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