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Poncia: Converting Midwestern row crops to pasture could feed US meat demand
“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.”
Stemple Creek Ranch Sequesters About 1,000 Pounds of Carbon Per Acre Annually
“Basically what the data seven years later shows is we're sequestering about a thousand pounds of carbon per acre per year, managing it the way we are, even our control plots.”
Poncia: Ranching profitability requires becoming a price maker through branding
“So we figured very quickly the way to do that was to be the price maker instead of the price taker and have a unique product, do what's right for the environment. At the same time we do what's right for the environment, we're making money on it. We totally fli…”
Poncia: Ranchers contact Stemple Creek daily to partner and avoid direct sales
“We get people that call us every day and want to work with us that are ranchers, agriculturists, but they don't want to sell direct to consumers. They want to raise the animals. They don't want to talk to people.”
Poncia: Netflix Appearance and COVID-19 Spurred Surge in Direct-to-Consumer Sales
“Just before the pandemic, we were featured on a Netflix TV show called Ugly Delicious. So about steak. So we were already seeing a decent influx to our online sales because of that. And then COVID hit right in the middle of March. And we definitely saw quite a…”
Poncia: Restaurant Collapse Forced Stemple Creek to Reprocess Bulk Meat for Retail
“At the very same time, our restaurant business Completely tanked. You know, most restaurants at that time just completely shut their doors. Some were open, you know, at a very limited basis. And so then it became the logistical issue of how do we take all of t…”
Poncia: Direct-to-Consumer Delivery and Agritourism Are Stemple Creek's Future
“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 …”