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Helene York

Helene York

Helene York is the director of strategic initiatives for Bon-Appetit Management Company, a national onsite restaurant company based in Palo Alto, CA. More

Helene York is the director of strategic initiatives for Bon Appetit Management Company, a national onsite restaurant company based in Palo Alto, CA, and director of the company's foundation, which seeks to educate chefs and consumers about how their food choices affect the global environment and the ability of traditional producers to thrive.
Do Children Harvest Your Food?

Do Children Harvest Your Food?

The Harvest, U Roberto Romano's poignant film, forces us to think about where our food is coming from. Today, nearly 500,000 children as young as six harvest 25 percent of our crops.… More »

Going Tubular: The Trouble With Fruit You Can Squeeze and Eat

Going Tubular: The Trouble With Fruit You Can Squeeze and Eat

Seeing beyond the often absurd label claims and misleading nutritional information found on packaged foods and bottled beverages.… More »

Eating Seasonally: Chicken Wings and Football Don't Go Together

Eating Seasonally: Chicken Wings and Football Don't Go Together

Because of football playoffs, the price of chicken wings is climbing. Or, why we should learn to eat foods when they're easiest to produce.… More »

Putting a Plan to Radically Reduce Our Food Waste to the Test

Putting a Plan to Radically Reduce Our Food Waste to the Test

One reason we need to cut back on leftovers: The shelters I tried to donate to were suspicious of my food, and they didn't want anything I had… More »

Bringing Fish Back to the Table

Bringing Fish Back to the Table

On National Food Day, we should call attention to seafood and work to educate both chefs and consumers about where the 17 pounds of fish they eat every year is actually coming from… More »

Bringing America to the Table: How to Get People Interested in Food

Bringing America to the Table: How to Get People Interested in Food

We've been singing to the choir for a long time. What we need to do, though, is learn to reach those all the way back in the peanut gallery.… More »

What a Grain Co-op Can Teach Us About Changing the Food World

What a Grain Co-op Can Teach Us About Changing the Food World

To make sustainability a reality, small producers might have to forge new coalitions—even with industrial giants… More »

The Trouble With High-Tech 'Sustainable' Aquaculture

The Trouble With High-Tech 'Sustainable' Aquaculture

Why genetically modified fish and other seafood innovations don't address the root of the world's fisheries crisis… More »

Alaska's Tartare and Burgers: Can We Learn to Save Wasted Fish?

Alaska's Tartare and Burgers: Can We Learn to Save Wasted Fish?

Fish aren't just fillets that swim—and for seafood to be truly sustainable, consumers will need to learn to eat every part… More »

In Defense of Tilapia

In Defense of Tilapia

Tilapia might be the fish that people most love to hate. But hormones and industrial feed are only part of the story—and if you're careful, there can be a lot to love.… More »

Recycling Isn't the Answer: To Save the Planet, Eat Plants

Recycling Isn't the Answer: To Save the Planet, Eat Plants

Landfills contain 10 times more food than plastic. It's time to think about what we eat (and waste) in a new way.… More »

How to Package Food: First, Cover It With Feel-Good Claims

How to Package Food: First, Cover It With Feel-Good Claims

A packet of oats shows how companies hype flavor, mislead us about sustainability, and try to look better than they are… More »

The Other First Ladies: Teaching the Next Generation About Food Choices

The Other First Ladies: Teaching the Next Generation About Food Choices

In honor of International Women's Day, some words of wisdom from four D.C.-area cooks… More »

Chocolate Is Sweet, but Chocolate Policy Would Be Sweeter

Chocolate Is Sweet, but Chocolate Policy Would Be Sweeter

As political deadlock in Cote d'Ivoire sends cacao prices soaring, an expert makes her case for new, fairer trade rules… More »

So You Want to Find a Food Internship: A Job-Seeking Guide

So You Want to Find a Food Internship: A Job-Seeking Guide

A sustainable dining expert, deluged by eager job applicants, explains how to find the ideal food-world opportunity… More »

The Best Kind of Chicken Farming

The Best Kind of Chicken Farming

For ethical poultry, a few expensive birds in the back yard isn't the answer. Medium-sized farms offer a more efficient—but still humane—model for sustainability.… More »

5 New Year's Resolutions for Home Cooks and Food Lovers

5 New Year's Resolutions for Home Cooks and Food Lovers

Allow our sustainability expert to inspire you. These resolutions, unlike most, will encourage you to eat better (not less).… More »

What Americans Can Learn From Japanese Cuisine

What Americans Can Learn From Japanese Cuisine

The simple, elegant work of a master chef making soba noodles drives home the value of culinary technique and thoughtfulness… More »

Cheap Seafood's High Cost

Cheap Seafood's High Cost

A visit to a fish processing plant reveals the inefficient processes that have helped seafood suppliers and marketers meet sky-high demand for boring filets year-round… More »

Still No Tomatoes: Is Global Warming to Blame?

Still No Tomatoes: Is Global Warming to Blame?

Floods, fires, and scarcity of a favorite crop lead to the question of whether climate change is affecting our food… More »

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