Slow Money Francophone was launched last year by Arvind Ashta (Chair of Finance at the Burgundy School of Commerce), Aymeric Jung (Impact investor) and Raphaël Souchier (sustainable local development consultant & author [1]). We also now can count on a nice small team of voluntary young professionals.
After participating in a series of conferences in France, Switzerland and Belgium, and working with several foundations as well as the main social economy networks active in the field of financing food and agriculture, we have established good working relationships with most existing key players and some national media.
Among these individuals and organizations are :
- Philippe Desbrosses, one of the pioneers of organic farming in France ;
- Charles Hevre Gruyere, from the Bec-Hellouin permaculture farm and training center, and a friend of Eliot Coleman ;
- Leo Coutellec / MIRAMAP, an association of ten regional CSA networks ;
- The Colibris citizens grassroots movement ;
- SFG/Sustainable Finance Geneva ;
- Guibert del Marmol, the Lunt foundation (Belgium).
Slow Money Francophone members closed a first investment in January 2014, a 100,000 euro equity investment in Organic Seed Company in France. This will help the company to satisfy growing demand from private and professional gardeners, as well as to develop some site diversification on the farm.
New potential investments are being analyzed. We also are looking for communities interested in partnering in the development of pilot projects that support sustainable local food systems.
[1] « Made in Local », Editions Eyrolles, Paris, 9-2013.
If you do this, you’ll find that your campaign is much more effective.
Social Media Marketing, or SMM, will be inexpensive in comparison to
real print, radio, & television advertisement. Now, I’m going to
mention 4 important components of social media marketing that will make
a difference in your business. Geo Listening monitors only public posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other media sources.
It seem to me that there isn’t much difference when they
are still out of a child proof atmosphere. Connective Web Design offers affordable
web design and website development services specializing in Word – Press, Ecommerce, Social Media and
Search Engine Optimization. Some of these tips are free,
but you may have to pay small fees for other aspects of your plan.
Companies conduct market research to learn more about their customers, keep up with market trends and forecast future business conditions.
You may feel like you can get away with a mistake here and there due
to the nature of your business, but this is not true.
long-term passive income businesses need social media strategies.
My blog: delray beach internet marketing websites
Even a casual stroll through the SEAPLEX blog reveals something fascinating about scientific work:
moment to moment, it looks like any other kind of work, but the long view is of something utterly different from most other kinds of work.
Do not make the mistake of cutting down the tree yourself or hiring a regular tree removal company to do the
job. More important than the `Test’ strength of the line is the proper use of knots, discarding line when it gets frayed or damaged, and not trying to `hoist’ a fish
into the air with your rod and reel.
my web blog – deck best freezer meals
A valuable read! That motivates me as you described. The step by step information really gets the readers attraction to work out in a simple way.
It is a core concept of the subject. Such simple things are greatly mentioned in the discussion. Brilliant post!