Social Innovation Forum

NEW! Re:Forums 2012
Local, direct investing by citizens
for growing our communities.
People powered capital.

It is all local somewhere.

Local Food - Global Harvest
Cidermaking, Potluck, and Learning

Wednesday, November 9th  | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. 
Olympic Mills Commerce Center - MAIN GATHERING LOBBY
Portland, Oregon

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Connect Local Food
with Small Farmers and Finance

SLOW MONEY | ABUNDANCE FARMING | CSAs

Join us for an evening of solidarity and celebration. Experts will discuss how food, farming, technology, and finance connect to you, to a rich global harvest, and your own kitchen table.

AGENDA
6:00 p.m. -- Press cider, share food, eat!
7:00 P.m. -- Forum Begins, Panelists Speak
8:00 p.m. -- Mingle, Meet, Discuss

GUEST SPEAKERS | LEADERS IN THE FIELD
  • Slow Money Founding Members Craig Wichner and Jason Bradford will speak on the national finance movement called “Slow Money: Finance as if soil mattered”. Slow Money is a new movement around funding small food enterprises.
  • Abundance Farming Founder Paul Osterlund will talk about his work providing an astounding natural technology that increases harvests in poor farms around the world while using 80% less water.
  • Portland Area CSAs will discuss local and global strategies aimed at strengthening the connection between local farms and our tables

Where: OMCC:107 SE Washington, Portland, OR, 97214
When
: Wednesday, November 9th, 6:00pm to 9:30pm
Cost: Bring apples and a side dish and get in for free! Or, RSVP with Lin at lin[at]hatchthefuture[dot]org and pay $10 at the door.


Join us! Bring a salad, dessert, or bread. And APPLES! All kinds welcomed.

 



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