Ramstead Ranch

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Episode Description:

In episode 2 of Season 5, we get to visit with Shadow _________of Ramstead Ranch located in Ione, WA to hear about their regenerative practices and relationships with their customers. Ramstead strives to create a pasture-based ecosystem that works with nature and honors its abundance. They raise Grassfed/Grassfinished beef and lamb, pasture-raised Berkshire pork, and pasture-raised poultry including meat chickens and turkeys and deliver direct to their customers in the Pacific Northwest via a growing number of pickup locations.

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This episode was funded by the USDA National Institute of Agriculture AFRI Grant #2022-68006-37269 Complexity and tradeoffs in animal agriculture sustainability: building awareness and trust between producers and consumers. 

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