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Stemple Creek Ranch: Transforming into an Organic Regenerative Operation
TLDR Stemple Creek Ranch successfully transformed into an organic regenerative farm during the pandemic, focusing on carbon neutrality, direct-to-consumer sales, and embracing regenerative agriculture practices. The ranch owners, Loren and Lisa Poncia, emphasize the importance of diversification, multiple revenue streams, and direct-to-consumer sales for a sustainable future.
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Stemple Creek Ranch owners focus on building resilience by transforming their farm into an organic regenerative operation, selling grass-fed meat while maintaining carbon neutrality.
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Stemple Creek Ranch uses rotational grazing and diverse plantings to promote photosynthesis, sequestering about 1,000 pounds of carbon per acre per year and focusing on aerating the soil naturally with deep-rooted plants and worms.
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Loren and Lisa Poncia transformed their family farm into an organic grass-fed farm to create a unique product, be environmentally conscious, and dictate their own prices, which proved successful despite challenges during the pandemic.
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During the pandemic, Stemple Creek Ranch had to pivot from supplying restaurants to processing their meat into retail cuts for direct-to-consumer sales, highlighting the resilience of small processors compared to larger packing plants.
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Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum and interest, with a growing number of farmers and ranchers embracing it, potentially becoming mainstream in the future.
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Lauren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in California discuss the challenges and rewards of running a family farm together, emphasizing the importance of embracing each other's strengths and maintaining separate "sandboxes" within the business.
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Diversification and multiple revenue streams, including direct to consumer sales and events, helped Stemple Creek Ranch stay profitable and sustainable during a challenging year in agriculture.
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The future focus for Stemple Creek Ranch is on direct-to-consumer sales and embracing online home delivery as the future of their business post-pandemic.
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Stemple Creek Ranch aims to create connections between consumers and producers through direct-to-consumer sales reminiscent of old-fashioned home deliveries.
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