Local investors, connected to one another, local farmers, the places where we live, and the land, catalyzing meaningful new flow of nurture capital.
Cheese makers, artisan bakers, heirloom seed companies, compost purveyors, small diversified organic farms, grass-fed beef producers, goat dairies, yogurt companies, farm-to-table restaurants, probiotic pickleteers, community kitchens, regional grain mills, local distributors, inner city cooperatives and more.
5,000
Slow Money funders
We aren't your traditional funders. We're putting money to work not with an eye toward how much money we might make, but toward preserving local food systems and soil fertility.
$100 million
Has flowed to small organic farms and local food businesses.
Via Slow Money local groups in dozens of communities around the U.S., and a few in Canada, France and Australia. A grassroots movement, driven by mutuality, local decision-making and shared vision.
1,000
Small food enterprises funded
No one investment technique or instrument, although most of the funding has been in the form of below market loans. And now there are 0% loans.
Local groups are organized in a variety of ways. Everything from 0% microloans to low-interest loans of $100,000 or more. If you're interested in starting a local group, please contact us.
| Name | Location | Website | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | ||||
| Slow Money San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | View website | Network | |
| Slow Money Northern California | Northern California | View website | Investment club | |
| Colorado | ||||
| SOIL Sangre de Cristo | South Central Colorado | View website | 0% loan group | |
| Four Corners Slow Money | Durango | View website | 0% loan group | |
| SOIL Boulder | Boulder | View website | 0% loan group | |
| 2Forks Club | Carbondale | View website | 0% loan group | |
| Hawaii | ||||
| Slow Money Hawaii | Hawaii | View website | Network | |
| Minnesota | ||||
| Slow Money Minnesota | Minneapolis | View website | Network | |
| New York | ||||
| Slow Money NYC | New York City | View website | Network | |
| North Carolina | ||||
| Slow Money North Carolina | Pittsboro | View website | Network | |
| Virginia | ||||
| Foodshed Capital | Mid-Atlantic | View website | 0% loan group | |
| International | ||||
| FarmWorks | Nova Scotia, Canada | View website | Network | |
The voices of local leaders, organic farmers, food entrepreneurs, thought leaders, donors, and investors.
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UpdatesI don’t know what a bitcoin is. I know how bitcoin is described in the media, that it is called a crypto-currency, that the Japanese programmer who created it is shrouded in secrecy, that it has been used by drug dealers, that venture capitalists are pouring billions of dollars into “mining” it.
Woody Tasch
Founder, Slow Money Institute
August 21 • 10 min read
UpdatesDaphne Miller, MD, (Brown University; Harvard Medical School), is a practicing family physician, author, and associate clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco. For the past 15 years, her leadership, advocacy, and writing have focused on aligning all aspects of food production and agriculture with human health. Daphne is the author of two<a href="https://slowmoney.org/blog/a-conversation-with-dr-daphne-miller/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"A Conversation With Dr. Daphne Miller"</span></a>
Woody Tasch
Founder, Slow Money Institute
July 11 • 4 min read
UpdatesZephyros Farm and Garden has always sought diversity and quality in its organic production. When Daphne and I started this farm 13 years ago, like many young couples starting out, we wanted it all; every vegetable under the sun, flowers, sheep, goats, chickens, turkeys, children, worms, compost, and a life for ourselves. After many years<a href="https://slowmoney.org/blog/how-a-zero-percent-loan-is-helping-this-colorado-farm/">Continue reading <span class="sr-only">"How a Zero-Percent Loan is Helping This Colorado Farm"</span></a>
Don Lareau
Co-Owner and Operator, Zephyros Farm
