The calculation model values structural access to food at €2,790 per household per year. This item, income security, expresses what it is worth that a household can count on a reliable food supply all year round.
Unlike the single-meal saving, what counts here is the certainty and stability a permanent provision offers. The model ties the amount to the number of households with structural access, so that initiatives with a fixed circle of participants can make this value explicit. It is precisely that continuity which distinguishes a food initiative from incidental help and anchors income security as a societal return in its own right. Source: Rekenmodel voedselinitiatief (MKBA Food), New Economy.