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If enough people value and commit to using sustainable practices in our lives, the institutions will take note and adjust accordingly

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"Taking responsibility for yourself, your community, the planet, and for those who come after us". (Lexicon of sustainability)

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Survivability: a farmer knows that if their farm doesn't survive, they won't either

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Adaptability/resilience. Things are constantly changing. You have to be able to make due with what you have.

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Learning to do things yourself

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Longevity: resources last longer when they aren't over used to the point of extinction

Higher quality production.

Better paid employees.

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It's more expensive initially, although if you take into account True Cost Accounting: "a practice that accounts for all external costs - including environmental, social, and economic - generated by the creation of a product"(Lexicon of Sustainability) we end up paying for it in the long run.
--- paying to clean up waste from production
--- paying social welfare programs to make up the difference from not paying a living wage

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Nearly 40% of the food we produce never gets eaten (Lexicon of Sustainability)
--- at harvest time, ugly food that doesn't meet standards are left behind

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When you grow anything, it pulls nutrients from the soil. Compost adds those nutrients back into the soil.

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Half the world's food production depends on fertilizer made from natural gas/chemicals.

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"A type of food rescue that involves collecting leftover fruits and vegetables from farms, with the food usually donated to school lunch programs, non-profits and food banks. By performing food rescues, communities can help re-distribute food that would otherwise go wasted, helping to turn food insecurity into food security." (The New Face of Food and Farming in America)

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Farmers in some cities collect leftover food from local restaurants and use it to create compost to grow better crops with nutrient dense soil (Lexicon of Sustainability)

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Upcycling allows people to turn waste into something productive

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It can smell like dairy farms that use the methane gas polluting the air to fuel machinery. Thus, reducing energy costs by 90%

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It can look like governments regulating fishermen to put maximum fishing limits to keep from decimating the fish populations for future seasons (Lexicon of Sustainability)

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It can taste like butchers and restauranteurs utilizing the whole animal instead of just certain cuts of meat.

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Using our decisions to shape the larger world. We can use our money/buying power to show companies what our values are.