True Cost Accounting for Food Balancing the Scale

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 hunge...

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Other Authors: Gemmill-Herren, Barbara (Editor), Baker, Lauren E. (Editor), Daniels, Paula A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
Series:Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
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