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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
Wal-Mart – Tyson/IBP represent economic destruction
Wal-Mart – Tyson/IBP represent economic destruction Wal-Mart represents a real and present danger to the economy and a serious threat to this nation’s safe and dependable food supply. Tyson/IBP, through their abusive market power, steal the livestock that are processed into meat to be sold to Wal-Mart, now … Continue reading
NCBA & Meat Packer Economists Promote The Big Lie: A government study isn’t needed to prove big packers and retailers are fleecing cattlemen and consumers
NCBA & Meat Packer Economists Promote The Big Lie A government study isn’t needed to prove big packers and retailers are fleecing cattlemen and consumers By Mike Callicrate August 20, 2002 The August issue of Beef Magazine ran a story … Continue reading
Crooked Cops at USDA and Packers and Stockyards
August 7, 2002 Crooked Cops at USDA and Packers and Stockyards Bill Lehman, USDA meat inspector from Sweetgrass, Montana called attention to the lack of meat inspection on the Canadian border. He was ridiculed, discredited, and told to move to … Continue reading
The E. Coli Wars
The E. Coli Wars Guest Editorial By KATHLEEN S. KELLEY August 3, 2002 “I said ten years ago something would finally be done when we had dead bodies. Well we’ve had the dead bodies and still, nothing has … Continue reading
No Competition Can Be Terrifying
August 1, 2002 No Competition Can Be Terrifying By Mike Callicrate August 1, 2002 The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) asked the question in their last “Directions” publication, “What is the biggest challenge facing seedstock companies?” “Surviving … Continue reading
