Snack On!

Charles Coristine, owner of LesserEvil, left his Wall Street job to buy this boutique snack company—and the world is a sweeter (and cleaner) place because of it.

- NEIL ZEVNIK

There was a time not so long ago when “snacking” was a dirty word. If you were someone who “ate healthy,” you eschewed all of those between-meal indulgences that were most likely fried in some unhealthy oil and/or loaded with sugar and preservatives. Unfortunately, sensible options were few and far between—and their flavor often left a lot to be desired.

But then attitudes changed. Nutritional information became more available. “Grazing” became a viable dietary habit. And a wide panoply of healthy and tasty snacks inundated store shelves.

So the question now becomes not which snacks are genuinely healthy, but which ones make the greatest contribution to personal and planetary welfare? Enter Charles Coristine and his LesserEvil brand.

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