"Let's bring money down to earth," suggests Woody Tasch, author of Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered. On Earth Day Eve, Friday, April 24, Tasch will share the podium at Time & Space Limited in Hudson with the legendary Paolo Di Croce, Executive Director of Slow Food International, whose slow-food movement, a global phenomenon, provides the inspiration and template for Tasch's nacsient Slow Money movement. If organic farming and small food enterprises are key to the health of the economy, the soil, and society, why have they received so little funding from the government (not one penny of the State stimulus package goes to agriculture, though it is the largest industry in New York State), philanthropy, or capital markets? What would the world be like if investors put half of their assets to work within 50 miles of where they live? These questions, raised by Tasch, are first steps toward shaping not just a new economy, but a new culture: Could there be an alternative stock exchange dedicated to slow, small, and local investing? Could a million American families get their food from CSAs? Slow Money is a call to action, to build markets around preservation and restoration instead of extraction and consumption. Paolo Di Croce will share the latest successes and challenges the Slow Food revolution in its global effort to promote social justice and sustainable agriculture, while preserving traditional cultures, heirloom food varieties, and the environment. Slow Money, Slow FoodFriday, April 24, 7 p.m. Time & Space Limited434 Columbia Street, Hudson; 518.822.8448
