Optimizing the “True Cost/True Value” of food

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Optimizing the “True Cost/True Value” of food

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Jane Maland Cady, and Pradeep Prabhala

December 9, 2021

A tractor works in a field in Qiqihar city, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, 1 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

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In this third interview of the “17 Rooms” podcast, Jane Maland Cady and Pradeep Prabhala discuss frameworks for investors to channel investments into the food system in a way that optimizes for the “True Cost/True Value” of food. Cady, program director at the McKnight Foundation, and Prabhala, partner at McKinsey & Company, moderated Room 2 focused on Sustainable Development Goal number 2—on Zero Hunger—during the 2021 17 Rooms flagship process.

“17 Rooms” is a podcast about actions, insights, and community for the Sustainable Development Goals and the people driving them. The podcast is co-hosted by John McArthur—senior fellow and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution, and Zia Khan—senior vice president for innovation at The Rockefeller Foundation.

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