Comanche Nation Land and Cattle Launches Online Shop

On Monday, June 16, Comanche Nation Land and Cattle launched an online store for farm-to-table premium beef. The product is available to tribal members and the community.

Director of Agricultural Operations Timothy McIntosh said they’ve been working on the website, which can be found on the Land and Cattle Facebook page.

“It's all something very new to us, and so there's liable to be some things that people have questions about, especially the pricing and everything else,” he said. “So, they can call up here to the Realty Office and ask any questions they need to ask us.”

And that phone number is 580-699-3818.

“We have time set up, we're pickup only, we're not shipping meat right now because shipping is very expensive, and there's also risk in shipping meat. So, it's pickup only out at the tribe at food distribution,” McIntosh said. “We have our time set up from Mondays and Fridays from one to four in the afternoon, but if somebody has a special time that they need to pick up during the week, they can call the Realty Office, and we'll meet them out there.”

He said last year they began processing beef.

“But I had a lot of people that wanted to buy smaller amounts because of the space and freezers and everything,” McIntosh said. “So, that's why we went with the online meat sales so they can buy individual products like ground beef or steaks or things like that.”

The beef is sold by unit, not by price, on the online store.

“But if they wanted to just come out and buy it by the pound, they can call the office, we can meet them out there, and then we can scan it and get it by the pound,” he said. “So, if they want to just come and pick certain things out, they don't have to do it online, they can call here, and we can meet them out there, and they can buy it like that.”

There are also packages for people who want a variety.

“It's like a grilling package, a hamburger package, where there's like a mixture of steaks or like a family pack of steaks, roast, and hamburger meat that you can purchase,” McIntosh said. “So, just to try it…give everybody an example of things that they might want to try.”

He said the online store is new, and it’s a learning process for the department.

“None of us have ever done anything like this, so it's a learning curve and I'm sure we're going to run into some mistakes or something like that, so just if people just…bear with us we're trying to get it done because we're trying to get the product out there for people to try,” McIntosh said.

However, he hopes to get the product out for everyone in the community to try and has done lots of donations at powwows and the Comanche Nation Fair.