meat 2.0 vr7
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How Social Media took on Big Meat and changed the Meat system forever. I recently was asked to head a panel discussion for the Good Festival in March. The panel was suppose to be titled "Sustainable Meat" I am big believer in sustainability and its fundamental definition of a system that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." However, Local meat has taken a much more aggressive posture in the last 5 years and evolved well beyond the simple title of sustainable meat. simply put, I believe the local meat system has tipped and gone mainstream. What once was called Sustainable local meat, I now call Meat 2.0. Therefore, I called the panel Local Meat 2.0. To understand 2.0 lets take a look at 1.0. Meat 1.0 started roughly in 1993 when certain farmers and localvore leaders at the time (although they didn't know it) felt that "Good Meat" was raised primarily on grass and solely on grass in lush green pastures under blue skies. Unlike "Feedlot Cattle" they were not fed grain or antibiotics or hormones or steroids to accelerate their growth but to just feed the animals what they are suppose to eat all their lives - Grass! Turned out the meat actually tastes better, its more healthy, its more humane to the animals and supports a sustainable environment. An industry was born. From 1993 to roughly 2006, this notion of Grass-Fed meats grew rapidly within the bohemian and localvore communities. The American Grass-fed Association was started by Dr Patty Whisnant who later grew her Rain Crow ranch Grass-Fed Beef business to a multi-million dollar powerhouse in the midwest. In Local Meat 1.0 buying decision were simple and composed of local meat lovers whose buying decisions were based on several simple factors: "Meet the Farmer " 1.Buy direct From Farm by going to the Farm 2.Sustainability 3.Goodness - Tastes Great! 4.Humane Treatment of the animals 5.Trust the Farmer 6.You get to pet a pony In 2006 two things happened: Michael Pollens book, the Ominores delima became a best seller, changing the intellectuals in the countries notion of just what kind of meat we might be eating and what it is doing to the environment. This spurred the USDA to recognize local sustainable meat, specifically Grass-Fed as a bonifide product and thus labeled it such. March 8th, 2008 was the year I feel, Local Meat Tipped! You will see by the slide presentation the factors that led up to this Big Meat disrupting tipping point moment. The final deadly blow, that shock the nation, was Diane Sawyers ABC expose on the now famous "Pink Slime" The headlines that appeared in the media was, I believe" Pink Slime Found In 70% Of Supermarket Ground Beef In ABC Investigation." Ouch.TRANSCRIPT
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Mark Wilhelms, Who?Tech Entrepreneur and Brand Marketing/Digital Media/Meat Lover
•Launched, web tech start-up 1994
•Leader in Digital Marketing and Social Media
• Over 3000 websites for major corporations.
• Wanna be Cowboy with a history in a Grass-Fed Cattle operation.
•Jazz Pianist/Fly Fisherman
Original Title
SUSTAINABLE MEAT
“meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
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NAH…
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0 How
Social Media took on
Big Meatand changed the Meat system forever.
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Buying decisions:
1. Direct From Farm
2. Sustainable 3. Goodness4. Humane
Treatment5. Trust6. Get to pet a
pony
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
THREE T’sTasteTrustTransparency
Meet the Farmer
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SUSTAINABLE MEAT
Good MEAT went Mainstream http://vimeo.com/57022503
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Buying decisions:
1. Regional/Local2. Goodness3. Customer
Service/Dist4. Humane
Treatment5. Sustainability6. Buy your own
pony
LOCAL MEAT 2.0
THREE T’sTasteTrustTransparency
Know the Region
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
Regional is the new Local
Think Regionally, Act Locally
Hyper local - 25 mile radius
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LouisjohnSlagel
BartlettDurand
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Mark Wilhelms
Bill Kurtis
GregGunthrop
Dr. PattyWhisnant
Leaders - LOCAL MEAT 2.0
1992
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Where it began…LOCAL MEAT 0.0
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
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1992
Dr. PattyWhisnant
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2003
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2005
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
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Bill Kurtis 2005
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
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2006
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2006
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2007
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LouisjohnSlagel
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2007
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BartlettDurand
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2008
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GregGunthrop
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2007
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Dr. PattyWhisnant
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
2008
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LOCAL MEAT 1.0
BIG MEAT vrs Social Responsibility
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2009 - 2010
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
“Downed Cows” in Big Meat Feedlots 2008
Mad Cow Scare: 143 Million Pounds of Ground Meat Recalled2008
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2008 - 2010
LOCAL MEAT 1.0
Meat GlueMRSAAntibiotics in Meat
BIG MEAT vrs Health
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2010 - 2011
03/ 8/2012Pink Slime Found In 70% Of
Supermarket Ground Beef In ABC Investigation
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
Consumers became curious
Two things happened
Big Meat got nervous
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Defining the opportunity
LOCAL MEAT 2.0
Demand for grass-fed beef is growing
Accounts for only about 3% of the market
Demand is growing 20%Dr. Alan Williams says: Late 1990’s -100 producers. Now 2,000 producers
Grown to a $2.5 billion in retail value.
November 23, 2012|By Georgina Gustin
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
Health
Price
PEOPLE BUY on FEAR and GREED
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The MBA’s said..
LOCAL MEAT 2.0#1 Big Meat branded products
or Fear = Health• Antibiotic Free/Hormone
free, no GMO’s • Omaha ABF, Meyers,
Creekstone, Duroc Pork.
#2 Imported Meats or Greed = Price:• Grass-Fed meats at lower
price points• Uruguay, Argentina,
Tasmania, Australia
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BIG MEAT
Counter attacks!
LOCAL MEAT 2.0
BIG MEAT
was WRONG!
LOCAL WINS!
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
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LOCAL WINS!
ORIGIN WINS!
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0 Evolution,
Revolutionor Dissolution?
How will our local meat system scale to meet the demands of the market?
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11 million consumersAve red meat consumption 60
lbs/personIf 3% eat Grass-fed = $237 million @
retailor 19 million pounds of beef
Chicago market requires 35,000 Grass-fed steers per year and
growing 20% annually.
Chicago Grass-Fed Market
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Providers
Retail
HRIOnlin
eEven
ts
Cut/Pack
Processing
SalesMarketingPromotionDistribution
Local Meat 2.0 Model:
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Choke point.
$237 millionRetail market(chicago)
Supply2.5 million cowsin SW Wisconsin
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0Category is confused!
• Raised without antibiotics• Fed no animal proteins• Natural• All natural• Grain-Finished• Corn Finished• No added hormones• 100% Grass-Fed• Locally raised within X miles• Locally pastured• No GMO’s• Naturally Foraged
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What?
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
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Keep it simple…
LOCAL MEAT 2.0
Regional is the new Local
Think Regionally, Act Locally
Hyper local - 25 mile radius
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LOCAL MEAT 2.0
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LOCAL MEAT 3.0 Pro-sumers
Buying decisions:
1. Regional/Local2. Goodness/Taste3. Customer
Service/Dist4. Humane/ No
Feedlots5. Green/
Sustainability6. Buy your own
pony
LOCAL MEAT 2.0
THREE T’sTasteTrustTransparency
Know the Region
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