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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
Cattlemen: Nebraska is key in battles with meatpackers
Cattlemen: Nebraska is key in battles with meatpackers George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) Click for larger view April 2 — Nebraska is a key state in a fierce struggle for control of the American live cattle industry, … Continue reading
Falfurrias . . . a question of power
Subject: Mr. Swift and Mr. Hoover – It is not a question of what is right…it is a question of power… “Mr. Swift and Mr. Hoover” is the title of Chapter 9 from the book, Falfurrias, by Dale Lasater. A … Continue reading
America’s Cattlemen’s Trial
It was Monday, February 9, 2004 – the evening before closing argument. The jury would get the case tomorrow. I was in my hotel room worrying about the result. We had put on a strong case with four weeks of … Continue reading
IN-DE-FENCE-A-BULL
IN-DE-FENCE-A-BULL Lee Pitts 2/24/03 Front Page Story Livestock Market Digest For the last few years I’ve had these nagging feelings of OPTIMISM regarding the possibility that cattlemen would NOT become a herd of contract cowboys working as serfs on their … Continue reading
A Red Letter Day for the U.S. Cattle Industry: Alabama Jury Rules for Cattle Producers in Landmark Competition Case
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America For Immediate Release Contact John Lockie February 17, 2004 406-252-2516, johnlockie@r-calfusa.com A Red Letter Day for the U.S. Cattle Industry: Alabama Jury Rules for Cattle Producers in Landmark Competition Case (Billings, MT) R-CALF United Stockgrowers … Continue reading
