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The Dialogue on “True Cost of Food - Accessibility to Sustainable & Healthy Diets for Everyone” revolved around the question: How can we consider the environmental, social and human dimensions of value into food chains -- to make fair, healthy and sustainable food systems the new standard? The ‘True Cost of Food’ is the price of a product that accounts for all external costs—including environmental, social and economic-generated by the creation of food. Today, these environmental and social costs are more often than not included in the production chains of products. Costs not inc
... Подробнееluded in the market price of food are called ‘external costs’ or ‘hidden costs’. External costs can include ecological effects, environmental quality, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, animal welfare, social costs associated with labour, and public health effects. The UN World Food Organization FAO estimates that the annual hidden costs to the environment total $2100 billion. The hidden social costs are estimated to be even higher, at $2700 billion. In this dialogue, to which we invited mainly millennial participants from different countries, continents, and backgrounds, we discussed who should be responsible for covering the huge hidden costs of food production to have fairer, healthier, and more sustainable food chains. And more importantly, we discussed solutions to move us toward that. During the breakout session, the dialogue was structured around five main questions as anchor points for the discussion: What are the biggest barriers for the different stakeholders to commit to fair and sustainable practices? Could a ‘true cost’ food system, in which social and environmental costs are included, provide a global solution to unjust and unsustainable practices? What is the role for (smallholder) farmers, businesses, and retailers further up in the food chains, governments/authorities, and consumers to achieve a more inclusive and just food production system? Which role can or should specifically the younger generations play within their organisations to make this happen? How do we make sure all actors prioritise and commit to these environmental, social and human values, in a universal collaboration? We formulated subquestions to these main questions as guidance for the facilitators. The conversations were in practice more flowing, focused on finding solutions, and not that strictly structured. The last ten minutes of the dialogue we spent on formulating and summarizing the main solutions that had come up during the dialogue. Скрыть
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Ключевые слова: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment