Bridget Bryant’s connection to The Nashville Food Project began at her son’s school.
The Nashville Food Project was there, inviting families to sign up for garden plots. Bridget added her name to the list. What began as a simple step into a shared garden space became something much deeper.
That relationship grew into a partnership. And that partnership helped her expand her work as a farmer.
For Bridget, growing food is not just a business. It is alignment. It is calling. It is the work she was meant to do.
Through farming, she has been able to grow and share produce in ways that connect her more deeply to community. Food has opened doors. It has introduced her to people she might never have met otherwise. It has created opportunities to teach others about the importance of caring for the Earth with intention and respect.
Working with the soil, tending crops, harvesting what has been nurtured over time, she sees clearly that food is a bridge. It bonds people across difference. Regardless of background, belief, or circumstance, everyone shares one thing in common: we all eat.
That shared need creates shared ground.
Bridget carries her family with her in this work. Her grandparents, Ollie Hardaway, Mary Hardaway, Early and Frankie Bryant. Her parents, Eddie and Glenda Bryant. Her best friend, Lisa Hinton. Her brother, Edward Bryant. Their legacy of resilience and care lives in the way she shows up to her farm and her community.
She believes in representing herself fully through her work. The way she grows. The way she shares. The way she teaches. It is all an extension of who she is.
For Bridget, working with the Earth is not simply an occupation. It is vocation.
And through that calling, she is helping cultivate a community where food connects us, grounds us, and reminds us that we belong to one another.