The world's first non-crypto, non-currency supporting organic farmers and local food.
Since 2010, $80 million has flowed to over 800 organic farms and local food enterprises via volunteer-led efforts in dozens of communities. Tens of thousands of folks have attended Slow Money events, local and national.
A generation from now, I think we are going to look back on these first Slow Money events as seminal. Truly remarkable. Life-changing, really.
Slow Money is one of the keys to a healthy future.
The first slow money 0% loan groups are in Colorado and Virginia. Others are beginning to organize in Washington, Wisconsin and New Orleans, as well as in China and Israel.
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Here are a few of the small organic farms and local food businesses that received slow money funding in our first decade.
Location
Garnett, KS
Loan amount
$240,000
Location
Gordonsville, VA
Loan amount
$18,000
Location
Skowhegan, ME
Loan amount
$50,000
Location
Omaha, NE
Loan amount
$10,000
Location
Longmont, CO
Loan amount
$12,000
Location
Sherwood, OR
Loan amount
$800,000
Location
Raleigh, NC
Loan amount
$22,000
Location
Basalt, CO
Loan amount
$42,000
Location
West Branch, IA
Loan amount
$240,000
Location
Oakland, CA
Loan amount
$400,000
Location
Kahului, HI
Loan amount
$10,000
Location
Rockdale, TX
Loan amount
$97,000