The program taught children in underserved neighborhoods how to cook in an afterschool program, sending the kids back home with their prepared foods to provide their family a meal. In 2001, Terry founded b-healthy! (Build Healthy Eating And Lifestyles To Help Youth), a five-year initiative created to raise awareness about food justice issues and empower youth to be active in creating a more just and sustainable food system. He then enrolled in the chef's training program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City. While at NYU, after hearing a hip-hop song about factory farming, he switched to a plant-based diet and started reading about early efforts to address food injustice. He then moved to New York City to attend graduate school at New York University, where he earned an M.A. He attended Xavier University of Louisiana, graduating with a degree in English. Terry's parents are Beatrice Terry, a neonatal nurse, and Booker Terry, an environmental protection specialist. In 2021 he was awarded a NAACP Image Award for his book Vegetable Kingdom, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justice work. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. Bryant Terry (born 1974) is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author.
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