Two weeks ago someone mentioned the term “slow money” to me as if I knew what they were talking about. Not having a head for finance I just thought it was a term they teach you in business school that I really don’t care about. However, I was very wrong. Slow money is something very much environmentally related. The idea was created by a man named Woody Tasch. His long term goal is to get one million people to invest 1% of their income to food security, ecological diversity and nutritional health, to name a few. The speakers at this year’s Slow Money event reads like a who’s who list of characters from the movie Fast Food Nation. Chapters of Slow Money have been started around the country. I think this is an extraordinary idea. The government does not subsidize organic family farms and yet we have a food revolution afoot. How can we expect people to eat better and be more conscious about the food they buy if nobody is helping the farmers? I really like the idea of going beyond the CSA to help our local farmers. I am a little fuzzy though on how funds will be distributed… I will keep you updated.
