Seed Money
Bringing Money Back Down to Earth
Seed Money is Red Acre Center’s way of talking about relationship-based investing—an approach to capital that is local, transparent, and grounded in real people, real land, and real work.
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Instead of asking, “How fast can this grow?”
Seed Money asks, “What is this nourishing?”
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We believe money should behave more like soil than like speculation.
What We Mean by Seed Money
Seed money is not abstract capital chasing returns.
It is patient, place-based, and personal.
It flows through:
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Relationships, not algorithms
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Trust, not hype
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Long timelines, not exit strategies
Seed money supports farmers, food producers, educators, and land-based projects working at a human scale—often in ways that don’t fit conventional investment models, but are essential to resilient local economies.
Why This Matters
Modern finance has largely severed money from consequence. Capital moves quickly, anonymously, and far away from the places it impacts.
The result?
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Farmers under pressure to scale beyond what land and people can sustain
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Communities dependent on distant decision-makers
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Wealth concentrated far from the work that creates real value
Seed Money is an attempt to re-embed money in community, where accountability, care, and shared responsibility are possible again.
