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Helena Bottemiller Evich

Senior Food and Agriculture Reporter, POLITICO

Bio Current as of September 8, 2017

Helena Bottemiller Evich is a senior food and agriculture reporter for POLITICO Pro. Before joining POLITICO, Helena spent four years reporting on food politics and policy at Food Safety News, where she covered Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Helena’s work has also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review and on NBC News. Her reporting has taken her to the Louisiana coast during the Gulf oil spill, Arizona lettuce fields, North Carolina hog farms and the occasional presidential turkey pardoning. A native of Washington state and an alumna of Claremont McKenna College, Helena now lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband.