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Enlightened Omnivore PodcastPODCAST: Beyond Grass-FedJust an hour north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, nestled in the coastal hills of Marin County, fourth-generation rancher Loren Poncia has been making a name for California grass-finished beef. In this week's episode, I reconnect with Loren for the first time since closing Electric City Butcher to explore how Stemple Creek Ranch has evolved in an ever-changing food landscape.Our conversation may have covered as much ground as the ranch's lush rolling pastures. We explore the economic challenges that first inspired Loren and his wife Lisa to reimagine the ranch, the three secrets to exceptional...
2025-05-0357 min
ReGen Brands Podcast#94 - Loren Poncia @ Stemple Creek Ranch - The Bay Area’s Regional Regenerative Meat BrandOn this episode, we have Loren Poncia who is a rancher and the owner at Stemple Creek Ranch.
Stemple Creek is supporting regenerative agriculture with their regeneratively-raised beef, lamb, pork, and chicken products mainly sold via their website directly to consumers and also available via select farmers' markets, restaurants, and retailers. Stemple Creek’s home ranch in Northern California stretches over more than 1,000 acres and their overall operation manages more than 8,000 acres of land.
In this episode, Loren details the family’s journey from conventional dairy to regenerative beef production, why they ended up starting a bra...
2025-02-141h 04
The Wine Makers on Radio MisfitsThe Wine Makers – Vote NO on Measure JThis week the guys are joined by four farmers fighting for the future of Sonoma County agriculture. A ballot measure has qualified in Sonoma County, sold as ban on “factory farms”, but in reality will have ripple effects that threaten all ag in the county, including grapes and wine. Join us for an inspiring conversation with Doug Beretta from the Sonoma County Farm Bureau, Bronte Edwards from Rainbow Family Ranch, Loren Poncia from Stemple Creek Ranch and longtime friend of the pod Jennifer Reichardt from Liberty Ducks. Why are we talking about cows, sheep, ducks and chickens on a wine...
2024-08-231h 02
Flipping the TableS5 - Ep#9 - The long strange trip of Loren Poncia of Stemple Creek RanchHear how Loren Poncia, a former Monsanto sales rep, became a model regenerative rancher. He and his wife faced the omnivore’s dilemma to transform the family dairy into a multimillion dollar iconic grassfed organic meat brand.
2023-09-1949 min
Food Origins PodcastRegenerative Farming with Loren Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch - EPISODE 22Loren Poncia was born and raised in Tomales, CA. Loren follows in the footsteps of his parents, Al and Cathie Poncia, as the 4th generation of his family to steward their land. A graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a major in Dairy Science and Ag Business, Loren always dreamed of coming back to the ranch to pursue his passion in agriculture. Loren oversees the entire ranching operation, and spends countless hours carefully studying genetics with the goal of raising grass-fed and finished beef that is tender, well-marbled, and tastes just as good as, if not better...
2023-02-1548 min
ATTRA - Voices from the FieldCarbon Farm PlanningLynette Niebrugge, Associate Director of Education and Training at the Carbon Cycle Institute (CCI), and Loren Poncia, co-owner of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California, broke new ground with one of CCI’s first Carbon Farm Plans almost a decade ago. In this episode of Voices from the Field, Lynette and Loren speak with NCAT Climate and Agriculture Program Manager Elise Haschke about what it means to approach conservation planning through a carbon lens. They also share the process for developing a Carbon Farm Plan for individual farms and ranches, as well as the many co-benefits associated with...
2022-12-2832 min
Ranching Reboot#53 Loren Poncia "Give Them What They Want"This week Loren Poncia joins me from his beautiful Stemple Creek Ranch to talk about his journey to being a successful business man and running multiple stacked enterprises on the land that has been in his family over 100 years.
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2022-02-281h 41
Stories from California Cattle CountryEpisode 7: Stemple Creek Ranch & V Miller MeatsA visit with Loren Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales and Eric Miller of V. Miller Meats a Sacramento Butcher that has carried Stemple Creek beef since opening 7 years ago.
2022-01-0315 min
FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry RevolutionThe Future of Farm to Table: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek RanchChange is in the air. We've felt it coming for years and we see it happening before our eyes in this moment. Today's buzzwords were the dreams of innovators from decades past. And innovation can be found everywhere.
