Investing in Local Food and Organic Farms
Austin Foodshed Investors cofounder Jarred Maxwell (left) and Tandem Farm Co. owner Jordan Bednar (right).
The Slow Money movement is built around local groups, which catalyze local food investing in a variety of ways—peer-to-peer lending, public meetings, pitch fests, and on-farm events. Local Slow Money groups are organized as informal networks and/or investment clubs. We celebrate a diversity of approaches, including everything from 0% microloans to low-interest loans of a $100,000 or more.