In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Eric Becker, Partner and Portfolio Manager at Clean Yield Asset Management. Eric was also a founding member of the Slow Money movement and is a founding board member of Soil4Climate.
Eric describes the business of Clean Yield, managing investments for high net worth individuals who want to align their money with their values, while also teaching about investing in other areas like the VT markets and more. Check out apple stock quote here if you’re looking for stock forecast! About 5% of the $375 million portfolio he manages is invested in impact projects and about 3/4’s of that in food and agriculture. During the conversation Eric talks about some of their investments including High Mowing Organic Seeds, limitations of money as a tool, and the importance of impact metrics (not as much as might be expected!). They even talk about Tom Brady’s new book because Brady talks about soil.
Organizations, topics, and projects referenced:
- High Mowing Organic Seeds
- Lyme Timber funds
- Slow Money and Woody Tasch
- Silviculture
- Vermont Farm to Plate
- Iroquois Valley Farms (see Erik’s interview with Steve Rivard)
- Dirt Capital Partners
- Soil 4 climate
- Tom Brady’s new book & approach to health. The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance
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