Thinking Outside Of The Box

 Slow Money   Carol Peppe Hewitt This week a delightful phone interview with a lady channeling her passion into bioregionalism. In particular solving some of the vexing problems on the financial end. Some people think there is no way that small farmers  (or craftsmen ) could compete with the big box markets and huge corporations that pervade big cities and small communities. Well there are some solutions out there and simplicity seems to be woven through the process of Slow Money. Briefly -  Fast money would be your money, that you have no control over.  It is sitting in an account, or funds that you have no control over. The banks are moving that money around in ways that would make your head spin, but probably won't help you or your neighbor or your community much. - That is fast money.  Slow money is money you have in your possession and you get to choose where it is invested. One example, the local coffee shop down the street needs a new espresso machine. You have some