
Vegetables, poetry, thrift stores, NBA Basketball
Mom/Dad Always Told Me To:
Ask for forgiveness, not permission
Guilty Pleasure:
Basketball podcasts
Childhood Ambition:
To be the namer of paint colors