The impact of global food systems on human health, biodiversity, animal welfare, waterways aren’t always reflected on a price tag. But those costs add up.
The Forum for Farmers and Food Security Is Literally Investing in the Future of Food Producers
Leveraging the power of strategic partnerships to invest in smallholder farmers can support producers’ livelihoods and protect the planet.
What’s in Your Manifesto for Disrupting Global Food Politics?
From investing in women and youth to recognizing the true value of food, these five actions can help us save ourselves, our food systems, and the world.
Inserting Food and Agriculture into Climate Action Plans
Incorporating food and agriculture systems into the Nationally Determined Contributions provide governments the chance to address their importance before another crisis hits.
Food Systems Leaders Call for Recognition of the True Value of Food
“I don’t think we value the food enough,” says Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director in the Climate and Environment Division at the FAO. “We don’t value the soil enough. We don’t value the ecosystems in general enough.”
Africa’s Ag-tech Development Fulcrum: Some Dos and Don’ts for African Start-ups
Do entrepreneurs and tech start-ups follow the (comparatively) easy money by replicating industrial systems onto Africa farms or do they attempt to leap-frog towards just and sustainable solutions for Africa’s food system?
Global Youth Urge Businesses and Policymakers to Center Healthy, Sustainable Diets
Youth from around the world and their allies released an open letter calling for governments and businesses to center sustainable and healthy diets in climate commitments and upcoming global fora.
COP26 Event: Using Investment and True Cost Accounting as Levers for Food Systems Change
This session will explore investment and True Cost Accounting (TCA) as powerful tools that can effect food systems change. Panelists will discuss the importance of each tool and what it will take unlock their power.
Global Leaders Pledge Their Commitment To True Cost Accounting
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GA) recently published a sign-on letter encouraging eaters and policymakers alike to recognize the true costs of food. By embracing True Cost Accounting (TCA), GA believes that global leaders can help ensure…
Recent Report Exposes the Hidden Costs of Food in the U.S.
According to a recent report by the Rockefeller Foundation, the true cost of food in the U.S. is three times what Americans are currently spending on food.
New Book Addresses Hidden Costs of Food
A new book, the True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale, provides a new way to understand the social, human, economic and environmental costs of the food system.
U.N. Food Systems Champions Discuss the Hidden Costs of the Food System
Members of the United Nations Food Systems Champions Network discuss the hidden costs and benefits of the food system.
New on the Podcast: James Rogers and Lauren Baker on Turning Big Ideas into Food System Realities
On Food Talk Live: Dani talks with Lauren Baker, the director of programs for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, about how to account for the true costs of food production. Then, Apeel Sciences CEO James Rogers discusses food waste reduction.
12 Orgs Highlighting the True Cost of Food
True cost accounting acknowledges the social, human, and environmental impacts of our food system to reveal what food really costs. These 10 organizations are committed to investigating the true costs of food to make a more sustainable food system for the future.
The True Cost of Food: An Excerpt from Nourished Planet, Publishing in June 2018
Agriculture affects the environment, health, fair labor, employment, food security, and many other aspects of society. Nourished Planet explores new approaches like true cost accounting, to quantify the true cost of the food system as a way to catalyze change in the current system.
Opinion | Valuing the Food System
This piece explores a forthcoming report by the U.N. Environment Initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture & Food (TEEBAgriFood).
Opinion | To Fight Climate Change, Policymakers Should Turn to Food
This piece is part of Food Tank’s work to promote a forthcoming report by the U.N. Environment Initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture & Food (TEEBAgriFood).
Evaluating the Future of Food through True Cost Accounting
In its new booklet, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food explains why we need True Cost Accounting to protect the future of our food, our health, and the health of our planet.
True Cost Accounting Can Positively Impact All Facets of U.S. Food System
Long-time organic farmer, Anne Schwartz talks about True Cost Accounting, and the positive social and environmental implications of integrating local, organic, and small-farms into food system policy.
