Green Chef and Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Serve Up Eco-Friendly Seafood Recipes for Earth Month

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Green Chef and Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Serve Up Eco-Friendly Seafood Recipes for Earth Month

2025-03-31 21:02 Last Updated At：21:21

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2025--

In celebration of Earth Month, Green Chef, the #1 meal kit for clean eating, announced today a new collection of sustainable seafood recipes for Earth Month in partnership with Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a program helping to transform how seafood is fished and farmed so that people and the planet can thrive for the long-term. These recipes will be featured as part of the Green Chef’s Earth Month Selects menu category, a selection of meals with ingredients that minimize environmental impact.

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The sustainably sourced, eco-friendly seafood recipes are part of a yearlong partnership between Green Chef and Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, reflecting a joint dedication to responsible food practices. Five of the Earth-friendly recipes will spotlight a variety of Seafood Watch recommended seafoods including: Peruvian-Style Barramundi & Chimichurri, Cajun-Spiced Wild Gulf Shrimp Over Rice, Za’atar Sockeye Salmon With Lemon Crema, and Sockeye Salmon & Crispy Grain Pilaf, allowing Green Chef customers to enjoy delicious, nutritious meals that actively support ocean sustainability.

"This Earth Month we are proud to further underscore our commitment to sustainability and spotlight our year-round partnership with Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch by providing customers with high-quality, 100% sustainably-sourced seafood," said Luke Esbenson, Senior Culinary Development Manager, Green Chef. "We’re excited to celebrate Earth Month with easy and delicious recipes that please both the palate and the planet!”

As the first CCOF-certified organic meal kit company, Green Chef features nutritionist-approved recipes with organic fresh produce in every box, along with 100% responsibly sourced proteins & clean ingredients. Customers can choose from a variety of preferences tailored to their lifestyle including Mediterranean, Gut & Brain Health, Calorie Smart, Quick & Easy, Plant Based, Protein Packed, Keto, and Gluten-Free across 80+ weekly menu and market options. With chef-crafted recipes that tempt your taste buds, made with clean ingredients that nourish your whole body, Green Chef makes it easy for customers to experiment with new flavors while maintaining healthy eating.

As part of the Green Chef Earth Month Selects menu category customers can choose among a total of nine premium, sustainable recipes with three recipes offered each week throughout the month of April for an additional cost per serving.

For more information on Green Chef’s Earth Month recipes or to start your order, visit www.greenchef.com.

About Green Chef

Founded in 2014, Green Chef is powering the pursuit of eating well by making it easy to cook colorful, flavorful meals in approximately 30 minutes or less. Green Chef’s menus cater to a range of dietary preferences, including keto, protein packed, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, mediterranean and more. Each delivery contains all the essentials to create three to four nourishing dinners for two to six people: high-quality, pre-measured ingredients — including pre-made complex sauces and spice mixes — and chef-crafted recipes. For more information, visit www.greenchef.com or follow Green Chef on Facebook, X, or Instagram.

About HelloFresh Group

The HelloFresh Group is a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit provider. The HelloFresh Group consists of eight brands that provide customers with high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions including HelloFresh, Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor, Youfoodz, The Pets Table and Good Chop. The Company was founded in Berlin in November 2011 and operates in the USA, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, France, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Ireland and Spain. In Q1 2024 HelloFresh Group delivered over 272 million meals globally. HelloFresh SE went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2017 and is currently traded on the MDAX (Mid-Cap German Stock Market Index). For more information, visit www.hellofreshgroup.com.

About Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch

As North America’s leading seafood ratings program, we assess how fisheries and aquaculture operations perform against our science-based standards for environmental sustainability. We use these ratings to create sustainability recommendations for wild-caught and farmed seafood. These recommendations are the backbone of our work. We leverage our findings to then work directly with businesses to improve their seafood sourcing and with producers to improve their practices. We also create shopping-friendly tools for people who want to purchase sustainable seafood for themselves. To learn more, visit seafoodwatch.org.

Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.

The strike was taking place at The Mount Sinai Hospital and two of its satellite campuses, with picket lines forming. The other affected hospitals are NewYork-Presbyterian and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

About 15,000 nurses are involved in the strike, according to New York State Nurses Association.

“After months of bargaining, management refused to make meaningful progress on core issues that nurses have been fighting for: safe staffing for patients, healthcare benefits for nurses, and workplace violence protections,” the union said in a statement issued Monday. “Management at the richest hospitals in New York City are threatening to discontinue or radically cut nurses’ health benefits.”

The strike, which comes during a severe flu season, could potentially force the hospitals to transfer patients, cancel procedures or divert ambulances. It could also put a strain on city hospitals not involved in the contract dispute, as patients avoid the medical centers hit by the strike.

The hospitals involved have been hiring temporary nurses to try and fill the labor gap during the walkout, and said in a statement during negotiations that they would “do whatever is necessary to minimize disruptions.” Montefiore posted a message assuring patients that appointments would be kept.

“NYSNA’s leaders continue to double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, and their troubling proposals like demanding that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job," Montefiore spokesperson Joe Solmonese said Monday after the strike had started. "We remain resolute in our commitment to providing safe and seamless care, regardless of how long the strike may last.”

New York-Presbyterian accused the union of staging a strike to “create disruption,” but said in a statement that it has taken steps to ensure patients receive the care they need.

"We’re ready to keep negotiating a fair and reasonable contract that reflects our respect for our nurses and the critical role they play, and also recognizes the challenging realities of today’s healthcare environment,” the statement said.

The work stoppage is occurring at multiple hospitals simultaneously, but each medical center is negotiating with the union independently. Several other hospitals across the city and in its suburbs reached deals in recent days to avert a possible strike.

The nurses’ demands vary by hospital, but the major issues include staffing levels and workplace safety. The union says hospitals have given nurses unmanageable workloads.

Nurses also want better security measures in the workplace, citing incidents like a an incident last week, when a man with a sharp object barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room and was then killed by police.

The union also wants limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence.

The nonprofit hospitals involved in the negotiations say they’ve been working to improve staffing levels, but say the union’s demands overall are too costly.

Nurses voted to authorize the strike last month.

Both New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani had expressed concern about the possibility of the strike. As the strike deadline neared, Mamdani urged both sides to keep negotiating and reach a deal that “both honors our nurses and keeps our hospitals open.”

“Our nurses kept this city alive through its hardest moments. Their value is not negotiable,” Mamdani said.

State Attorney General Letitia James voiced similar support, saying "nurses put their lives on the line every day to keep New Yorkers healthy. They should never be forced to choose between their own safety, their patients’ well-being, and a fair contract.”

The last major nursing strike in the city was only three years ago, in 2023. That work stoppage, at Mount Sinai and Montefiore, was short, lasting three days. It resulted in a deal raising pay 19% over three years at those hospitals.

It also led to promised staffing improvements, though the union and hospitals now disagree about how much progress has been made, or whether the hospitals are retreating from staffing guarantees.