Poncia: Direct-to-Consumer Delivery and Agritourism Are Stemple Creek's Future
Loren Poncia · How I Built Resilience: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch · Jan 28, 2021 · at 23:50
Loren Poncia, co-founder of Stemple Creek Ranch, discusses their post-pandemic business focus on direct-to-consumer delivery and on-farm community engagement with Guy Raz.
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“The industry just fast forwarded 10 years, and the direct-to-consumer is the future of our business, either online home delivery, or us delivering direct to people, and we're gonna embrace that a lot, and we're gonna embrace lots of farm-to-table dinners, and getting people out to the farm, and educating them”
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