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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
Economist made the winning case against Tyson
Lawyers tend to get the glory in any historic court case, which the Pickett case could be if it survives appeals. But in the verdict reached against Tyson Fresh Meats in Montgomery, Alabama today, it may have been an economist who made all the difference. Continue reading
Big meatpackers are gangsters, thugs, and thieves
Mike Callicrate P. O. Box 748 St Francis, KS 67756 January 31, 2004 Associated Press Attn: Mr. Kyle Wingfield, Reporter email: kwingfield@ap.org Dear Mr. Wingfield: On January 27, 2004, Richard H. Gill, an attorney, issued a letter to me in … Continue reading
Attorney Offers Observations On IBP-Tyson Price-Fix Case
Attorney Offers Observations On IBP-Tyson Price-Fix Case By David Bowser 2003 – http://www.livestockweekly.com/papers/05/01/27/whldomina.asp DENVER — “Julia walked into the courtroom in Montgomery with 75 other people,” said Dave Domina, an Omaha, Neb., attorney who represented cattlemen suing the world’s largest … Continue reading
The Flemingsburg Gazette – Group discusses problems facing cattlemen
The Flemingsburg Gazette, Thursday, May 15, 2003 by Guy Townsend, Publisher “You’ve been driven to work at Wal-Mart in the morning, McDonald’s in the afternoon, and run your farm at night.” – Mike Callicrate What this country needs today is … Continue reading
Pickett v. IBP: Judge Rules To Allow Testimony By Plaintiff’s Experts: Experts will testify in the most significant cattle industry trial since the 1920’s.
April 16, 2003 Pickett v. IBP: Judge Rules To Allow Testimony By Plaintiff’s Experts Experts will testify in the most significant cattle industry trial since the 1920’s… AgriNews, Billings, MT By Leesa Kiewel On April 8, U.S. District Judge Lyle … Continue reading
