Dear Slow Money Signatory:
Thanks again for being one of the first people to sign the Slow Money Principles. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us on June 9-11 for our Second National Gathering at Shelburne Farms, Vermont , one of the premier historic and sustainable agriculture sites in the country. This 1400-acre site originally owned by Lila Vanderbilt Webb is located on the shore of Lake Champlain and is the site of three barns, each one of which is more memorable than the last (if you don’t think a barn can be memorable, you will have your mind changed…).
We’re expecting a strong turn-out, so we suggest you secure your housing as soon as possible. Click here for our list of recommended hotels. NOTE: the unique agricultural nature of the site means you will be staying a few miles away at one of these hotels.
Slow Money… It’s not an ISM (as in capitalism, socialism, consumerism, market fundamentalism…). But it is a new way of connecting investors to local food systems, catalyzing new forms of social investing and philanthropy for the 21st century. Join the emerging network of investors, donors, entrepreneurs, farmers, and activists who are giving birth to the nurture capital industry.
See you there,
Woody Tasch
Chairman, Slow Money
Confirmed Speakers
Erika Allen, Chicago Projects Manager, Growing Power
Eliot Coleman, Founder, Four Season Farm and Author of The New Organic Grower
Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director, Green America
Gary Hirshberg, CEO, Stonyfield Farm
Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org and Author of Deep Economy
Diane Miller, President and CEO, blue moon fund
Will Raap, Founder, Gardener’s Supply
Joel Salatin, Owner, Polyface Farm
Tom Stearns, Founder, High Mowing Seeds
Robert Zevin, President, Robert Brooke Zevin Associates
Sponsors
Calvert Foundation
Castanea Foundation
City Market
Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation
Investors’ Circle
Recycled Paper Printing
Solidago Foundation
University of Vermont
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Wainwright Bank
Partnering Organizations
1% for the Planet
Edible Communities
Vermont Commons
Vermont Fresh Network
P.S. If you missed the first edition of the Slow Money Letter, click HERE