True cost accounting for food : balancing the scale
True cost accounting for food : balancing the scale
/ edited by Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker and Paula A. Daniels
- 1 online resource (xxxv, 278 pages) : illustrations
- Routledge studies in food, society and the environment .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. The power and potential of true cost accounting From practice to policy : new metrics for the 21st century / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst Cotton in Egypt : assisting decision-makers to understand costs and benefits / Helmy Abouleish, Thoraya Seada, Nadine Greiss Upstream, downstream : accounting for the environmental and social value of water in the Andes / Marta Echavarria, Margaret Stern Section 2 : Thinking systemically Methods and frameworks : the tools to assess externalities / Harpinder Sandhu, Courtney Regan, Saiqa Perveen, Vatsal Patel Health impacts : the hidden costs of industrial food systems / Cecilia Rocha, Emile Frison, Nick Jacobs Section 3 : From the field Harmonizing the measurement of on-farm impacts / Patrick Holden, Adele Jones Incentives to change : the experience of the organic sector / Gábor Figeczky, Louise Luttikholt, Frank Eyhorn, Adrian Muller, Christian Schader, Federica Varini Transforming the maize treadmill : understanding social, economic, and ecological impacts / Francisca 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 Fostering healthy soils in California : farmer motivations and barriers / Joanna Ory, Alastair Iles Section 4 : For the public good The real cost of unhealthy diets / Sarah Reinhardt, Rebecca Boehm, Ricardo Salvador True cost principles in public policy : how schools and local government bring value to procurement / Paula A. Daniels Embedding TCA within US regulatory decision-making / Kathleen A. Merrigan International policy opportunities for true cost accounting in food and agriculture / Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Zoltán Kálmán, Alexander Müller Section 5 : Through the value chain The business of TCA : assessing risks and dependencies along the supply chain / Tobias Bandel, Jan Köpper, Laura Mervelskemper, Christopher Bonnet, Arno Scheepens Investing in the true value of sustainable food systems / Tim Crosby, Jennifer Astone, Rex Raimond Section 6 : To the table Trade-offs : Comparing meat and the alternatives / Kathleen A. Merrigan Dining out : the true cost of poor wages / Saru Jayaraman, Julia Sebastian True price store : guiding consumers / Adrian de Groot Ruiz Conclusion : mobilizing the power and potential of true cost accounting / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst, Kathleen A. Merrigan, Alexander Müller
9781003050803
Cost accounting
Food prices
338.19
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. The power and potential of true cost accounting From practice to policy : new metrics for the 21st century / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst Cotton in Egypt : assisting decision-makers to understand costs and benefits / Helmy Abouleish, Thoraya Seada, Nadine Greiss Upstream, downstream : accounting for the environmental and social value of water in the Andes / Marta Echavarria, Margaret Stern Section 2 : Thinking systemically Methods and frameworks : the tools to assess externalities / Harpinder Sandhu, Courtney Regan, Saiqa Perveen, Vatsal Patel Health impacts : the hidden costs of industrial food systems / Cecilia Rocha, Emile Frison, Nick Jacobs Section 3 : From the field Harmonizing the measurement of on-farm impacts / Patrick Holden, Adele Jones Incentives to change : the experience of the organic sector / Gábor Figeczky, Louise Luttikholt, Frank Eyhorn, Adrian Muller, Christian Schader, Federica Varini Transforming the maize treadmill : understanding social, economic, and ecological impacts / Francisca 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 Fostering healthy soils in California : farmer motivations and barriers / Joanna Ory, Alastair Iles Section 4 : For the public good The real cost of unhealthy diets / Sarah Reinhardt, Rebecca Boehm, Ricardo Salvador True cost principles in public policy : how schools and local government bring value to procurement / Paula A. Daniels Embedding TCA within US regulatory decision-making / Kathleen A. Merrigan International policy opportunities for true cost accounting in food and agriculture / Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Zoltán Kálmán, Alexander Müller Section 5 : Through the value chain The business of TCA : assessing risks and dependencies along the supply chain / Tobias Bandel, Jan Köpper, Laura Mervelskemper, Christopher Bonnet, Arno Scheepens Investing in the true value of sustainable food systems / Tim Crosby, Jennifer Astone, Rex Raimond Section 6 : To the table Trade-offs : Comparing meat and the alternatives / Kathleen A. Merrigan Dining out : the true cost of poor wages / Saru Jayaraman, Julia Sebastian True price store : guiding consumers / Adrian de Groot Ruiz Conclusion : mobilizing the power and potential of true cost accounting / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst, Kathleen A. Merrigan, Alexander Müller
9781003050803
Cost accounting
Food prices
338.19