Resources: Pricing the Food on the Table Forum - Background Materials
Pricing Structures
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Dey, Dr. Christopher,
Center for Integrated Sustainability Analysis, Department of Physics, The
University of Sydney, The
Ecological Footprint of yourbreakfast , 2004. - Smardon, Rick, excerpt from Heller, Keoleian, Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the U.S. food System, Center for Sustainable Systems, Report No. CSS00-04, December 6, 2000.
- Sierra Club, The True Cost of Food – The Movie.
Presentation Examples:
- Benchmark spider – business management services, and benchmark spider – bakery, Center for Integrated Sustainability Analysis, Dept. of Physics, University of Sydney.
- Shedroff, Nathan, and Maryline Lewett, Reveal Rating System (incipient website) and pdf.
- Terrapass Blog – Cutting the carbon from your diet.
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Yes! Magazine - Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seafood Watch, Regional Seafood Guides.
- French bank (Caisse d’Epargne) unveils sustainability labels.
Living Lens Features :
Information on
issues and challenges relating to implementing True Cost Pricing, including:
- True Cost of Natural Resources
- Impacts of Food Production and Land Use
- Job Descriptions and Skill Sets Required for Sustainability Staff
- Growing Good Food Language Brochure Development
Background documents:
- Heller, Martin C., and Keoleian, Gregory A., Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the U.S. Food System, Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan, Report No. CSS00-04 December 6, 2000.
- Presented by Ecotrust, from the Vivid Picture project, "The New Mainstream: A Sustainable Food Agenda for California for Review by the Roots of Change Council and the Roots of Change Fund", Dec. 2005.
- Leopold Center's Regional Food Systems Working Group (RFSWG) Subcommittee, Developing a Vibrant and Sustainable Regional Food System: Suggestions for Community-Based Groups, August, 2006.
- Sierra Club, True Cost of Food Discussion Guide.
- Howard, Phil, Organic Industry Structure – Acquisitions by the Top 25 Food Processors in North America Dept. of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, Michigan State University, Aug. 2006.
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Bliss, Shepherd,
Common Dreams - Crossfield, Paula, Seeking Global Food Justice: An Interview with Raj Patel, from Slow Food Nation Blog, July 28, 2008.
- Pilkington, Ed,
Eaten
Up,
The Guardian - ISA, the Australian user-friendly climate evaluator tool to reduce or offset CO2 emissions based on lifestyles, by the Center for Integrated Sustainability Analysis, Dept. of Physics, University of Sydney – they also contributed to bottomline³.
- E.F. Schumacher Society, Recipes from a Local Landscape.
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McWilliams, James E.,
Food
that Travels Well,
The New York Times - Foster, C., Green, K., Bleda, M., Dewick,P., Evans, B., Flynn, A., Mylan, J., Environmental Impacts of Food Production and Consumption: Final Report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Manchester Business School. Defra, London, December 2006.
- Life Cycle Assessment, description from Danish LCA Food Database, hosted by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University.
- Pirog, Rich, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Energy Efficiency as an Integral Part of Sustainable Agriculture: Food Miles and Fuel Usage in Food Transport, ACEEE Forum on Energy Efficiency in Agriculture, November 16, 2005.
- Pirog, Rich, and Benjamin, Andrew, Leopold Center, Calculating food miles for a multiple ingredient food product, March, 2005.
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Dykman, Jackson,
"Why the
World Can't Afford Food",
Time Magazine - Pirog, Rich, Rasmussen, Rebecca, Leopold Center, Assessing fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of two local food distribution options in Iowa, June, 2008.
- Pirog, Rich, et al., Leopold Center, Food Facts: Results from Marketing and Food Systems Research, Food Systems Tools & Resources, p. 31, March 2008.
- Leopold Center, Scientific Findings About Organic Agriculture: Organic and Conventional Comparisons. Summaries of 14 research studies.
- Van Hauwermeiren, Anne, et al., Energy life cycle inputs into food systems: a comparison of local vs. conventional cases, Centre for Agricultural & Food Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Fruit and vegetable seminar Manchester, November 1, 2005.
- Our Organic Standards, Soil Association, UK – organic standards for produce, animal products, textiles, health & beauty products, etc. for UK.
- Carbon economics of local food, Environmental Economics Network Blog.
- Great little brochure – "What retail foodservices should know when purchasing local produce directly from farmers, Iowa State University Extension.
- Pirog, Rich, Leopold Center, Institutional Buying Models and Local Food Markets: The Iowa Experience, October, 2002.