Routledge True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale

This Routledge book examines how True Cost Accounting serves as a transformative tool for addressing fundamental imbalances within the global food system. The volume argues that our current food system, despite feeding billions, simultaneously perpetuates extreme hunger, diet-related diseases, and significant environmental degradation. True Cost Accounting offers a practical framework for systemic reform by making visible the hidden costs of food production and consumption. The book demonstrates how this accounting methodology, though grounded in financial practice, extends far beyond traditional accountancy to encompass social, environmental, and economic dimensions of food systems. Part of the Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment series, this work provides essential insights for policymakers, academics, and practitioners seeking to understand and implement radical transformation within food systems globally.