Finding the True Cost of Food

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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Supported by a range of subsidies and other government policies, cheap food has been linked to environmental, health and social problems. But incorporating these costs into food prices is an extremely complex issue. The Agenda welcomes Ruth Richardson and Alexander Muller, two thought leaders working toward global policy changes, to discuss how to reconfigure the food system.
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