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Matt Skoglund

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The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I'd say half our customers are in Montana, half all over the country.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So yesterday, so we have one employee, Ethan Davidson, amazing person, huge meat eater fan.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Um, he works two days a week for us and he's in charge of like the whole fulfillment process.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So the way it works is somebody goes on our website, they put a deposit down for a quarter, a half or a whole, and then, oh yeah, to go full circle.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

When it's at Amsterdam skinned and they cut it down the backbone, I take a picture of that.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then the day after the field harvest, I'll send those pictures to our customers and say, you know, Hey Steve, I field harvested your bison yesterday morning on the ranch, beautiful spring morning, blah, blah, blah, few photos attached.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then there's the herd on the ground.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And so it's just like, they, you know, sometimes people don't reply, but most people love it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

They can see it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

It's like connecting them, you know, it's like, this is the animal you'll be eating.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And, you know, we're just all about transparency, um, and, and, and connecting people to the process.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Um, and so, so yeah, they skin it, dry age it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

I mean, Amsterdam's amazing, just great butchers.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then they ultimately, you know, it's beautifully packaged, wrapped, frozen, labeled, boxed.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Ethan goes and picks it up.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And if it's local person, he delivers it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

And then for people around the country, we ship on Monday for Wednesday arrival and he takes care of all of it and he does a really great job with it.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

Yeah.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So it's, yeah.

The MeatEater Podcast
Ep. 874: How To Start A Bison Ranch

So like yesterday he shipped, where did he ship yesterday?