Ranch Resilerator: Meat To Market Operations 
WHO
Livestock producers in Siskiyou and surrounding counties who are selling or thinking about selling direct to consumers or wholesale (grocery stores, food service, etc).
What
A cohort business accelerator to learn how to structure and navigate the essentials of selling and marketing high-quality meat into a variety of markets. This accelerator covers a variety of topics to establish long-term resiliency and increase profitability. Producers entire production team is encouraged to participate in the cohort.
When
*Current Cohort Occurring
We will update when the next cohort occurs, if interested please register.
Following the course, you will have the opportunity to access significant benefits and incentives to support you over the next year as you work through your customized roadmap to make your operation ready for managing meat inventory.
Cost
We will update when the next cohort occurs, if interested please register.
Free to livestock producers in Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta counties and producers in business less than 10 years from Rouge Valley or Shasta Cascade region. This is provided by CalOSBA and USDA, valued at $1,497.
After signing up, farmers and ranchers will have access to more resources that are offered through the SEDC. This includes online courses such as Five Mary’s Academy Ranch-to-Retail Online Course, valued at $899.00, at no charge.
Additional Post-course Offerings! Upon completion of the course, you will be eligible for one-on-one support from the instructors to help you create a customized roadmap for implementing new practices, and additional one-on-one support from a variety of professionals to assist you with legal, bookkeeping, pricing and logistical issues, and facilitated monthly peer-to-peer accountability sessions.
Topics Covered
- Business structure
- Limiting owner’s liability
- Managing inventory for income tax compliance and profitability
- Managing inventory logistics
- Financial risk-management strategies
- Labeling regulations
- Market channels
- Sales contracts
- Pricing and product specifications
- Assessing profitability
- Strategies for carcass utilization and product aggregation
Instructors
Poppy Davis teaches legal and accounting aspects of farm and ranch business through various programs across the country. Formerly she was a California CPA and later the National Program Leader for Small Farms and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers at the United States Department of Agriculture. She holds a Juris Doctor from Drake University Law School, and a BS in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis.
Kathryn Quanbeck is the Research Manager for the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network (NMPAN) and a meat industry consultant. Her work focuses on supporting the growth and development of local and regional meat supply chains. She has 10+ years of meat industry experience, working in sales and operations for branded meat companies and supporting the development of meat processing businesses. She started her career as a Livestock Economist for the US Department of Agriculture and has a masters degree in Agricultural Economics from UC – Davis.
