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The Lexicon of Sustainability

True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

True cost accounting helps consumers understand the real cost of the food they buy.

Aired 02/06/2014 | Rating NR

The Lexicon of Sustainability

True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

Episode 4 | 2m 57s

True cost accounting helps consumers understand the real cost of the food they buy.

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.

Aired 02/06/2014 | Rating NR

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The Lexicon of Sustainability

True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food

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.

Aired 02/06/2014 | Rating NR

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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