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The TCA Accelerator is a global network advocating for the transition to a just, sustainable, and healthy food system through widespread adoption of True Cost Accounting (TCA).

https://tcaaccelerator.org
http://scalingimplementation.tcaaccelerator.org/
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Announcement!

Today, the TCA Accelerator released “The True Cost Accounting Action Agenda: A Roadmap to Healthier, More Equitable, and Sustainable Agrifood Systems” for stakeholder consultation.

Consultation running to Nov 17.

Visit our website to take part: www.tcaaccelerator.org/actionagenda
Announcement!

Today, the TCA Accelerator released “The True Cost Accounting Action Agenda: A Roadmap to Healthier, More Equitable, and Sustainable Agrifood Systems” for stakeholder consultation.

Consultation running to Nov 17.

Visit our website to take part: www.tcaaccelerator.org/actionagenda
November 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Did you catch our newsletter this month? It showcased the latest #TrueCostAccounting updates.

🇧🇷 New TCA initiative in Brazil: TRUE FOOD
🔍 Latest academic papers exploring different TCA applications
🌐 FAO's latest TCA analyses, spanning different countries & commodities

mailchi.mp/tcaaccelerat...
October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"We decide on choices thinking about today, and not accounting for tomorrow."
- @maximotorero.bsky.social talking about #TrueCostAccounting at New York Climate Week

Watch the conversation, hosted by @foodtank.bsky.social

📺 www.youtube.com/live/t9QNtTy...
Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future
YouTube video by Food Tank
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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💬 For #WickedLeeks' ‘WL Meets’ series, journalist, David Burrows, sat down with SFT CEO and organic farmer, Patrick Holden, to discuss financing the agricultural transition, transparency in our food and farming systems and the future of organic.

➡️ wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/wl-...
September 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
✉️ Our September newsletter is live!

Catch up on top True Cost Accounting stories:

🌐 TCA at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake
🔜 TABLE's series on change-making in the food systems community
⚖️ Capitals Coalition's holistic framework for business decision-making

mailchi.mp/tcaaccelerat...
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tune into NOW Partners Foundation and Rythu Sadhikara Samstha's webinar on their agroecology pilots in Zambia on 18 Sept.

They will present results from their first growing season:
💰 Reduced costs
🥣 Increased food security
🌿 Improved climate resilience

events.futureeconomy.forum/natural-farm...
NOW + RySS Webinar: Scaling Natural Farming in Zambia
Thursday September 18, 7.00-8.00 San Francisco 10.00-11.00 New York 16.00-17.00 Rome 19.30-20.30 Delhi
events.futureeconomy.forum
September 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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📢 Why are investors in some of the UK's biggest companies demanding the urgent introduction of mandatory reporting of healthy food sales?

Garance Boullenger of @shareaction.bsky.social goes behind the scenes for our latest podcast.

🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3HyUcMX
August 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Balancing trade-offs and maximizing coherence in policymaking is often discussed in theory, but rarely explained in practice.

@‪gainhealth.org‬ Diagnostic Toolkit allows users to explore coherence across health, environmental, social, and economic categories.

www.gainhealth.org/policy-coher...
Diagnosing Food Systems Policy Coherence: A Toolkit Supporting the design of more coherent food policies
www.gainhealth.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🗞️ Our latest newsletter is live!

In this edition, you will find:
📺 Recordings from the True Cost Accounting Global Summit
💡 An article from Lauren Baker & Amanda Jekums reflecting on 10 years of TCA progress
💬 A Summit dispatch from award winning journalist Tom Philpott

mailchi.mp/tcaaccelerat...
July 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Textile Exchange is urging fashion brands to adopt #TrueCostAccounting!

💰 Better materials often come at a premium.

⚠️ "Brands must stop externalizing those costs onto producers and instead build supportive sourcing models."

Read the article: fashionunited.uk/news/fashion...
Textile Exchange recalibrates for 2030 with a sharper focus on systems change
Textile Exchange recalibrates its 2030 strategy, focusing on systems change and accountability to reduce fashion's environmental impact.
fashionunited.uk
July 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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⏰“GDP is fake news.” It’s time for a more accurate picture of growth & progress.

