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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
Dominated by few men
“It has been brought to such a high degree of concentration that it is dominated by few men. The big packers, so called, stand between hundreds of thousands of producers on one hand and millions of consumers on the other. … Continue reading
Lincoln’s letter on corporations
Lincoln’s letter on corporations “We may congratulate ourselves that this cruel war is nearing its end. It has cost a vast amount of treasure and blood….It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic; but I see in the … Continue reading
Ag Groups Unify in Denver: Press Conference Held Eve of USDA Hearings on WORC Petition.
Ag Groups Unify in Denver Press Conference Held Eve of USDA Hearings on WORC Petition. By Leesa Kiewel Kathleen Kelly, Vice-President of R-Calf, summed it up best. “It’s obvious USDA is playing one of the oldest, filthiest political games in … Continue reading
KSU, KLA Callicrate Debate
KSU, KLA Callicrate Debate December 14, 2000 View this Real Media Video. Choose your connection speed from the choices below: 56K Modem Dual Channel ISDN 256K ADSL
OCM CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON PACKER MERGERS
ORGANIZATION FOR COMPETITIVE MARKETS P.O. Box 6486 Lincoln, NE 68506 Web site: www.competitivemarkets.com Date: November 14, 2000 For Immediate Release Contact: Fred Stokes: 662-476-5568 Doug O’Brien: 860-379-6199 OCM CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON PACKER MERGERS The Organization for Competitive Markets … Continue reading
