Dr. John Knapp discusses Standard Process's 88-year history of whole-food supplements. The company grows organic vegetables on its own 400-acre Wisconsin farm and manufactures nearby, controlling every step from seed to bottle. They run over 300 annual educational programs for healthcare professionals.
Hey, Jeff Langmaid, evidence based chiropractor, NCLC 2017. I'm here with Dr. John Knapp, Standard Process. Thanks for taking the time and we're going to learn a little bit more about Standard Process. Probably everybody out there has heard of John and Standard Process, but a couple of the core tenets of your business we'd love to learn more about.
Thanks for the opportunity and welcome to Standard Process. We are an 88 year old company here and we've been working with healthcare professionals for a long time. We are a company that has our own organic farm. So in Wisconsin we have over 400 acres of vegetables that we use that make the base of our products. We're very committed to the organic process in our whole food supplements. Then just nine tenths of a mile down the road is over 300,000 square feet of manufacturing space and warehouse. And so we control our product from seed to supplement and it's only going a mile down the road if it's being transferred before it gets into the bottle. So we control that process. We're also committed to the R and D research and development. As a matter of fact, we just hired a new vice president of clinical sciences and innovation and education for our company. We're very excited about what he brings. His name is Dr. John Trope and he is outstanding, almost visionary when it comes to products and some things we're going to be innovations we're going to be making in our product line here in the next couple years. We're a company too that is known for our educational programs with our Salesforce and our distributors around the United States. We do over 300 educational programs a year.
That's a lot.
It's a lot of travel, there's a lot going on. But you know, we believe it's important to commit to the healthcare professional and to give them the education they need to really change the lives of their patients. And that kind of plays into our commitment to the healthcare professional. We are a professional line. I mean we only sell through healthcare professionals. The chiropractic profession is the largest profession that we work with as we've been committed to the profession, not only the academic institutions, the students, the practitioners, but also the national organizations and EDs, events like this. And we're proud sponsors of anything and everything that is chiropractic.
To me, a few tenants that you touched on that are really unique are really controlling the process top to tail, like having your farms, the processing plants, the R and D all together and the fact that it's a professional line to boot. Really seems to me to be a big differentiator. Do you see that?
Absolutely. We believe that the practitioner, you're putting your ability, your trust on the line with the patient and when you put your hands on them and then when you're recommending nutrition to them. So we want you to have faith and trust in a company that can deliver results for you and for your practice and deliver positive outcomes. And so that's the commitment we have. Controlling the quality process really allows us to give you, the practitioner, a high quality product that can deliver results.
Where's the best place to connect with the brand, to learn more and to really get engaged?
If you're in the United States, two different ways to connect with us. First is on standardprocess.com we got a very robust website. You can learn a lot about us there. But also in the United States, we have a sales network. So every inch of the United States, we have an independent sales rep or a distributor who you can connect with. You can go to our website, do a search for in your territory, get the names of who those sales representatives are. They're available to help you learn about the company. They have educational programs going on all the time and they actually have people who can come out and work in your clinic to help you get set up with our product.
Nice. Dr. John Knapp, standard process. Thanks for taking the time. You guys gotta check it out. Standard process. Process NCLC2017.
