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Matt Skoglund

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

Um, Oh, uh, got shipped one to San Francisco and then one to Minneapolis.

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

Uh, so yeah, we've got it.

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

And that was a whole,

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

I mean, yeah, a whole nother learning curve was like learning how to, you know, boxes, insulation, dry ice, UPS, and you'll, you know, you have three kids you'll appreciate, you know, I mean, one as a first generation rancher, like the only way this works is keeping our costs down.

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

So people often think we're much bigger than we are.

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

Like, it's like, I do almost everything.

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

And then Ethan helps out.

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

And then we work with Amsterdam.

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

Um, so early on we shipped, I shipped, we didn't have any employees.

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

I shipped everything out of our house and I'd like, I'd go get the meat and dry ice from Safeway and the boxes and get everything ready.

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

And I remember this one time I, uh, and we charge like on a quarter, we charge by the amount of meat you get back.

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

And so I was like packaging the meat and I turned, grabbed something and

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

And then I turn around and my daughter is sitting in the box.

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

I'm like, I joked the way I wasn't concerned about shipping Greta to like, you know, Chicago, but my concern was like the next morning having coffee and being like, what's that under the couch.

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

And there's like four ribeyes that she stashed.

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

And so we were like, we need office space.

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

But anyway, so we just, we've, we've learned, um, and now we've got it, you know, dialed with great boxes, insulation made out of recycled paper.

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

dry ice.

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

And, and then the only thing is like in the heart of winter, if we've got a blizzard coming, we'll just, we won't ship.

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

We just, we won't run the risk of having something spoiled.