The Other Half of Cattle with Mark & Jim Kleinschmit of Other Half Processing and Growing GRASS

Send SARA a text In this episode, Tillery Timmons-Sims interviews brothers Mark & Jim Kleinschmit, CEO and COO of Other Half Processing and Growing GRASS. Other Half Processing (OHP) is the leading supplier of traceable hides, leather & byproducts from verified regeneratively raised livestock. They share they're history and what led them to start this organization. Their ideas on how to de-risk rebuilding supply chains, why the market for these items disappeared and why its important to bring it back. OHP has partnered with the American Sustainable Business Institute and a team of agricultural, research, community and industry leaders to bring us Growing GRASS: an interdisciplinary research and demonstration project to advance GRASS as a regenerative & climate-smart verification based market that increases the value of beef and bison byproduct supply chains. There is an opportunity to participant in a grant research project and an easy paid survey that you can fill out to see if you qualify. Mark and Jim enlighten us of the details of the survey and project during our conversation.   More about our guest:  Mark & Jim Kleinschmit, CEO and COO, Other Half Processing and Growing GRASS email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website Survey     For more information about SARA, please visit sara-conservation.com Support the Conservation Stories Podcast Follow SARA for more updates  •  Instagram  •  Facebook  •  LinkedIn •  X/Twitter Conservation Stories is presented by The Sandhills Area Research Association (SARA). Subscribe now to hear all the interviews. Upcoming Episodes Include: • Rob Cook, Director of Business Development at Bamert Seed Company, and Chairman at National Grazingland Coalition• Jeff Dudensing, Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-Texas State Office• Ethan Triplett, Ph.D., Revival Mill