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The Lexicon of Sustainability

True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

The Lexicon of Sustainability is based on a simple premise: people can't be expected to live more sustainable lives if they don't even know the most basic terms and principles that define sustainability.

True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

Season 1 Episode 4 | 2m 57s

By considering all of the external expenses factored out of the cost of food, an economic principle called true cost accounting helps consumers understand the real cost of the food they buy.

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