Connecting the Producer to Processor in the 21st Century

2. 75 years ago, we changed the
way we raise MEAT

3. .
Before, we fed animals on grass
and slaughtered them when the
grass ran out.

4. With feedlots, we could harvest
animals year-round
This made everything more efficient

5. but it also shut out the little guy

6.
Some of that old world is left. But it's old.
The last small, local meat-processors still operate like
it’s the 19th century.

7. Scheduling is often handwritten, over the phone.
When this happens, everyone loses money.
Mistakes happen all the time.

8. Harvesting with the seasons means grass-fed
animals overwhelm processors in the summer.
And leave them with no business in the winter.

9. The current relationship between processor and
producer is one of DISCONTENT

10. The Solution:
A scheduling tool that is simple and web-based
Producers can search, book, and schedule with Processors
Processors can work with small clients without the hassle.
Restaurants and Markets can see who is selling what.

20. How’s it going to happen?
Owned and supported by a nonprofit (NMPAN)
Available to users initially for free, later for a nominal cost.
Development would be grant-funded.

21. A Solution that ultimately transforms
Relationships of Convenience to Commitment
between Producer and Processor through
21st Century Technology

22. To create real relationships... committed ones.