About

Andrianna Natsoulas has been an environmental and community activist for two decades. She has organized around fisheries policies, food sovereignty and community empowerment in different capacities and venues from Syracuse, New York to Coventry, England to Washington, DC.

Throughout the past ten years, Andrianna has coordinated with the global food sovereignty movements to protect local food production and distribution, fight trade agreements and build alliances. She has participated in protests around the world from Washington, DC to Cancun to Geneva to Hong Kong and has stood shoulder to shoulder with farmers and fisherfolk to defend their rights to provide local and culturally appropriate food for their communities. That is where her passion lies – in the global fight for food justice.

In 1999, Andrianna moved to Washington, D.C. to join the Marine Fish Conservation Network and help build the new organization through outreach, program development and technical assistance. She did not expect to stay in D.C. for more than two years, but ended up making it her home for nearly ten years. Following the Marine Fish Conservation Network, Andrianna worked for Greenpeace as a researcher and campaigner for their marine campaign; Public Citizen as an international field director to fight industrial agriculture; and, then she created and directed the fisheries program at Food & Water Watch. Most recently, Andrianna served as the Food Justice and Markets Coordinator for the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance where she worked with fishing communities from Maine to New York. Through those positions she has served on committees and boards to advance food sovereignty for farmers and fisherfolk.

Andrianna finished her bachelor’s degree at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry where she realized she wanted to combine environmental conservation and social equity. She then completed her master’s degree in Ecosystems Analysis and Governance at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. Her master’s thesis examined the feasibility of United Kingdom fishing cooperatives engaging in fisheries management rather than only marketing. Her research was based on interviews with fishermen across Scotland and England.

Andrianna also loves fishing for salmon on a small commercial troller, called The Gavia in Southeast Alaska.

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