I get a hankering for a roast chicken now and then and if I'm invited to someone's place for dinner I don't make a stink about what I will and won't eat. I think that's rude. My meals are sort of odd but I'm a senior and you just can't eat as much as you used to when your metabolism slows down. I'm not a big person to begin with.
I did not know that about owning a dog. I lost my dog two years ago and I'm an avid dog lover, but I won't have another - not because of the environment but because I'm 72 and my dogs usually live for 15/16 years. I don't think it's fair to get one at my age.
The one episode I clearly remember from North Carolina was when millions of gallons of pig waste ended up in the ocean because of some sort of breach. It may have happened during a hurricane. I don't remember all the details, but reading about it in a newspaper for days on end I learned how little regulation they had there for the commercial pig farms. I also remember when a chicken processing plant caught fire and workers died trying to get out the exits which were locked because the owner didn't want his low-paid employees to steal any chicken for their meals. That infuriated a lot of people. Could have been a Perdue factory. I won't eat any chicken from places that do not raise their chickens humanely and free range. So, yes I pay an arm and a leg for a chicken every now and then but because I rarely eat them I can afford to do that. I rarely eat out and of course haven't since the pandemic. Can't even bother to get takeout. I have always thought that most restaurants nowadays are all about quantity and not quality, so people get too much food of which most of it is mediocre. I've read that 40% of all food in this country is wasted. That in and of itself pains me.
I have always driven small compact cars. Since I'm retired I drive about 4,000 miles per year. The thing that I worry about the most is all the air travel that people are now taking. I doubt any of them think about that ecological footprint. I've never been on a cruise and have never had a desire to go on one, but I do like to see the country, mostly National Parks. I have always wanted to go to Europe but then the pandemic hit, and now the desire is actually not as strong as it used to be, but that's probably because I'm getting older. I too have plenty of money to live on, but I have lived my life frugally most of my adult years so I'm just not into spending money just to spend it. I don't accumulate things and stuff and have just enough that my home is nice but very uncluttered.
I'm impressed that you gave your farm away.
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