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Obama’s Game of Chicken

The untold story of how the administration tried to stand up to big agricultural companies on behalf of independent farmers, and lost. By Lina Khan | Print (PDF) In May 2010, Garry Staples left his chicken farm in Steele, Alabama, … Continue reading

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BIG FOOD – hiding within the walls of our institutions of higher education

Last week I spoke at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi for Food Day. Aramark, along with Chick-Fil-A, Subway and other national franchise feeders provide the meals. With one of the country’s best independent bookstores just a few blocks away on … Continue reading

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Building Connections between Producers and Eaters

A presentation at Rocky Mountains Farmer Union in association with The Humane Society of the United States at the Meeting of the Markets Summit on October 15th 2012. 00:55 How important is a Farmer? 03:10 Changing the way we eat … Continue reading

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Building a Non-Industrial Food System – how can consumers help?

Thursday • May 24, 2012 KOPN 89.5 fm The Food Sleuth with Melinda Hemmelgarn, RD Melinda Hemmelgarn with guest Mike Callicrate, cattle rancher talks about Pink Slime: Dark Side of Industrial Food System Exposed, anti-trust abuses in the meat industry, … Continue reading

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Paul Shapiro with HSUS speaks with family farm advocate Mike Callicrate about the undercover Humane Society video that shows gruesome treatment of pigs at Wyoming factory farm.

[MIKE] “This is hard stuff. This is the industrial model that we talk about that just does not work. To me, the abuse of these animals is a symptom of the industrial model which is also abusive to people. It’s … Continue reading

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