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’ 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.
John Egerton Prize
For his work in chronicling and championing the cause of civil rights in America, and for his contribution to our understanding of the power of the common table, the John Egerton Prize recognizes artists, writers, scholars, and others–including artisans and farmers and cooks–whose work, in the American South, addresses issues of race, class, gender, and social and environmental justice, through the lens of food.
