Honie Ann's Story
More than 30 years in the organic food, health & fitness industries
Founder of four successful small businesses while a single Mom
One of six small business awardees honored by the NY Chamber of Commerce as business of the year
New School University Restaurant Management Certificate,
Natural Gourmet Institute classes, Macrobiotic Intensive with Michio Kushi
Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Counselor, Coach and Mentor
Fortune 100 company corporate HR manager and management trainer for 8 years
HON’s point of view and passions were shaped not only by her childhood experiences with growing and cooking food but by her experiences as a single Mom and as a busy, full-time working professional. HON wants to make it easier for busy people like her to cook more delicious healthy food at home.
After coverage by ABC Eye Witness News, CHANGE 2000 was asked by The Riverside Church to run its food service. This included managing a 6-day/week café, 7-day/week catering operation at the 3-block-long landmark church in Upper Manhattan. HON and her crew, students and professionals together, catered 700 events there in addition to serving lunch and breakfast six days/week to the public for two years.
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Press coverage includes the New York Times Food Section, natural foods magazines, “New York” magazine, the cable show “Something to Offer”, and Columbia University’s magazine “The Spectator”.
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In addition to her cooking, fitness and health bona fides, HON is a graduate of The University of Michigan with a B.A. in the History of Art; and holds an MSW degree from Columbia University.
After a corporate career, and ahead of her time, in 1990 HON felt called to create “HON’S BUNS” – a line of organic, high-end, high energy, vegan, wheat-free, oil-free multi-ethnic savories and sweets. HON went even further by creating a non-profit social enterprise - CHANGE 2000 – as the manufacturing arm for HON’S BUNS. CHANGE 2000 was set up as a pilot in a vocational public HS in NYC with students majoring in Culinary Arts as HON’s interns. With her student interns, HON ran three NYC Greenmarket stands, sold HON’S BUNS at organic and specialty markets and catered for the Manhattan Borough President.
