True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale (Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment)

Synopsis

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.

Copyright:

2021

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

288 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000389982

Related ISBNs:

9780367506896, 9780367506858, 9781003050803

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/02/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker and Paula A. Daniels

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Cooking, Food and Wine, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Barbara Gemmill-Herren

Edited by:

Lauren E. Baker

Edited by:

Paula A. Daniels