Hi Everyone,
A local Slow Money Alliance group has formed in Santa Barbara and several will be attending the conference below.

The main focus is strategies for returning investor dollars back to local economies, especially around sustainable agriculture. Contact sbpcnet@silcom.com if you'd like to hear about a future meeting in Santa Barbara.

National Gathering: From the Ground Up

Santa Fe Railyard
September 9-11, 2009

Slow Money www. slowmoneyalliance . It's a new economic vision. It's an emerging network of investors, donors, farmers, and activists committed to building local food economies. It's about the soil of the economy. It's the beginning of the "nurture capital" industry.

Come to Sante Fe. Meet thought leaders and change agents from around the country. Let's build new capital markets that support preservation and restoration. Let's fix America's economy... from the ground up.

Speakers

Eric Becker, Vice President, Trillium Asset Management
William Brinton, Founder, Woods End Research
Paulo di Croce, Executive Director, Slow Food International
Penelope Douglas, President and Co-Founder, Pacific
Community Ventures
Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director, Appalachian
Sustainable Development
Joan Gussow, Author, This Organic Life
Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center
Kristen Martinez, entrepreneur in residence, New Mexico
Community Capital
Mardi Mellon, Director of Food and Environment Program,
Union of Concerned Scientists
Tom Miller, former Head of Program Related Investing,
Ford Foundation
David Orr, professor, Oberlin College
Simran Sethi, Associate Professor of Journalism,
University of Kansas
George Siemon, CEO, Organic Valley
Greg Steltenpohl, Founder, Odwalla
Woody Tasch, Chairman and President, Slow Money
Judi Wicks, Founder, White Dog Café
Ann Wright, Deputy Secretary, USDA

Chelsea Green Publishing
McCune Charitable Foundation
Organic Valley
RSF Social Finance
Solidago Foundation
Stonyfield Farm

Partnering Organizations

1% For the Planet
BALLE
Bioneers
Blue Moon Fund
Capulin Cooperative Alliance
Crop to Cuisine
Edible Communities Publications
Edible Santa Fe
Ethical Markets Media
Grace Communications
Haberman
Haymarket Peoples Fund
Investors' Cirlce
Green Money Journal
La Montanita Coop
Santa Fe Alliance
The Organic Center

Woody Tasch, author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms & Fertility Mattered.

Woody Tasch is Chairman Emeritus of Investors' Circle, a nonprofit network of angel investors, venture capitalists, foundations, and family offices that, since 1992, has facilitated the flow of $130 million to 200 early-stage companies and venture funds dedicated to sustainability. He is president of the newly formed NGO Slow Money. Woody was formerly treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation. He is an experienced venture capital investor and entrepreneur and has served on numerous for-profit and nonprofit boards. He was founding chairman of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance, which supports venture investing in economically disadvantaged regions.