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The idea has been simmering for years. Decades. Each year brought more ideas, more experience and now being pushed to DO instead of planning. One can only plan so much but it takes money to farm…for land, equipment, foundation. So it meant looking at ideas for CSA and other types of farming which would work but didn’t quite fit our ideal.

Then came a conversation with someone I interviewed for an article – we were talking about farm finances as it affects large farms vs smaller farms. (Hers was 32 acres). Size alone doesn’t deem if someone is “serious” – many can make a living on smaller acreages. Then she asked the question that started the final barriers shaking. “Have you heard of the ‘slow money’ concept?”

Well I got home and got looking. It’s what I had been thinking all along! Only now it had a name, a professional outlook and gaining the views of people who, as I’d been told years ago, looked for “safer” investments on Wall Street. Unfortunately we’ve all seen how “safe” some of those were as many lost life savings and have nothing to show for it. Community, a solid food supply, a place for family and friends to gather…these are the lifelong images from the farm.

So the whittling began, finding ways to balance giving someone a good value on “real food” (although I dislike that term!) and yet get the up front funds necessary to grow it.

We appreciate the support of folks who entrust us to provide their food. If you’d like to purchase items from SlowMoneyFarm or get more information visit our website and other pages or email us at slowmoneyfarm@yahoo.com for more information. Thanks!

If you’re interested in more food, visit our ‘sister blog’ at SlowMoneyFood on wordpress, with different content and more about food – saving money, recipes, household tips and more! Check it out – it’s under our blogroll over on the side too!

I have a few policies for our blog here – disagree is fine. Insults and bullying not fine and will be removed. I encourage comments, discussion, and have even done a shoutout for questions at times, but aren’t interested in eliminating food choices, even if we don’t agree with someone’s choices.

I do moderate new comments due to spam, but try to minimize the time until it appears with regular checking of the blog several times per day. Come on in, look around and pull up a chair. I want to talk with folks who have questions and are sincerely interested in what we do. Welcome!