Giving Compass' Take:

• Food Tank writes about 10 organizations working to highlight true cost accounting in the food system and this shows how changemakers across the globe are rising to this challenge and are bringing sustainable and regenerative practices into the farming of the future.

• How can donors help support more organizations like the ones highlighted? 

• Learn about how supermarkets can nurture sustainable farming practices. 

The price we pay at the grocery store for what we eat does not always reflect the actual cost of producing and consuming that food. This disconnect can make it difficult to create a more sustainable, more just, and more nutritious food system.

To tackle the issues of climate change, global health, and food security, every eater—from policymakers, academics, and scientists to consumers—needs to recognize the interconnected nature of these systems.

  1. The B Team. The business leaders of the B Team are moving on from Plan A, business as usual, to Plan B, a series of action plans that will eventually transform all businesses into driving forces of social, environmental, and economic benefit.
  2. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood). Led by the United Nations Environment Programme, TEEBAgriFood brings together scientists, economists, policymakers, business leaders, and farmer organizations to examine the food system and the role of positive and negative externalities.
  3. Global Alliance for the Future of Food. The Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) is a team of private foundations who combine their resources to tackle key issues in agroecology, health and well-being, and true cost accounting.
  4. Natural Capital Coalition. The Natural Capital Coalition is a group of nearly 300 organizations united under the same ideology that renewable and non-renewable resources from the earth should be conserved and enhanced.

Read the full article on these 10 organizations highlighting the true cost of food by Danielle Nierenberg at Food Tank.