Feb. 17, 2005
Contact: Yolanda Tiscareno
Cal Poly Ethnic Studies
(805) 756-1707; ytiscare@calpoly.edu
‘Freedom Fighters, Fast Food and Food Justice’
is Title of Feb. 28 Talk
SAN LUIS OBISPO – “Food justice,” a term that
refers to producing food in an affordable and sustainable manner
and making it available to all people regardless of income, is the
focus of a Feb. 28 presentation at Cal Poly.
New York-based author, chef and food-justice activist Bryant Terry will present “Freedom Fighters, Fast Food and Food Justice” at 7 p.m. in Room 286 in the Fisher Science Building. In his talk, Terry will explore “the historical and contemporary intersections between social justice and community food security in urban communities.”
Terry is founding director of b-healthy! (Building Healthy Eating and Lifestyles to Help Youth), an organization dedicated to strengthening the food-justice movement.
According to Terry, “food justice starts from the conviction
that access to healthy food is a human rights issue, and that the
lack of access to food in a community is an indicator of material
deprivation.”
He facilitates workshops across the country about cooking, food
politics, and the relationship between diet and health. He is a
regular commentator on radio and has been a featured guest on National
Public Radio’s “The Tavis Smiley Show.”
Nationally recognized for his efforts to create a more just and
sustainable food system, Terry’s work has received notice
in such publications as Newsweek, Vibe and Organic Style, which
named him one of Tomorrow’s Environmental Power Players.
Terry and b-healthy! have received numerous awards, including a
Sea Change Residency, a Wave of the Future Award, and an Open Society
Institute Community Fellowship.
Terry is a 2002 graduate of the Natural Gourmet Cookery School
in New York City. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English
from Xavier University of Louisiana and a master’s degree
in American history from New York University. He lives in Brooklyn.
The presentation is free and open to the public. It is sponsored
by Cal Poly’s Ethnic Studies Department and the College of
Liberal Arts. For more information, call
756-1707.
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