At our February 2022 annual meeting, Four Corners Slow Money members approved a new loan of $10,276 to Farm to Summit! This will fund Louise and Jane Barden's outdoor walk-in cooler to store vegetable seconds from local farmers, before they dehydrate them to create their nutrient dense dehydrated meals!
Please help spread the word to local farmers that they are actively building relationships with farmers to buy as many produce seconds as possible! One thing that really excites us at FCSM, is that Farm to Summit works with many of the farmers we have also supported through loans, and it is a full circle food system that we are funding together!
We also heard loan updates from current loanees, including Nathan Brenner from Humble Fungi. Great work on bringing beautiful mushrooms to market and the table Nathan! We are grateful to have helped your business grow!
Our members voted to approve the launching of a new “In a Pickle” Emergency Loan Fund - which our Steering and Loan Review Committee will be developing and sharing the details with you all. Thanks Dean Vidal for offering to provide some advice on this as well. The purpose is to provide smaller, short term funds to farmers and food enterprises when they need it.
Tonight our members allocated $2,500 towards the fund - which has generously been matched by Woody Tasch (founder of Slow Money) and Beetcoin for a total fund of $5,000!! Thank you Woody and all of your donors!