Slow Money Vermont: Resources
Slow Money Seeks to Fund Vermont’s 21st Century Healthy Food System
Every once in a while, an idea comes around that you immediately know is not only a good one, but in fact is an absolutely necessary one. For me, Slow Money is such an idea. Money is a powerful thing and whatever we collectively put our money into goes a long way toward creating the world that we live in. So far, those choices have led to many things, including a broken world food system, where nobody knows where their food comes from or what it takes to grow it. To become so divorced from something as essential as our food has had many disastrous consequences. The socially responsible investing movement has been around for 30 or more years and has gone a long way toward supporting many companies doing sustainable work in the world. Slow Money is a bit different and it is this fresh and comprehensive approach that has resonated with so many people. (Tom Stearns) Read More (pdf)...
Green Money Journal
"We have, of late, begun to get religion about carbon in the atmosphere. We have begun to pour venture capital into clean tech, searching for ways to maintain our lifestyles and grow the economy, while dramatically reducing our ecological footprint. This vision of ecological footprint is, in a great many respects, a mechanical one, asking only: How can we design new machines that work more cleanly?" Read More...
Ecopreneurist.com: Venture Capital Meets Slow Money at Investors' Circle Conference
"Fast money and fast movers. These are the phrases that come to mind when entrepreneurs talk about venture capital as a potential source of funding. But what if the flow of funds slowed down…way down?" Read More...
Sustainable Industries.com
"An investment vehicle that takes a page from the Slow Food movement and asks investors to content themselves with slower and lower returns may sound like a bad idea on paper..." Read More... 
Beyond Organic (radio broadcast)
"When venture capitalist Woody Tasch talks about "pushing money down the food chain," he’s talking about patient support for small scale food companies working at the leading edge of green business." Read More...
Champlain Green Living Journal: Fast track to 'Slow Food'
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Vermont is becoming a state for 'foodies,' - but can it ever match Tuscany?" Read More...
GreenBiz.com: A History of the Slow Money Movement
"Founded in 1992, Investors' Circle (IC) is the only national network devoted specifically to investing in early-stage companies and funds that are working to solve major social and environmental problems."
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NewAgeJournal.com: Slow Money - Encouraging Ethical and Sustainable Investing
"You’ve heard of “Slow Food,” in which a meal’s quality, source and character--and that of the individuals sharing it--are savored. Well, how about “Slow Money?”" Read More...
A Collection of Woody Tasch's Essays on Slow Money
Read More at InvestorsCircle.net
