Helene York

Adjunct Faculty in the Master’s in Sustainable Food Systems program, and Research Fellow; The Culinary Institute of America

Helene York teaches Systems Thinking, Sustainability and Climate Change in the CIA’s Sustainable Food Systems program. The course’s research component, What We Eat, focuses on the globally most important foods.
Her recent book, Incorporating Sustainability into Procurement Decision Making for Food Supply Chains (C&R Press, 2026) draws upon her two decades’ experience applying a sustainability lens to food procurement decision-making.

Before COVID, few leaders in private, nonprofit, and public realms thought much about supply chains; during COVID, they realized how little they understood these dynamics, how important they were, and unprepared they were to make key decisions. The book provides case studies and a framework for supply chain managers and sustainability professionals to work effectively together. (San Francisco, CA) linkedin.com/helene-york; heleneyork.com