The real costs of our food are not yet included in the price. In reality, the production costs of our food are significantly higher because the effects and costs on the environment and health have not been factored in. But farmers' efforts to preserve the environment are also missing.

A new accounting standard - the True Cost Analysis (TCA) - is intended to remedy this and contribute to an accounting of the real costs in order to develop a controlling function in production and consumption.

• Publisher: Misereor
• Year of publication: 2020
• Pages: 20