#50: Tracye McQuirter, MPH - By Any Greens Necessary
Tracye McQuirter, MPH
Tracye McQuirter is, without question, one of the trailblazers of the plant-based movement who has spent the last 30 years coaching people to go vegan for life. She’s the author of the book, By Any Greens Necessary, as well as her most recent book, The Ageless Vegan, written with her own mother.
Today, we reminisce about her own journey to veganism all because of one inspirational lecture she heard almost 35 years ago back in college from civil rights activist, Dick Gregory. We also dive into her role as author and nutrition coach from the perspective of a black female, and her own world-wide initiative, “The 10,000 Black Vegan Women” Movement. Her goal? Empower people of color to improve their health.
Everyone has their own motivational and inspirational MOMENT - that THING that finally lights the spark to inspire real change. Trayce's epiphany inspired her life’s work to help others fall in love with the vegan lifestyle. Perhaps this episode with Trayce will be YOUR spark for lasting action.
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ABOUT TRACYE MCQUIRTER, MPH
Tracye McQuirter, MPH, was named a national food hero changing the way America eats for the better by Vegetarian Times and is the recipient of multiple awards for her public health nutrition and vegan advocacy.
She's the author of the new book Ageless Vegan and the national best-seller By Any Greens Necessary, which established her as one of the most influential vegans in the country.
As a writer, speaker, public health nutritionist, and 32-year vegan, Tracye has been teaching people how and why to live a healthy vegan lifestyle for the past 30 years. She directed the nation’s first federally funded vegan nutrition program and was a nutrition advisor for the Black Women’s Health Imperative. Tracye recently created the first-of-its-kind, free African American Vegan Starter Guide in partnership with Farm Sanctuary and previously co-created one of the earliest vegan websites 20 years ago, which was also the first by and for African American vegans.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Essence, Bon Appetit, Ebony, VegNews, The Huffington Post, and many more. Tracye is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School, Amherst College, and New York University, where she received a master's degree in public health nutrition.
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