b'My fathers generation, and mine, revolutionized food production. We made food abundant, and cheap, and safe. Wastefully abundant, and obscenely cheap, and boringly consistent. The unintended consequences of this are the imprisonment of our farm animals and the degradation of our soil and the impoverishment of rural America. So now we know. Fixing it requires incredible financial risks. Woody Tasch has a rare understanding of finance and proper farming and it comes through forcefully in this important book.Will Harris, White Oak PasturesWoody has done it again! He has taken our strange and stressful world of current events and woven wise words into an upbeat series of soul/soil-centered solutions. These pragmatic possibilities are perfectly suited for our crisis-riddled times.Kris Holstrom, Farmer, County Commissioner,San Miguel County, COI have seen this vision in action. Like so many young first-generation farmers, I lacked the capital needed to turn my farm dream into reality. Thanks to peopleneighbors reallywho came together to do this, I now have a thriving small farm producing regenerative food for our community. Receiving that 0% Slow Money loan was a critical piece in the foundation of my farm. Anyone who dreams of a future that honors land, farmer and eater, AHA! is your touch point. Read this book, be part of the solution, and together we will redefine our economic paradigm.Harper Kaufman, Two Roots Farm, Basalt, COAHA! is a poetic, intimate, and engaging conversation with the grand trickster, Woody Tasch, who so clearly delights in sharing his common sense vision for local economies, revitalized small scale farming, collaborative community financing and oh so much more. AHA! brings us along on a highly energized journey full of stories, data points, refreshing ideas, and of course, joy in thinking about where do we go from hereall of which builds upon the crucial concepts of Slow Money that Woody first laid out more than a decade ago.Tom Sargent, Angel Investoriv'