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      True Cost Accounting for Food book

      Balancing the Scale

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      True Cost Accounting for Food book

      Balancing the Scale
      Edited ByBarbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker, Paula A. Daniels
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      eBook Published 23 June 2021
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003050803
      Pages 316
      eBook ISBN 9781003050803
      Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Environment & Agriculture, Environment and Sustainability, Food Science & Technology, Global Development, Social Sciences
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      Gemmill-Herren, B., Baker, L.E., & Daniels, P.A. (Eds.). (2021). True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003050803

      ABSTRACT

      This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system.

      Calls are coming from all quarters that the food system is broken and needs a radical transformation. A system that feeds many yet continues to create both extreme hunger and diet-related diseases, and one which has significant environmental impacts, is not serving the world adequately. This volume argues that True Cost Accounting in our food system can create a framework for a systemic shift. What sounds on the surface like a practice relegated to accountants is ultimately a call for a new lens on the valuation of food and a new relationship with the food we eat, starting with the reform of a system out of balance. From the true cost of corn, rice and water, to incentives for soil health, the chapters economically compare conventional and regenerative, more equitable farming practices in and food system structures, including taking an unflinching look at the true cost of cheap labour. Overall, this volume points towards the potential for our food system to be more human-centred than profit-centred and one that has a more respectful relationship to the planet. It sets forth a path forward based on True Cost Accounting for food. This path seeks to fix our current food metrics, in policy and in practice, by applying a holistic lens that evaluates the actual costs and benefits of different food systems, and the impacts and dependencies between natural systems, human systems, agriculture and food systems.

      This volume is essential reading for professionals and policymakers involved in developing and reforming the food system, as well as students and scholars working on food policy, food systems and sustainability.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |10 pages

      Introduction

      The Urgency of Now
      ByBarbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker, Paula A. Daniels

      Size: 0.08 MB

      section 1|38 pages

      The Power and Potential of True Cost Accounting

      chapter 1|13 pages

      From Practice to Policy

      New Metrics for the 21st Century
      ByNadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst

      Size: 0.10 MB

      chapter 2|12 pages

      Cotton in Egypt

      Assisting Decision-Makers to Understand Costs and Benefits
      ByHelmy Abouleish, Thoraya Seada, Nadine Greiss

      Size: 0.37 MB

      chapter 3|11 pages

      Upstream, Downstream

      Accounting for the Environmental and Social Value of Water in the Andes
      ByMarta Echavarria, Margaret Stern

      Size: 0.13 MB

      section 2|34 pages

      Thinking Systemically

      chapter 4|17 pages

      Methods and Frameworks

      The Tools to Assess Externalities
      ByHarpinder Sandhu, Courtney Regan, Saiqa Perveen, Vatsal Patel

      Size: 0.55 MB

      chapter 5|15 pages

      Health Impacts

      The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food Systems
      ByCecilia Rocha, Emile Frison, Nick Jacobs

      Size: 0.16 MB

      section 3|64 pages

      From the Field

      chapter 6|11 pages

      Harmonizing the Measurement of On-Farm Impacts

      ByPatrick Holden, Adele Jones

      Size: 0.42 MB

      chapter 7|16 pages

      Incentives to Change

      The Experience of the Organic Sector
      ByGábor Figeczky, Louise Luttikholt, Frank Eyhorn, Adrian Muller, Christian Schader, Federica Varini

      Size: 0.33 MB

      chapter 8|25 pages

      Transforming the Maize Treadmill

      Understanding Social, Economic, and Ecological Impacts
      ByFrancisca Acevedo Gasman, Lauren E. Baker, Mauricio R. Bellon, Caroline Burgeff, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Rainer Nerger, Harpinder Sandhu, Esmeralda G. Urquiza-Haas, Stephanie White, Gyde Wollesen

      Size: 0.17 MB

      chapter 9|10 pages

      Fostering Healthy Soils in California

      Farmer Motivations and Barriers
      ByJoanna Ory, Alastair Iles

      Size: 0.09 MB

      section 4|58 pages

      For the Public Good

      chapter 10|17 pages

      The Real Cost of Unhealthy Diets

      BySarah Reinhardt, Rebecca Boehm, Ricardo Salvador

      Size: 0.23 MB

      chapter 11|13 pages

      True Cost Principles in Public Policy

      How Schools and Local Government Bring Value to Procurement
      ByPaula A. Daniels

      Size: 0.16 MB

      chapter 12|10 pages

      Embedding TCA Within US Regulatory Decision-Making

      ByKathleen A. Merrigan

      Size: 0.11 MB

      chapter 13|16 pages

      International Policy Opportunities for True Cost Accounting in Food and Agriculture

      ByBarbara Gemmill-Herren, Zoltán Kálmán, Alexander Müller

      Size: 0.47 MB

      section 5|27 pages

      Through the Value Chain

      chapter 14|12 pages

      The Business of TCA

      Assessing Risks and Dependencies Along the Supply Chain
      ByTobias Bandel, Jan Köpper, Laura Mervelskemper, Christopher Bonnet, Arno Scheepens

      Size: 0.27 MB

      chapter 15|11 pages

      Investing in the True Value of Sustainable Food Systems

      ByTim Crosby, Jennifer Astone, Rex Raimond

      Size: 0.11 MB

      section 6|41 pages

      To the Table

      chapter 16|9 pages

      Trade-Offs

      Comparing Meat and the Alternatives
      ByKathleen A. Merrigan

      Size: 0.09 MB

      chapter 17|7 pages

      Dining Out

      The True Cost of Poor Wages
      BySaru Jayaraman, Julia Sebastian

      Size: 0.08 MB

      chapter 18|12 pages

      True Price Store

      Guiding Consumers
      ByAdrian de Groot Ruiz

      Size: 0.47 MB

      chapter |11 pages

      Conclusion

      Mobilizing the Power and Potential of True Cost Accounting
      ByNadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst, Kathleen A. Merrigan, Alexander Müller

      Size: 0.09 MB
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