? that went badly wrong. Good intentions abandoned. Even the farmers who were growing the ingredients suffered.
turning rain forests into hamburgers - is where that issue started. Vegans would eat the UNhamburgered soy beans.
A little closer to the topic. People have asked what to do with their collection – herbarium, shells, whatever – the answers range between – ask at your local university / museum. No thanks ? Try a school.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/herbarium-to-do-or-not-to-do/33302
and from there https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-specimen-collecting/25115
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/when-you-no-longer-want-your-accumulated-nature-stuff/59563
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/colonial-repatriation-of-stolen-scientific-treasures/44489/10