Sadé Meeks, MS, RD

Sadé Meeks, MS, RD, is a writer, food activist, and Registered Dietitian from Jackson, MS.
Meeks has a Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts from Mississippi University for Women and a
Master’s Degree in Nutritional Science from California State University, Los Angeles. Meeks
has self-published a food literacy cookbook, and her nutrition expertise have been featured in
Reader’s Digest, MSN, and Yahoo News. She is currently the Founder and Executive Director
of GRITS Inc (Growing Resilience In the South) and adjunct professor at Purchase College in
New York. Meeks’ nonprofit, GRITS, is the 2023 recipient of the John Egerton Prize by the
Southern Foodways Alliance. This award is given to organizations whose work, in the South,
addresses issues of race, class, gender, and social and environmental justice, through the lens
of food.