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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463048403321

Autore

Hewitt Carol Peppe

Titolo

Financing our foodshed : growing local food with slow money / / Carol Peppe Hewitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-55092-518-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

338.1/9

Soggetti

Local foods

Sustainable agriculture - Finance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Why the Fuss About Finance? And Why Local Food?-- Slow Money Comes to Town -- The Sweet Side of Slow Money -- Making a Difference - One Loan at a Time -- Funds to Farms -- Getting the Word Out and Building Our Network -- Why Lend? -- Taking Our Dog and Pony Show on the Road -- Slow Money: Power in Numbers -- Filling in Gaps in Our Foodshed -- Staying Connected to Our Friends -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Bringing money home - real people and real stories from the slow money movement