Nobody has ever fixed the way they eat over a single weekend. The foods that do the most for how you think and feel work on a slow schedule, across weeks, and they only work if you keep eating them. A few small changes, repeated until they stop feeling like changes, are what hold.
Decades ago, on the family farm, Kathleen Barsotti asked her teenage son which part of it he thought was the most sustainable. He gave the answers a boy eager to prove himself would give: the land, the water, the seeds, the customers. The most sustainable part of the farm, she said, was the bottom line. Without a profit, the farm would disappear, and every good thing it did would go with it.
The hour or so before dinner is never easy. Backpacks drop by the door, someone opens the fridge hoping for something good, and a meltdown can start before dinner is even close to ready. Have a quick ready-to-go snack can help! With summer ending and school back in session, now is a good time to think about what to keep on hand.
