Tracye McQuirter
Tracye McQuirter is an American vegan activist, public health nutritionist, chef, and cookbook author.
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Born | Tracye Lynn McQuirter |
Occupation | Public Health Nutritionist Vegan Activist Cookbook Author |
Nationality | American |
Education | New York University (MPH, Public Health Nutrition) Amherst College (BA, African American Studies) Sidwell Friends School |
Home town | Washington D.C. |
Genre | Vegan guides and cookbooks |
Notable works | Ageless Vegan (2018) By Any Greens Necessary (2010) |
Website | |
byanygreensnecessary |
Background
McQuirter grew up in Washington D.C. and graduated from the Sidwell Friends School in 1984.[1][2] She received her B.A. from Amherst College in 1988[3] and her Masters in Public Health (MPH) from New York University.[2]
Career
Actor and activist Dick Gregory introduced McQuirter to vegetarianism in 1986 when he gave a talk on the subject at Amherst during her sophomore year.[4][5][6] When she was a junior, she spent a semester in Kenya and had experiences there that made her decide to become a vegetarian. During her second semester, when she was an exchange student at Howard University, she discovered what she later described as a "large Black vegan and vegetarian community in Washington D.C." This group, which was also influenced by Gregory and his book Dick Gregory’s Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin’ With Mother Nature, taught her how to be a vegan. However, at that time McQuirter notes that, "there were not a lot of options in terms of grocery stores. There was no Whole Foods... we had to basically cook everything for ourselves."[7][5][8]
McQuirter co-founded "BlackVegetarians.com" (1996-1997), the first vegan website by and for African Americans.[5][9] According to the New York Times, her 2010 book, By Any Greens Necessary contributed to the rise of veganism among African-Americans between the time of its release and 2017 (when the article was published).[10]
In addition, she co-authored the African American Vegan Starter Guide in 2016 with the Farm Sanctuary,[11][12] the Vegetarian Times named her a "New Food Hero" in 2017,[13] and Self Magazine included her 2018 vegan cookbook Ageless Vegan in the "16 Best Healthy Cookbooks" list for that year.[14] In 2019, she was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame,[9] received the "Distinguished Alumni Award" from Sidwell Friends School,[1] and PBS named her a "Woman Thought Leader."[15]
Bibliography
- McQuirter, Tracye (2018). Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life. Da Capo Lifelong Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-0738220208.[14]
- McQuirter, Tracye (2010). By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat. Lawrence Hill Books. p. 240. ISBN 978-1556529986.[16]
References
- "Sidwell Friends School 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award". Sidwell Friends School. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- Milloy, Courtland (2020-04-28). "Inequities helped covid-19 ravage the black community. But there are things we can do to help ourselves". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- "Amherst College Alumni Reunion 2018". Amherst College. 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- McQuirter, Tracye (2017-09-01). "This Civil Rights Activist Is the Reason I've Been Vegan for 30 Years". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- Jones, Alexis (2019-06-29). "RACE AND THE ROOTS OF VEGANISM". NEHA Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- McQuirter, Tracye (2018-07-11). "'I'm Vegan And I've Got More Energy Now Than I Did In College'". Women's Health (magazine). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Associated Press (2011-01-05). "Vegan Diets Become More Popular, More Mainstream". CBS News. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Phanor-Faury, Alexandra (2015-04-08). "Vegetarianism: A Black Choice". Ebony (magazine). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Hussain, Ruksana (2020-04-07). "Tracye McQuirter Spearheads a Vegan Movement for Black Women Everywhere". Cuisine Noir. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Severson, Kim (2017-11-28). "Black Vegans Step Out, for Their Health and Other Causes". New York Times. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- Phanor-Faury, Alexandra (2016-09-28). "New African American Vegan Starter Guide Revamps the Plate of Black America". Farm Sanctuary. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- Philanthropy Journal (2019-10-02). "Ep 39: It's Such Layered Work". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- Dowdle, Hillari (2017-05-01). "The New Food Heroes". Vegetarian Times. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Byrne, Christine (2018-10-20). "The 16 Best Healthy Cookbooks of the Year". Self Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- PBS (2019-12-22). "Woman Thought Leader: Tracye McQuirter". PBS. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- Cleary, Lisa (2010-10-14). "A Revolution to Lose Weight, Look Phat". WRC-TV (NBC4 Washington). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
External links
- Official website
- Official Website: 10,000 Black Vegan Women
- Tracye McQuirter on IMDb
- Tracye McQuirter Biography - from Hachette (publisher)
- Tracye McQuirter (video clip) - from Sidwell Friends School