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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
IBP’s Liability Not Off Hook Despite Court Ruling, Say Cattlemen’s Lawyers
October 24, 2000 NEWS RELEASE Cattlemen’s Legal Fund 785-332-3344 � IBP’s Liability Not Off Hook Despite Court Ruling, Say Cattlemen’s Lawyers � WHEN FEDERAL JUDGE, Lyle Strom, denied Class Certification in the ongoing class-action lawsuit, many in the beef industry … Continue reading
USDA Hearings Held In Denver Secretary Glickman A No Show.
USDA Hearings Held In Denver Secretary Glickman A No Show. By Leesa Kiewel Shane Kolb, Meadow, SD, Chairman of the Western Organization of Resource Council’s Ag Issue Team wasn’t surprised that Shania Twain didn’t show up for the USDA Hearings … Continue reading
Written Testimony of Organization for Competitive Markets
Written Testimony of Organization for Competitive Markets Presented by Michael C. Stumo General Counsel Before the USDA’s Public Forum on Captive Supplies in the Livestock Sector Denver, Colorado September 21, 2000 OCM Organization for Competitive Markets … Continue reading
Cattlemen for Oprah
From: Mike Callicrate, Callicrate Feedyard, St. Francis, KS February 19, 1998 Cattlemen for Oprah U.S. cattle producers care about the consumer and are very concerned about the safety, quality and consistency of U.S. beef. U.S. cattle are produced under the … Continue reading
