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“The money and political power of Wall Street has stolen America’s food system, bankrupted our farmers and ranchers, mined our soils, polluted our environment, wasted our precious water, and left us with expensive industrially produced food that makes us sick.” – Occupy Wall Street Food Day, December 2011 -
Industrial Agriculture and Urban Sprawl – A model of growth that’s made to fail. -
Ranching Reboot Episode 4, Mike Callicrate “It’s time for a third revolution against monopolies”
Above: Ranching Reboot – Episode 4 – Mike Callicrate, owner of Ranch Foods Direct, sat down with us to talk about all manner of things from cattle markets, to public food spaces, the Bander, his feedlot and the pathway he built to market.
He shares valuable lessons learned from fighting against the commodity production system and how he’s built his own pathway to the consumer.
We talk about small community slaughter plants and public meat spaces and what that could look like going in to the future. We discuss environmental challenges, the food police and what it means when a Dollar General comes to town.
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- This Cattleman's Got A Beef
Photo: Sean Cayton - 2003People producing good food from happy animals, while improving the environment, shouldn’t have to fear the government.
Photo above featured in a 2003 article: This cattleman's got a beef, Mike Callicrate and Ranch Foods Direct take on the big meat packersby Kathryn Eastburn
Category Archives: CSC Talk Radio
Commonsense Coalition Radio – August 01, 2011
Monday • Aug 01, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Jan Weber • Farmlandia.com Visit Farmlandia.com | Support Farmlandia.com In Farmlandia, thousands of small to medium-sized farms, once the bastion of our food system, have been replaced by technology-driven, super-sized … Continue reading
Commonsense Coalition Radio – July 26, 2011
Tuesday • Jul 26, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate, Fred Stokes • 13th Annual OCM Conference “Voices Rising From the Land” [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/072611.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – July 08, 2010
Thursday • Jul 08, 2010 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate • Ranch Foods Direct l OCM and R-CALF meetings Aug 27 in Fort Collins [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/070810.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – June 22, 2010
Tuesday • Jun 22, 2010 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Org for Competitive Markets • Chris Abbott, Destry Brown, Mike Callicrate, Randy Stevens [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/062210.mp3]
Commonsense Coalition Radio – June 10, 2011
Friday • Jun 10, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate, Fred Stokes • Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM), Annual Mtg in August l Farm Aid Concert [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/061011.mp3]
