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Food for All: Intersections of Politics, Poverty, Public Health and the Environment
Bryant Terry is an author, publisher, artist and advocate. Terry is a multidisciplinary artist, James Beard Award–winning chef, publisher, and author working at the intersection of food, art, culture, and justice. Terry is the author of five cookbooks, including Vegetable Kingdom and Afro-Vegan, and editor of Black Food and The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the inaugural Chef-in-Residence at San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora, curating dynamic programming connecting food, health, farming, and art. Most recently he completed an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California at Berkeley in 2025 and was awarded a prestigious Graduate Fellowship at Headlands Center for the Arts for 2025–2026.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in-person at James Branch Cabell Lecture Hall and remotely via Zoom. Please register to attend. Parking is available for a fee either on the surrounding streets or in the West Main St. Parking Deck.
For questions or accommodations, please contact the VCU Libraries Events Office at rbpander@vcu.edu or (804) 828-0593.
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