slow money

"We have to find a new form of economy, an economy that knows how to govern its limits, an economy that respects nature and acts at the service of man, a situation where political and humanistic choices govern the economy and not the other way around. We have to discover new economic relationships that move at a more natural pace."
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, from the Forward of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money

In a world in which there is no such thing as money that is too fast, a company that is too big, or intermediation that is too complex, we find ourselves asking:

• Can investing in local food systems offer an authentic alternative?
• If organic farming and small food enterprises are key to the health of the economy, society, and the soil, why do they receive so little funding from government, philanthropy, or capital markets?
• Could a million families get their food from CSA's?

With a spirit of fiduciary activism, arising from Slow Money founder Woody Tasch's three decades of pioneering work along the boundaries of venture capital, social investing, and philanthropy, Slow Money is building the Slow Money Alliance, convening Slow Money Institutes, publishing books and white papers, and incubating new funding intermediaries.

This is a call to action, a call to design new capital markets built not around extraction and consumption, but around preservation and restoration. The vision: billions of dollars a year supporting tens of thousands of independent, local-first enterprises at the base of the restorative economy.

Listen to Woody Tasch on Public Radio International's
Living on Earth

SEE:
Slow Money Alliance