Ramstead Ranch
SHOW NOTES:
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.
Episode Transcript (Link)
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Funder:
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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Production Team:
Podcast hosted by Keith Bacon @baconmade
Behind the scenes logistics and general wrangling by Kate Smith, Brahmi Pugh, and Rae Russell
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WSDA - Regional Markets Program: Local Meat and Poultry Assistance
WA Meat Up- a collaborative project of WSU and the WSDA to catalyze collaboration and entrepreneurship along the niche meat supply chain in WA State.
Additional Links
WSDA Regional Markets Program has resources and trainings.
Are you a Washington State farmer looking for land? Check out Washington Farmland Trust’s Farm-to-Farmer program.