Vegan chef Bryant Terry cooked his first meal at age 5 -- a sausage biscuit sandwich -- but eventually moved away from meat and introduced hundreds of kids to vegetables through his nonprofit organization, b-healthy! He is on a mission to increase people's food IQ, encourage them to eat healthier and empower them to find options when their local community is lacking. The Inspired Vegan: Seasonal Ingredients, Creative Recipes, Mouthwatering Menus, the latest of his three books, was published earlier this year, and in January he launched a new Web series, Urban Organic. His advocacy in the field of food justice takes him across the country for speaking engagements and demonstrations, with the goal of making people excited about healthful and wholesome food.

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