Poncia: Converting Midwestern row crops to pasture could feed US meat demand
Loren Poncia · How I Built Resilience: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch · Jan 28, 2021 · at 9:43
Loren Poncia, co-founder of Stemple Creek Ranch, responds to Guy Raz asking if regenerative grass-fed livestock ranching can scale beyond small boutique farms.
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“If we converted that land back to pasture land, perennial pasture land, we could grow probably enough meat for the entire nation. It is possible.”
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