I do a fair amount of bike commuting and sometimes when I'm out getting fresh air and excersize I look around at the poor guys stuck in cars on their cell phone, some of them maybe bordering on some version of road rage and unhealthy weight issues, I think, those poor guys. I do vegetable gardening. It's not a huge production and we have a short growing season, but I know at least some of my food doesn't pass through the mega corporate food chain. It's a little inconvenient, but never tedious and in the end sort of rewarding.
It's indeed not so much a sacrifice, but just a shift in the way we do things. Some alternatives may actually be simpler and better. A shift in consciousness.