Our Managing Director @alexandermueller.bsky.social gave opening remarks at the True Cost Accounting Global Summit in April. Watch his speech here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-F4...

Highlights below 🧵👇
Alexander Müller: Opening Remarks
YouTube video by TCA Accelerator
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Human and planetary health are two sides of the same coin.

Investors can work to restore & improve both by embracing strategies aligned with sustainable, long term value creation:
🥗 Enhancing the affordability of healthier options
❌ Eliminating routine use of antibiotics
🍬 Reduce reliance on UPFs
June 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“#Power is often absent from conversations about food systems.”— Olivier De Schutter, @ipes-food.org

These words resonated at our recent Global Convening on #FoodSystemsTransformation.

Explore more powerful quotes ⬇️

📩 Subscribe to hear more from the convening—coming soon: bit.ly/GA_subscribe
June 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Global Farm Metric have released their updated framework - GFM 2.0.

GFM helps farmers adopt whole-farm sustainability through holistic measurement and tracking.

You can read more about the trials and framework in three short reports from Global Farm Metric: www.globalfarmmetric.org/framework/
June 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lauren Baker & Amanda Jekums, @futureoffood.bsky.social, reflect on our True Cost Accounting Global Summit, held at @fao.org in April.

Key themes:
⏩ Moving from development to implementation
💬 Effective communication to decision-makers
💡 Equity in data collection & use

foodtank.com/news/2025/05...
True Cost Accounting Has Come a Long Way
True Cost Accounting is a powerful tool to understand the costs and benefits of food production, distribution, and consumption.
foodtank.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

We have a golden opportunity to change the food system now - and restore nature, soils, and our health.

Kenneth Keavey's TED Talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzYi...
What is the true cost of cheap food? | Kenneth Keavey | TEDxTUDublin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Our global food system is not nourishing us. The good news is we now know why, and we know enough to turn things around."

Dr Stuart Gillespie describes how our current food system is driving malnutrition and environmental degradation, and highlights countries already taking action.
May 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Did you know that biodiversity is essential for food security and nutrition?

Here are 5️⃣ reasons why biodiversity matters for our agrifood systems and why we must act now to protect it. 👇

#ForNature #BiodiversityDay
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Voices from the #TCAGlobalSummit2025

🍔 "When I wrote Fast Food Nation, 25 years ago, I didn't realize I was doing a True Cost Accounting of the fast food industry and its impact, not only on my country, but the world." 🌍
- Eric Schlosser, Writer
May 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Voices from #TCAGlobalSummit2025 - Hauwa'u Hamisu Haruna

⚠️ True Cost Accounting is not just about uncovering hidden costs.

💡 TCA also illuminates hidden benefits, and in the world of finance, this can mean telling the story of investments' positive impacts beyond financial returns.
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Voices from the #TCAGlobalSummit2025

Wondering how True Cost Accounting might be relevant to you?

We are sharing videos from our diverse community, with members explaining why TCA is important to their work.

💡Next up, Marta Echavarria, from Ecodecision!
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📺 J. Robin Moon tells us why she's excited to attend the #TCAGlobalSummit2025, and about the Summit dinner, organised by World Farmers Markets Coalition and Fondazione Campagna Amica.

We will be posting more videos from our TCA Global Summit, hosted by @fao.org. Stay tuned!
April 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Voices from #TCAGlobalSummit2025

Rayan Kassem from @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social tells us:
💡 Why he's excited to be at the Summit
🏙️ How to make the business case for True Cost Accounting

To find out more, watch the video 👇
April 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We are so grateful to World Farmers Markets Coalition and Fondazione Campagna Amica for providing our wonderful dinner for the TCA Global Summit.
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Brooke Gentile from Organic Association of Kentucky and Janet Maro from Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania in discussion!

Brooke and Janet reminded us of the importance of supporting and including farmers, and potential to transform degraded landscapes through farming.

#TCAGlobalSummit2025
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM