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Farming orgs are right to highlight the low cost of food and the link to greater environmental standards.
This paper shows the increases in shelf prices consumers would have to pay were climate (not extinction or other pollution) costs included
1/5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19474-6
This paper shows the increases in shelf prices consumers would have to pay were climate (not extinction or other pollution) costs included
1/5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19474-6
convention animal products 
97% (not including deforestation)
organic animal products 71%
convention dairy75%
organic dairy40%
convention plant-based25%
organic plant-based6%
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97% (not including deforestation)organic animal products
71%convention dairy
75%organic dairy
40%convention plant-based
25%organic plant-based
6% 2/5
this is based upon a current estimated price of €180 per tonne of CO2 equivalent in 2019... but as our window for action narrows, this could rise to €320 /t in the next 3 decades. So these figures are inherently conservative.
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This would mean:
1kg tray of round mince costing €7.23 in Tesco today would be €14.24
1L of Avonmore milk would go from €1.24 today to €2.36
organic veg or plant-based products would rise by a much less-noticeable 6% (eg 15c on 1L of organic soya milk)
1kg tray of round mince costing €7.23 in Tesco today would be €14.24
1L of Avonmore milk would go from €1.24 today to €2.36
organic veg or plant-based products would rise by a much less-noticeable 6% (eg 15c on 1L of organic soya milk)
It will be interesting to see if IFA et al. use this data in their fight for higher food prices - something which they have been highlighting now for some time. How would consumers react?
