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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
Author Archives: Mike Callicrate
Storybook Plutocracy, By Thomas Frank
The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America George Packer Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013 November 21, 2013 — George Packer’s The Unwinding is a minor masterpiece of the social-disintegration genre—a beautifully written, clinically observed story of the slow-rolling … Continue reading
FSIS’ AMBIGUITY FOR INSPECTORS’ DUTIES UNDER HIMP
I read with interest your HIMP article entitled “A Flying Leap” in the November issue of Meatingplace. I have a few comments, and will conclude with one request for you. You make the comment on page 28 “Current poultry inspection … Continue reading
HSUS Members Give Nebraska Farmer Standing Applause at Annual Meeting
Talk at The HSUS Annual Membership Meeting By Kevin Fulton | October 18th, 2013 Good morning! I’d like to thank The HSUS leadership for giving me this opportunity to convey my thoughts today. I’m truly honored to be a part … Continue reading
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) – Not everyone is happy…
The following communication is between Marcy Nameth of Greenhorn Acres, a CSA customer, and myself. ORIGINAL MESSAGE From: Marcy Nameth Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 10:22 AM Subject: FW: CSA – distribution We’ll see you all this afternoon (Weds.) 3-6 … Continue reading
2,000 feedlots Shut Down
One of the original Scott County feedlots closing down after 44 years By Rod Haxton, editor David Duff has seen plenty of good times and bad in the cattle feeding industry. It’s a tough business in which it keeps getting … Continue reading
