Slow Money

Let’s say you just had a wonderful, deep draught of crystal-clear, cold well water after a long day of working in the field.  Would you have to say just which drops slaked your thirst the best? So, I’m tempted to … Continue reading →

  Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow Food, spoke during a Sunday evening reception, and a Monday afternoon keynote. Carlo Petrini said it best, as he does most things—not least because he says them in lyrical, baritonal Italian. Early one … Continue reading →

Click above to view all presentations from the April 2013 Entrepreneur Showcase.   Five entrepreneurs line up for a critique of their presentations during the Entrepreneur Showcase. Slow Money awarded the Denver-based company Revision International the Mamma Chia Entrepreneur of … Continue reading →

Woody Tasch’s Keynote.   Carlo Petrini’s Closing Keynote.   Woody Tasch, Mary Berry, and Carlo Petrini at the opening reception fundraiser.   Slow Money National Gathering featured speakers.   Slow Money Minutes.   Entrepreneur Showcase videos.   Watch all main … Continue reading →

Watch the video short above to catch a few snippets from the fourth Slow Money National Gathering. Tweet

New York Times An Effort to Add a Key Ingredient to the Slow Food Movement: Investor Money   Barron’s Slow Food, Slow Money   AP Slow Money Touts Investment in Small Food Firms Daily Camera Group Touts Support of Small … Continue reading →

What we are up to—those thousands of us who have come together at Slow Money’s National Gatherings and in our 17 local chapters and six investment clubs, moving $23 million into 185 small-food enterprises—is about more than food. It is about what comes after outsourcing and before the next financial collapse. It is about stemming soil erosion and promoting fiscal prudence, about slowing the depletion of aquifers and revitalizing Main Street, about reducing carbon in the atmosphere and building organic matter in the soil. It is about systems that bet way too heavily on technical gimmicks like derivatives and GMOs and way too little on the laws of nature and local ingenuity. It is about food that is full of empty calories and investments that are full of empty profits. Continue reading →

Perennial vs. Annual: Perennials have larger root systems that improve soil stability, allow better management of nitrogen levels, reduce need for pesticides and store more water in soil. Photo taken at the Land Institute in Salina, Kan. Information artwork by … Continue reading →

By Carol Peppe Hewitt Carol Peppe Hewitt will share her experience facilitating Slow Money loans at Slow Money’s National Gathering April 29–30 in Boulder, Colo. This excerpt is from her book “Financing Our Foodshed: Growing Local Food with Slow Money” … Continue reading →

By Judy Wicks Judy Wicks will speak at Slow Money’s National Gathering April 29–30 in Boulder, Colo. Wicks is founder of the White Dog Cafe, co-founder of Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), and author of “Good Morning, Beautiful … Continue reading →