The Right Shirt
One of the most difficult things I’ve experienced about working within the Slow Money community is the uncertainty that comes with trying to move in a fundamentally new direction.
May 23, 2017
A Slow Money Journey
The idea was simple at the beginning, back in 2006: find a fund in which my clients could invest their money that would finance farms and businesses involved in sustainable agriculture.
May 11, 2017
The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
We can’t help but see the world differently after unearthing the parallels in the essential roles that microbes play in both soil health and human health.
Apr 27, 2017
Buttercup Farms Receives Slow Money
Bonnie Yarbrough, owner of Buttercup Farms, was referred to Local Matters Investments, our Denver-based Slow Money investment club, by Tamara Campfield, one of our founding members and treasurer.
Apr 04, 2017
A Slow Money Reader
The difference between a sun-ripened strawberry and a blast-chilled one is an inconvenient detail most recipe editors prefer to take out. “But,” I plead to the editor, “your rendition won’t taste anything like the berry salad you had at my restaurant.”
Mar 28, 2017
A How-To Manual For Growing A Community
In the small township of Port Medway on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, Annabelle Singleton and Debra Melanson, their husbands, and their staff have made The Port Grocer into the heart of the community.
Mar 20, 2017
How a Zero-Percent Loan is Helping This Colorado Farm
Zephyros 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.
Feb 23, 2017
This Picturesque Organic Farm Could Be Yours
Norma Burns, an architect-turned-farmer, has owned and operated Bluebird Hill Farm for nearly 18 years, growing herbs, specialty vegetables, flowers, and native plants.
Feb 14, 2017
From Soil to Sustainability
Defining Sustainability. As most everyone interested in sustainability knows by now, the concept has been appropriated by numerous entities and used in various ways, often to achieve different objectives.
Feb 08, 2017
Life After Conventional Finance
I am a refugee from conventional finance. It all started in the most innocent and promising way: a graduate student in math and economics.
Jan 23, 2017
