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Why local? Part III: Environmental sustainability
(Follow Part I and Part II in the Why Local? series to get the full story.) In this next look at why I choose to invest in local...
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Claire
Jan 19, 20234 min read
Why local? Part II: Food System Resilience
(Follow Part I and Part III in the Why Local? series to get the full story.) In my last blog post, I explored the question ‘why local?’...
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Claire
Sep 6, 20225 min read
Why Local? Part I: Quality
(Follow Part II and Part III in the Why Local? series to get the full story.) Jeff (Founder & Executive Director of Slow Money SLO) and I...
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Amanda Brow
Jul 14, 20223 min read
10 Years of Local Food, Farm, & Beverage
At the heart of Slow Money SLO are people who believe in Slow Food: simply, people who believe in people. As many of you may know, for...
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claire7278
Apr 22, 20225 min read
Farm to School: Caring for soil, food, students, & planet!
The Farm to School Movement has been around in the U.S. since the mid-90’s when the National Farm to School Network began its work...
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Claire
Apr 1, 20225 min read
Kitchen Connections: Wild Fields Brewhouse & A-Town Humble Pies
The Place Wild Fields Brewhouse is tucked right off the main drag in Atascadero, CA - conveniently located just over the creek from City...
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Claire
Feb 4, 20223 min read
Farm to School CC and Partners Celebrate Increase in Local Produce Purchased by Local Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 20, 2022 This program of Slow Money San Luis Obispo connects local farmers to school districts to...
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Claire
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Winter Farm Visits: Getting to know our Farm to School farmers
For any of you who have read my previous posts about farms and farmers, it should be pretty clear that I think these folks are the cat’s...
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Claire
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Building Soil Health with Black Diamond Vermicompost
An introduction to Black Diamond Vermicompost For Cristy Christie of Black Diamond Vermicompost, it all started with the broccoli. With...
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Claire
Oct 7, 20216 min read
Family Day at Windrose Farm/Finca Los Agaves
Every time I journey out to one of our county’s farms, I am awed by the tucked away rolling hills and valleys that always seem to beckon...
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Claire
Sep 30, 20213 min read
Lending with Slow Money SLO Means Keeping Connection to the SLO community
Meet Local Lender Barrie Cleveland Barrie Cleveland has a long history in San Luis Obispo County, both as a young person, and during his...
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Claire
Aug 30, 20215 min read
What I'm Learning in Farm to School
*A note from the author: I am by no means yet fully versed in ALL things school food service, nor ALL things local farms. This post...
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Claire
Jul 29, 20213 min read
Farm Supply: Evolving with the community, for the community
An introduction to Farm Supply Farm Supply was originally started in 1950 in San Luis Obispo to service the then numerous dairies...
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Claire
Jun 29, 20215 min read
Tiber Canyon Ranch: Bringing kind and sustainable olive oil to the Central Coast
The Place Tucked away in the hills of Arroyo Grande past the train tracks sits Tiber Canyon Ranch. I arrived on a sunny afternoon to a...
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Claire
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Catch for Hunger Relief: A project bringing the sea's bounty to our community
Our recent project, Catch for Hunger Relief, was made possible by the organization Catch Together, which supports fisheries up and down...
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Claire
Jun 9, 20211 min read
Minibites with Slow Money SLO - FTS Edition
Myself and a friend wandered up the #pacificcoast to Cambria, to snag ourselves some fresh, #local blueberries!! Dragon Spring Farm is...
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Claire
May 13, 20212 min read
Local Fish Feeds Local Seniors
In 1965 President Johnson signed the Older Americans Act which directed funding to programs supporting seniors in the United States. In...
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jeff0678
May 8, 20214 min read
SLO Food Bank Partners with Slow Money SLO & Promotores Collective to Promote CA Grown Produce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 5, 2021 SLO County Organizations Promote Health Benefits of California Grown Produce Efforts will increase...
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Claire
May 5, 20214 min read
Lending with the Slow Money SLO community: An insider's look
Meet Local Lender Jeanie Class Jeanie Class moved to San Luis Obispo County in 2004 from Santa Barbara County where she worked as a...
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Claire
Apr 22, 20214 min read
What's cookin', good lookin'?!: My experiments with dinner, Spring edition
The other week, I went out to City Farm SLO (a Farm to School CC participant) for their Saturday volunteer day, something I’ve done in...
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