I was 23. Just a young fella over there. Probably haven’t even broken a hip yet.

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If North America could solve it’s food waste problem we would not need so much industrial monocropping that actually feeds no one.

He is now. You even elected him. No sending that asshat here. He is Texan now.

Small farmer here. Devoid the soil of nutrients by tilling. Kill all the soil biology by spraying chemicals. Grow only fast yield cash crops. Grow the same crop year after year for decades or more. Breed crops for appearance and yield over nutrition. What the fuck do you expect?

If you are soil biology this is very true in your typical soy field.

I went to uni right out of highschool. Became a paramedic. Has a good career but it just wasn’t what I wanted. By 25 I quit and was travelling doing odd jobs or whatever I could. Meeting people, seeing places. It wasn’t easy but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve been many places, done many things, met so many interesting people and completely changed my world view from when I was 20 because of it all.

I say don’t let society tell you what is right or normal. Find your own path. Do things you find interesting and don’t make your life about your work. Now I am old and have medical issues. I’ll be 50 this year. I’m glad I lived while I had the opportunity. It’s your life make it what you want it to be not someone else’s idea of life.

Us too. Inappropriate memes that make us laugh. Avoids the “can I see” from the kids.

The one I was thinking of was Midgard Insect Farms Inc but I think they only grow for pet food. There are many others in Canada however. Even Loblaws started selling cricket flour in their stores around 2017.

You can buy cricket flour in Canada. There is a manufacturer in Nova Scotia.

So you’re basically Canadian.

Then at least stop sending them.

If only that were true here.

Yes please Germany come to Nova Scotia and get your nationalist Nazi fucks please.

Former paramedic here who spent a bunch of time around nursing schools in my youth. This completely destroys the don’t stick your dick in crazy theory. Nursing students have a much higher rate of crazy than other professions. Just sayin.

It helps me not drop my toothbrush in there in our tiny bathroom though.

Where we live it will help a lot. It’s an economically depressed area and has some of the highest poverty rates in the country. Yet the local university has brought so many international students that housing supply dried up prior to COVID. Housing prices have skyrocketed. Food banks are stretched beyond their capabilities. Employment opportunities are at an all time low with a minimum of quadruple the volume of applicants for the few mostly part time positions there are. The local cinema is being used as a classroom there are so many students and no place to instruct them at the university because it is well over capacity on teaching spaces as well as housing. Yet the university keeps increasing the volume of students every single year by the thousands.

This means the local population which already has difficulty for many reasons is seeing homelessness rise dramatically along with food insecurity, housing prices rising at extreme rates, joblessness at extreme levels even for a historically depressed area. Not to mention a huge increase in crime.

For smaller population centers and those with schools acting as diploma mills, which is happening in many areas here, it will slow down the decline somewhat. It’s not an end all situation. Much more still has to be done to even try right the ship.

Mormons are allowed to steal hot sauce and give it away in an effort to tempt me to join? Maybe they have a real plan…

Farmer here as well. We use our truck. A lot. It’s the only vehicle we have and it’s 16 years old. It badly needs replacing but instead we keep repairing because of the extreme cost of a new one. It’s way beyond our reach and we won’t go into debt for it. Canada (where we live) just passed a bill that all new vehicles will be electric by 2035. That’s going to fuck us even further.

I had a major illness in my early 40’s. That shit faked me out and sped up the aging cycle. My body is falling apart now and I’m just turning 50 this year. Enjoy it while you have it. I did and I am glad I did.