And, as of the past few years, courtesy of the emerging Slow Money network around the country, these searches also take us to another place: back to our own neighborhoods where, one loan at a time, individual investors are connecting with local food entrepreneurs and, together, beginning to rebuild local food systems and fix our economy from the ground up. In a way, nothing could be simpler. I can still hear Carol Peppe Hewitt saying at a Slow Money national gathering: “It really isn’t complicated. There are local food entrepreneurs who need money and local investors looking for good places to put their money. We just need to connect them.” Carol’s work in North Carolina, doing just that, is a vital part of a process that has facilitated the flow of more than $21 million to 180 small food enterprises around the country since 2010. As of the end of 2012, Slow Money had 17 chapters, including one in France, and six investment clubs.
What do You think about Financing Our Foodshed (2015)?
