Program
The program of Slow Money National Gatherings integrates internationally recognized thought leadership, next generation social entrepreneurship, and an environment that fosters shared learning across the full spectrum of backgrounds—from the most sophisticated financiers to individual investors, from farmers to food entrepreneurs.
The program also includes elements of film, music, and Meet the Author sessions, because fixing the economy from the ground up is not only a financial activity, but also a cultural one.
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WELCOME!
| Sunday, April 28, 2013 | |
| 5:00 pm |
RECEPTION Fundraiser Reception for Slow Food and The Berry Center 5-7pm, the evening before the Gathering. Hosted Fundraiser Reception with Carlo Petrini and Mary Berry. All proceeds shared by Slow Food International and The Berry Center. Go here to see video highlights of the fundraiser reception. |
| Monday, April 29, 2013 | |
| 7:30 am |
REGISTRATION & CHECK IN Boulder Theater: 2032 14th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 (map) |
| 8:45 am |
MUSICAL INVOCATION Nick Forster, Founder and Host, eTown |
| 8:55 am |
INTRODUCTION Michael Brownlee, Co-Founder, Localization Partners |
| 9:00 am |
OPENING KEYNOTE Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money |
| 9:45 am |
TOWN HALL MEETING What is broken in food and finance and what is to be done? Mary Berry, Executive Director of the Berry Center Wes Jackson, Founder and President, The Land Institute Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth, Native Harvest John Fullerton, Founder and President, Capital Institute Jerry Cunningham, Founder, Coyote Creek Mill Katherine Collins, (Moderator) Founder and CEO, Honeybee Capital |
| 11:00 am |
BREAK Jason Dilg, Producer, TEDxMileHigh (MC) |
| 11:15 am |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Rebuilding the Ecological Services & Processing Infrastructure for Healthy Diverse Foodsheds Gary Nabhan, MacArthur Fellow, Author, Professor, University of Arizona |
| 11:30 am |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Realism Is No Longer An Option Joan Gussow, Author, This Organic Life |
| 11:45 am |
SPECIAL ADDRESS OSGATA et al v. Monsanto - Family Farmers Seeking Justice Jim Gerritsen, President of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association |
| 12:00 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Expanding our Vision: Beyond the Narrow Lens of Conventional Finance Marco Vangelisti, Private Investor |
| 12:15 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Financing Our Foodshed: Growing Local Food with Slow Money Carol Peppe Hewitt, Co-Founder, Slow Money North Carolina. Author of Financing Our Foodshed: Growing Local Food With Slow Money |
| 12:30 pm |
LUNCH BREAK Local farm-to-table restaurant offering are available here. |
| 2:00 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS The Invisible but Critical Role of Ownership Design in Food Systems: (Hint: It’s about more than local.) Marjorie Kelly, Fellow, Tellus Institute. Author of Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution |
| 2:15 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Protest That Endures, Action That Wins: Overturning Citizens United, Challenging Corporate Power & Restoring Republican Democracy Jeff Clements, Founder and President, Free Speech for People, Author of Corporations Are Not People |
| 2:30 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Toward A Less Efficient and More Robust Food System: What Jane Jacobs Has to Teach Us About Food Economies Tom Philpott, Food and Agriculture Correspondent, Mother Jones |
| 2:45 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture: Real. Impact. Now. Elena Pons, Associate Director, Sonen Capital |
| 3:00 pm | BREAK |
| 3:15 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS The Gandhian Roots of Slow Money Arvind Ashta, Chair of Microfinance, Burgundy School of Business |
| 3:30 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Female Investors: The Most Important Change Agents on Earth Don Shaffer, President & CEO, RSF Social Finance |
| 3:45 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Good Morning, Beautiful Business: Building a Compassionate Economy Judy Wicks, Founder, BALLE and the White Dog Cafe |
| 4:00 pm |
SPECIAL ADDRESS How Credits Become Edible: Community-funding of Food Businesses with Credibles Arno Hesse, Founder, Credibles (Edible Credits) |
| 4:15 pm | BREAK |
| 4:30 pm |
INTRODUCTION Raphaël Souchier, Slow Money France, Author of Local Living Economies: the Post-Wall Street Era Will Be Local |
| 4:35 pm |
CLOSING KEYNOTE Carlo Petrini, Founder of Slow Food |
| 5:45 pm |
RECEPTION Food. Wine. Music. Networking. Sounds like culture, doesn't it? The reception will feature heavy hors d'oeuvres and wine. Those who wish to have a sit down dinner, and to support some of Boulder's local restaurateurs, will be directed to restaurants that are located within walking distance. We are pleased to highlight those that feature local and organic food and have partnered with our new service Credibles (for edible credits) so you can make your arrangements in advance https://credibles.org/offering/list/boulder |
| 8:00 pm | FILM SCREENING Betting the Farm |
| Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | |
| 8:00 am | REGISTRATION & CHECK IN |
| 9:00 am |
WELCOME MESSAGE Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money |
| 9:10 am |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Celebrating our Sacred Mortality Bryan Welch, Publisher of Ogden Communications and Mother Earth News |
| 9:20 am |
SPECIAL ADDRESS Why We Are Giving Back to Slow Money Janie Hoffman, Founder & CEO, Mamma Chia |
| 9:30 am |
