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Seeking a Connecticut SUPER HERO. Is that you?

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Analiese Paik of the Fairfield Green Food Guide and Emily Brooks of Edibles Advocate Alliance are SEEKING A HERO! 

Not just any hero, A SUPER HERO!

In Connecticut, the time has come.  We need an Agricultural Angel Investment Network or an Agriculture Exchange.  We need to enhance CT's food security, food safety and food access; improve nutrition and health; promote cultural, ecological and economic diversity; and accelerate the transition from an economy based on extraction or outsourcing, to an economy based on the preservation and restoration of our agricultural sector.

We envision an agriculture investment network where:

• All potential investment projects become one family. Where individuals and businesses are nurtured from the moment they walk in the door and beyond into their successful lives.
• An investment system where each potential project learns from CT experts on the Advisory Team as they make their journey towards final application for funding: Entrepreneurial Training such as strategic business planning, Sustainability Education & Certification, Marketing Assistance with Social Media Platforms and website build-out from Edibles Advocate Alliance. Not to mention networking, contact building, and coalition building with Analiese Paik.  And there are more!  More local business experts to help!
• An investment system where pro-agriculture businesses band together to accomplish amazing things as a unified team!
• Investing in CT's agriculture is not just a game for those who want large returns or who have uber-millions to invest. I want a system where my $200 can help my neighbor!

WHY do we need CT Super Heroes?

We must learn to invest as if food, farms and fertility mattered. We must connect investors to the places where they live, creating vital relationships and new sources of capital for small food enterprises.

Let us celebrate the new generation of agricultural entrepreneurs, consumers and investors who are truly paving the way of our future.

Are you our HERO?

We are looking for:

• Brilliant financial minds to help us create a sustainable Agricultural Investment System in Connecticut
• Passionate individuals and local businesses who can lend their expertise, assistance, and local knowledge to our movement.