Stemple Creek Ranch General Manager Conner Hackett sat down with Lindsay Smith on the Second in Command podcast to discuss his career journey, culture, and the company.

Stemple Creek Ranch is a 4th generation family owned and operated organic ranch in Marin County, CA. We practice environmentally responsible carbon farming to raise our 100% grass-fed & finished beef, lamb and pasture raised pork. Our goal is to work in harmony with Mother Nature to promote optimal biodiversity that ensures the long term health and productivity of the ranch. Most of our pastureland is Certified Organic, and our free range Angus beef and lamb are 100% grass fed and grass finished. We rotationally graze our stock on open pasture from birth to harvest. They are never supplemented with grains, corn, or soy, and never receive artificial hormones, growth promotants, or antibiotics. Our pigs are humanely raised in large outdoor pens where they enjoy a vegetarian diet with plenty of room to socialize and express natural behaviors. Our animals never see a feed lot. Ever. Our history in Marin County began over a century ago when Angelo Poncia immigrated to the remote outpost of Fallon from his native Italy. The dairy he originally established on this land survived for three successive generations. Today, Stemple Creek Ranch is proudly run by Angelo’s great-grandson Loren, and his wife Lisa, who have reinvented the family business with a vision for raising superior quality grass fed and finished meats.