Not a diet. A direction.
Six questions to keep asking for life
A diet is a set of rules that fails under pressure. A philosophy holds when the week gets hard, and it can be passed on. No farm, no chef skills, no perfect budget required. One question a week, one small practice to try.
01
Where does our food come from?
Knowing who grew it, by name.
02
How are we preparing our food?
Cooking as something the whole family does, kids included.
03
How are we eating together?
The shared meal, the screens, the small rituals that start it.
04
What do we do after the meal?
Cleanup, leftovers, the compost bucket. Closing the loop.
05
What traditions are we keeping and creating?
The food memories worth passing down, and the new ones you start.
06
How do we feed others?
A covered dish, a meal for a neighbor, a table with room.
Who's writing
A farmer who didn't know how to feed his kid
I'm Mitch Hinrichs, a fifth-generation Nebraska farmer turned food systems writer. I grew up on corn and soybeans, sold sweet corn to my neighbors for about twenty summers, and spent ten years on farms in more than twenty countries.
Then I was about to become a father, and a decade of knowing about food didn't feel like enough. Knowing a lot about food is not the same as knowing how to feed your own family. The six questions came out of that gap.
I live in Livingston, Montana. I'm still learning. Some nights it works. Some nights it does not.
SIX WEEKS, TOGETHER
Work through all six with a small group of families
Six Tuesday evenings, one question a week, a recipe each week and a workbook. You leave with a one-page Family Food Plan for your fridge, written by your family. The founding cohort opens in spring 2027. Subscribers hear first.
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Six questions for the family table
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