Corn, beans, and squash. Three plants that built one of the healthiest diets on earth. For more than 2,000 years, Native American tribes planted the three sisters together and ate them together. It wasn’t just tradition. It was genius. In the field, they feed each other. The corn stalk is a living trellis for the beans to climb. The beans pull nitrogen from the air and feed the soil. The broad squash leaves shade out weeds and hold in moisture. One of the oldest and smartest farming systems ever devised. On the plate, they complete each other. Corn and beans eaten together form a complete protein, every amino acid your body needs, no meat required. Squash adds fiber, vitamins A and C, and healthy fats from its seeds. More than 70 to 80 percent of the traditional Native diet came from plants: whole grains, beans, and squash. The same foods at the center of every blue zone on the planet, thousands of years before anyone drew one on a map. Want to taste all three at once? Try the Thr...