About Slow Money
BusinessWeek calls Slow Money "one of the big ideas of 2010." NPR calls us "a movement." ACRES USA calls us "a revolution."
Founded by Woody Tasch, a pioneer in merging investing and philanthropy, Slow Money's mission is to build local and national networks, and develop new financial products and services, dedicated to:
BusinessWeek calls Slow Money "one of the big ideas of 2010." NPR calls us "a movement." ACRES USA calls us "a revolution."
Founded by Woody Tasch, a pioneer in merging investing and philanthropy, Slow Money's mission is to build local and national networks, and develop new financial products and services, dedicated to:
- investing in small food enterprises and local food systems;
- connecting investors to their local economies; and,
- building the nurture capital industry.
Soil fertility, carrying capacity, sense of place, care of the commons, cultural, ecological and economic health and diversity, nonviolence -- these are the fundamentals of nurture capital, a new financial sector supporting the emergence of a restorative economy. And these are the fundamentals of the Slow Money Principles.
Slow Money's goal is: a million Americans investing 1% of their assets in local food systems within a decade.
Because the first step is a fundamentally new way of thinking about money, our first step is a campaign to obtain signatories to the Slow Money Principles. Our next step is growing the Slow Money Alliance into a major national network that provides strategic and financial assistance to local initiatives around the country. The Founding Members of the Slow Money Alliance includes many recognized leaders in organic food, sustainable agriculture, philanthropy and social investing.
A very special thanks to Investors’ Circle, a sister network that incubated Slow Money over several years. There would be no Slow Money without the financial and strategic support of Investors' Circle.
