S2:E10 Bryant Terry I Maestro of Plenty

Bryant Terry is a James Beard Award-winning food activist, chef, educator and the author renowned for his efforts to create a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system. "A large part of my mission...is to move Afro-diasporic food focus from the margins closer to the center of our collective culinary consciousness and to put its ingredients, cooking techniques, and flavor profiles into wider circulation," says Bryant.

Bryant is currently the chef-in-residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, where he creates programming that celebrates the intersection of food, farming, health, activism, art, culture, and the African Diaspora. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post and on CBS This Morning and on NPR's All Things Considered. San Francisco Magazine included Bryant among the 11 Smartest People in the Bay Area Food Scene and Fast Company named him one of 9 People Who Are Changing the Future of Food.

Join Bryant and host, Brad Johnson, as they discuss his grandparents' agrarian roots and pride in their cultural food, as well as where he first learned about veganism and food activism. Learn the significance of the Sankofa bird and Bryant's quest to explore Black foodways around the world through divergent voices in Bryant's book, Black Food. We also hear his views on food justice and empowering people in the community to be a part of the solution as well as the importance of intergenerational communication passing on best practices. Join us at the corner table!

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