Today we chat with Loren and Lisa Poncia, founders of Stemple Creek Ranch. Stemple Creek is not only famous for their regenerative agricultural practices but they're also the guys supplying protein to every Michelin rated restaurant in the Bay area.
In our conversation we talk about the path to carbon neutrality, the future of ranching and how...
2021-07-3025 min
Ag Emerge Podcast052 AgEmerge Podcast 2021 Live Q&A SessionHave you ever wished you could have a cup of coffee or a cold beverage with leading soil health and regenerative ag thinkers? Well that’s just what we made possible for you as we recorded our live Q&A session from our AgEmerge event where our speakers, Ray Archuleta, Rick Clark, Loren Poncia, and Tommy Fenster join Monte Bottens and Dawn Bull in an engaging conversation of Scaling up Regenerative Ag.
This year's AgEmerge event was a lot different because it was virtual. We missed the buzz of morning conversations at breakfast, the great ocean views and delicious food. Bu...
2021-03-021h 30
How I Built This with Guy RazHow I Built Resilience: Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek RanchFourth generation cattle rancher Loren Poncia and his wife Lisa transformed Stemple Creek Ranch into one of the few carbon neutral livestock ranches in the United States, and have since made their ranch carbon positive, sequestering more carbon than they emit. Lisa and Loren spoke with Guy about how consumers are helping drive the sustainable farming movement, and how they doubled down on online retail after many restaurants shut down. These conversations are excerpts from our How I Built Resilience series, where Guy talks online with founders and entrepreneurs about how they're navigating turbulent times.See Privacy Policy at...
2021-01-2825 min
Ag Emerge Podcast044. AgEmerge 2021 Speakers Announcement: And the lineup is ...In today’s episode, join us as Monte, Kim and, Megan announce the speaker line-up for AgEmerge! As you might expect, there are some modifications to the delivery, due to the pandemic, but the great news is, that hasn’t affected the awesome lineup of speakers that are participating in the AgEmerge event.
This year we are focusing on Scaling Up Regenerative Agriculture. It’s time to ramp it up and put these practices into action. But first, we want to start with a little background to help you understand how AgEmerge came to be and why these conversations are so imp...
2020-11-1036 min
Ag Emerge Podcast042. AgEmerge 2020 - Stemple Creek Ranch: We’re Soil FarmersWhat does it look like when an idea becomes reality? Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in Marin County, CA, tell us how they took a chance on an idea and made it a reality. They started Stemple Creek Ranch with the dream of raising quality, grass-finished beef, pork, and lamb to work with, not against, mother nature and they’ve redefined small-scale family ranching. Listen in as we discuss not only how they began this journey and what it looks like to work together as a family to see it through. We find out how the operation wo...
2020-10-131h 02
How I Built This with Guy RazFUBU: Daymond John (2018)Daymond John grew up during the 1980s in the heart of hip hop culture: Hollis, Queens. In his early 20s, he was working at Red Lobster and trying to figure out how to start a business. Eventually, he stumbled on the idea of making clothes for fans of rap music. In 1992, he started FUBU (For Us By Us) and began selling hats outside of a local mall. Three years later, FUBU was bringing in $350 million in sales. Today, he's a judge on Shark Tank, and a motivational speaker and author. PLUS in our post-script "How You Built That," we check...
2019-11-0453 min
Bite96 – Beef Got Us Into This Mess. But Can It Also Help Reverse Global Warming?Rancher Loren Poncia counts roughly 500 Angus beef cattle, 350 sheep, and 19 hogs among his brood at his scenic Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California. And there’s something else he’s farming—something that has the potential to revolutionize agriculture as we know it. Visit Loren on his ranch, and then hear from scientists Rattan Lal, Drawdown Project executive director Jonathan Foley, and restaurant owners Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz to learn about how farmers and ranchers will play a crucial role in slowing climate change—and maybe even reversing it—through carbon sequestration.
2019-11-0132 min
How I Built This with Guy Razmethod: Adam Lowry & Eric RyanIn the late 1990s, Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan took on the notion that "green doesn't clean" by setting out to make soap that could clean a bathtub without harming the environment. Adam started experimenting with baking soda, vinegar, and scented oils, while Eric worked on making sleek bottles that looked good on a kitchen counter. Just a few years later, Adam and Eric were selling Method cleaning products in stores throughout the country, after a bold gamble got them on the shelves of Target. PLUS, for our postscript "How You Built That," how Loren and Lisa Poncia turned a 100...
2018-10-0855 min