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AFI News: May 2018

AFI Launches Local Food Events Calendar

We here at AFI - in partnership with Texas Center for Local Food - formally launched our Texas Local Food Events Calendar last week and couldn't be more excited. If you're looking to plug into your local food system, this is a great place to start. We think it's one of the most comprehensive listings of local food events in Texas. We always have an ear out for agricultural workshops, food systems meetings, farm party's, farmers' markets, impact investing summits, pitch competitions and all the rest. There is a lot going on out there! If you have an event you're promoting, click the 'Submit Event' button on the calendar and we'll get it posted for you. The Texas Local Food Events calendar is updated continuously, so keep an eye on it. You can also see AFI specific events here, where we consolidate events that we sponsor or speak at. Austin Foodshed Investors' Texas Local Food Events Calendar

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AFI Events

Slow Money comes to Austin! Book Signing, Farm Dinner, and Workshop - Early Bird Rate ENDS May 7th! Two of the leading thinkers and founders of Slow Money are coming to Austin for three days of events in partnership with Austin Foodshed Investors! Slow Money Founder, Woody Tasch , will be speaking about ideas and concepts from his newest book,  SOIL: Notes Towards the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital . Nurture capital is a vision of finance that starts where investing and philanthropy leave off, giving us a new way to reconnect to one another and places where we live, all the way through to local food systems.  Marco Vangelisti will speak as well, a founding member of Slow Money and member of the leadership team of the Slow Money Northern California Network since 2009. Marco's journey from institutional global finance to personal local investing is both inspiring and an actionable roadmap for values-based investors wishing to transition to personal impact investing. Book Signing and Talk with Woody Tasch, Sunday, May 20 at the new Central Library’s Demonstration area, starting at 4:30. Free and open to the public. Event details here. AFI Farm Dinner with Woody Tasch and Marco Vangelisti, Monday, May 21@ Springdale Farms and Eden East Restaurant. Marco and Woody will speak. E  arly Bird Registration ends May 7th - Save $25 Registration and tickets here. Align Your Investments with Your Values Workshop with Marco Vangelisti , Tuesday, May 22, 9:00AM - 4:00PM.  Registration and tickets here.

AFI Rolling Roadshow - Corpus Christi Monday, May 7th , 9:00AM - 1:00PM Bellino's Restaurant 3815 S Alameda St, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, USA The goal of these events is to help small, sustainable, food entrepreneurs better understand the complex funding and lending landscape. We will discuss funding sources available to small business owners, including their advantages and pitfalls, and how to get started. We'll be joined by GROW Local South Texas , National Center for Appropriate Technology , and Capital Farm Credit . Registration and tickets here.

Around the EcoSystem

AFI Blog: Cold Springs and High Tunnels AFI worked with Beverly Thomas, owner of Cold Springs Farm in Weatherford, TX, to help make their greenhouse more accessible through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Full story here

Skinourishment launches at Wheatsville Co-op AFI Portfolio Company, Skinourishment, recently expanded distribution to Wheatsville Co-op in Austin. Check them out next time you're there; natural, non-GMO, no synthetics - all good. Check out their website here.

Top 10 Reasons to Reject the House Farm Bill The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has is not a big fan of the 2018 Farm Bill. Issues are aplenty - more subsidies for the largest farms, cut support for local ag programs, big cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, among others. Full story here

NYTimes Story - Can Dirt Save the Earth? We've been passing this story around the office and all find it fascinating. Dirt can hold a lot of carbon, but it's going to take a shift in thinking to have a big impact. Full story here

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