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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: Cattlemen’s Legal Fund
A Food System Gone Wrong
A Food System Gone Wrong By Mike Callicrate Why don’t you sue Wal-Mart? When I introduced myself as a plaintiff in the IBP antitrust lawsuit to John Tyson, Tyson Foods, at this years NCBA convention, he countered to me, “Why … Continue reading
Did A Packer Discriminate Against a Kansas Cattle Feeder?
NOTE: USDA has scheduled a hearing for today, May 22, into possibilities that the Farmland National Beef Packing Co. singled out a maverick Kansas cattle feeder and refused to buy finished cattle from his feedyard. A determination will be sought … Continue reading
AP National: USDA in Case Against Packing Co.
AP National USDA in Case Against Packing Co. by ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press Writer WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A battle is taking shape over whether a meatpacking company broke the law when it quit buying cattle from a feedlot after … Continue reading
Washington is investigating the IBP meatpacking plant after a secretly shot video shows cows kicking while being butchered
Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Washington is investigating the IBP meatpacking plant after a secretly shot video shows cows kicking while being butchered By Jim Lynch of The Oregonian staff WALLULA, Wash. — A clandestine video shot inside the Northwest’s biggest … Continue reading
Cattlemen rustle up debate on farm bill
Cattlemen rustle up debate on farm bill By TIM UNRUH The Salina Journal An amendment in the U.S. Senate’s version of the 2002 farm bill that sets limits on meatpacking firms owning slaughter cattle would be a small victory for … Continue reading
