Elizabeth Ü - Raising Dough: The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business

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Praise for Raising Dough

Elizabeth has created a formidable one-stop guide to the brass tacks of building a successful sustainable food business. For everyone whos ever wanted to turn their passion for sustainable food into a thriving business, this book is for you.

Anna Lapp , founder, Real Food Media Project and author, Diet for a Hot Planet

Elizabeth has written an absolutely critical book for social entrepreneurs. She provides a unique perspective on how different kinds of capital can be blended and sequenced. If you are not familiar with how to attract grants, low-interest loans, equity, loan guarantees, etc., to grow your business, youll find this to be a hugely valuable investment in yourself. Read it, use it!

Don Shaffer , president and CEO, RSF Social Finance

The foundation of a new economy is an equitable society that values everyone. Localists know this requires working on multiple fronts, and community capital is one of the most important. Elizabeths book covers the many ways to connect any local businessesnot only those related to foodwith local lenders, investors, and donors.

Michelle Long , executive director, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)

Successfully financing food enterprises is paramount to building a just, fair, and healthy food system. Elizabeths book shows us how to get it done. Raising Dough is an excellent addition to the literature of the sustainable food movement.

LaDonna Redmond , executive director, The Campaign for Food Justice Now

As a food entrepreneur, I learned how challenging it is not only to find money but to find the right money. Elizabeths book is an important tool to help food entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses in a way that supports their visionso that their food start-ups can thrive and change the world.

Sheryl OLoughlin , executive director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, cofounder and former CEO, Nest Collective (now Plum, Inc.), and former CEO, Clif Bar & Company

Great business ideas need money behind them, and Elizabeth shows us how to attract and steward investors who are looking beyond profit and toward the benefits that a mission-driven business brings to the community it serves. I wish this book had been around when we were looking for equity investors in Cowgirl Creamery.

Sue Conley , cofounder, Cowgirl Creamery

Raising Dough is an invaluable resource for socially minded farmers and food entrepreneurs. Elizabeth s clear-eyed, nuts-and-bolts advice demonstrates that, like food, finance can be sustainable, too.

Amy Cortese , author, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit from It

Where has this book been all my life? This step-by-step guidebook to financing food businesses is vitally needed today. In this rapidly evolving field, Raising Dough is a key contribution.

Marjorie Kelly , Tellus Institute fellow and author, Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution

Starting a food business? Raising Dough provides an extremely useful roadmap through the financial landscape. This is a wonderful overview of the tools and techniques for capitalizing your small food enterprise.

Woody Tasch , chairman, Slow Money, and author, Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money

The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business

Elizabeth

Foreword by Michael Shuman

Chelsea Green Publishing

White River Junction, Vermont

Copyright 2013 by Anne Elizabeth .

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