Bryant Terry

The thing that I think about most often is the loss of biodiversity. We talk about these food issues so often with…

— Bryant Terry

I think there needs to be a general consciousness raising among consumers. So many consumers aren't aware of the backstory. They see…

— Bryant Terry

Because we're becoming such an urban nation, we're going to need to be producing so much more food in cities. These institutions…

— Bryant Terry

I grew up in Memphis, Tennessee; I went to college in New Orleans before moving to New York City for graduate school.…

— Bryant Terry

Oran Hesterman is a brilliant philanthropist. He had so many progressive ideas about shifting the way that money is given out. He…

— Bryant Terry

I think more and more foundations are putting resources into food activism. But I think that given the state of the economy,…

— Bryant Terry

All communities, and low-income communities especially because of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy foods, need more farmers markets, need…

— Bryant Terry

I got a call one morning from Oran Hesterman, who was the president of the Fair Food Foundation, saying that the Fair…

— Bryant Terry

Given that I'm from the South, I wanted to do something to address that. I have been focusing more energy and resources…

— Bryant Terry

I think that if everyone did at least embrace a more plant-centered diet, it would improve public health.

— Bryant Terry

I don't necessarily think veganism is going to save the world.

— Bryant Terry

What makes the farmers market such a special place is that you are actually creating community around food.

— Bryant Terry

Food historian Jessica B. Harris says African American cuisine is simply what black people ate. When I think about what my family…

— Bryant Terry

In fact, I don't advocate any particular diet for anyone. I think that's a very personal decision that people have to make.…

— Bryant Terry

Within an hour I can be at the ocean, the forest, the mountains in San Francisco...But really, I fell in love with…

— Bryant Terry

In restaurants across America we see Latino workers in the kitchen who are being paid substandard wages. The saddest thing to me…

— Bryant Terry

Given that it takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat, I think we can also go…

— Bryant Terry

I think that the agriculture system in general is rooted in racism - consider that historically black labor on plantations was the…

— Bryant Terry

I'm in San Francisco because of the energy, the ideas, and the fact that this is a great place for me to…

— Bryant Terry

I think it's an injustice that most consumers going to the supermarket have so few options for fruit and vegetables to feed…

— Bryant Terry

In terms of the contemporary food system we see a lot of racism currently. Obviously we have a large supply of food.…

— Bryant Terry

In terms of addressing some of the most impacted communities and historically excluded communities - often of color, often low income -…

— Bryant Terry