ENTREPRENEUR SHOWCASE Two dozen food entrepreneurs from across the United States, selected by members of the Slow Money network, for the quality of their vision and their business acumen, present investment opportunities. Short breaks will be included in the showcase program. For more details on the featured entrepreneurs, see the showcase page (click here). MC: Amber Nystrom Respondents: Offering key questions and supportive insight. Scott Collier, Managing Director, Pasadera CapitalRebecca Calahan Klein, Director of Partnerships, 1% for the Planet Linzee Weld, Founder and President, No Small Potatoes Investment Club Chet Tchozewski, Founder, Global Greengrants Fund Tim Crosby, Director, Slow Money Northwest Janice St. Onge, President, VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C Eric Becker, Chief Investment Officer, Clean Yield Asset Management Julie Johnson McVeigh, Managing Director, Fresh Pond Capital Peter Johnson, Networking Czar, Van Heyst Group Kerry Gendron, Board, Slow Money NYC |
| 1:00 pm |
LUNCH BREAK Local farm-to-table restaurant offering are available here. |
| 2:30 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS Featuring case studies, education, best practices and more (see below) |
| 3:45 pm | BREAK |
| 4:00 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS Featuring case studies, education, best practices and more |
| 5:15 pm | BREAK |
| 5:30 pm |
CLOSING TOWN HALL MEETING Engagement & Reflection: Bringing forward the vision and values that have brought us together. This final session will have three parts. Part One: Keynote Listeners and Response. We have designated five individuals with a wide range of financial and entrepreneurial experience as Keynote Listeners during the conference. After sharing a few minutes of their reflections, they will field questions and comments from the audience. Part Two: Presentation of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Part Three: Quaker-style meeting. The National Gathering concludes with a period of collective reflection that is modeled after a Quaker meeting. Keynote Listeners:Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money Trina Peterson, Director of Development, 1% For the Planet Michael Brownlee, Co-Founder, Localization Partners Bud Sorenson, Independent Director, Whole Foods Market Beverly Grant, Market Manager, Mo Better Green MarketPlace Waylon Lewis, Founder, Elephant Journal Amber Nystrom, Founder, Social Fusion (Moderator) |
| 7:00 pm | GATHERING ENDS |
| Breakout Sessions - Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | |
| 2:30 pm |
Slow Money and Impact Investing Where does Slow Money fit into your portfolio? Steve Schueth, President, First Affirmative Financial Network; Producer, The SRI Conference David Wolf, Chief Investment Officer, BSW Wealth Partners Matt Patsky, Chief Executive Officer, Trillium Asset Management, LLC Joel Solomon, Chairman, Renewal Funds |
| 2:30 pm |
Sister NGOs Meet the leaders of organizations that are playing key roles in building healthy food systems and local economies. Daniella Ibarra-Howell, CEO and Founder, Savory Institute Richard McCarthy, Executive Director, Slow Food USA Jennifer Fahy, Communications Director, Farm Aid Merrian Borgeson, Consultant, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) |
| 2:30 pm |
Colorado Regional Organizing Session Folks from across that state share and lay the foundation for future Slow Money activities. Michael Brownlee, Co-Founder, Localization Partners Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money |
| 2:30 pm |
Slow Money Principle VI: Giving Back A new generation of corporate philanthropy is emerging, exemplified by 1% for the Planet. Newman’s Own and Patagonia paved the way. The Slow Money Principles quote Paul Newman: “I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer who puts back into the soil what he takes out.” This panel will explore the experience of several leading participants in this new wave of corporate philanthropy. Janie Hoffman, Founder & CEO, Mamma Chia Rebecca Calahan Klein, Director of Partnerships, 1% for the Planet Libby Birky, Co-Founder, So All May Eat (SAME Cafe) Mike Hannigan, President and Founder, Give Something Back |
| 2:30 pm |
Funding Small Food Enterprises Learn what emerging investment initiatives are doing and how they are doing it: Investment Clubs, Credibles, Peer to Peer Lending, NYC LION and Whole Foods’ Local Producer Loan Fund. Arno Hesse, Founder, Credibles (Edible Credits) Carol Peppe Hewitt, Co-Founder, Slow Money North Carolina. Author of Financing Our Foodshed: Growing Local Food With Slow Money Linzee Weld, Founder and President, No Small Potatoes Investment Club Derek Denckla, Co-Chair, Slow Money NYC Erin Harper, Local Producer Loan Program Manager, Whole Foods |
| 4:00 pm |
Colorado Regional Organizing Session, Continued Michael Brownlee, Co-Founder, Localization Partners |
| 4:00 pm |
Seeds and Diversity Explore the issue of biodiversity, guided by two of the nation's most experienced and knowledgable stewards. Dianne Ott Whealy, Co-Founder, Seed Savers Exchange Gary Nabhan, MacArthur Fellow, Author, Professor, University of Arizona |
| 4:00 pm |
Going Beyond Crowdfunding for Local Food: the Soil Trust... Looking under the hood at Slow Money's new groundfunding platform and collaborating on its national launch. Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money Dave Kingsbury, VP Partnerships, New Hope Natural Media AJ Grant, President, Environmental Communications Associates, Inc. (ECA) Jake Bornstein, Senior Associate, The Soil Trust Bryan Welch, Publisher of Ogden Communications and Mother Earth News |
| 4:00 pm |
GMOs Some of the nation's leading activists share concerns, lessons and game plans. Jim Gerritsen, President of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association Dave Murphy, Founder and Executive Director, Food Democracy Now Alex Bogusky, Founder, Made Movement |
| 4:00 pm |
Meet the Authors Books? Really? Enjoy direct dialogue with thought leaders whose books are mapping key elements of our collective undertaking. Joan Gussow, Author, This Organic Life Jeff Clements, Founder and President, Free Speech for People, Author of Corporations Are Not People Marjorie Kelly, Fellow, Tellus Institute. Author of Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution Raphaël Souchier, Slow Money France, Author of Local Living Economies: the Post-Wall Street Era Will Be Local |
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