The Jar on the Counter

Nuts and seeds don’t look like much. Small, quiet, easy to overlook. You could walk right past them in the store and never think twice. But calorie for calorie, they punch well above their weight. Healthy fats. Protein. Fiber. The kind of slow, steady fuel that keeps you out of the kitchen an hour after you just ate. I spent years growing crops that fed people. Almonds. Walnuts. Sunflowers. I knew…