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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
The Abusive Market Power of Big Packers and Retailers Have Cost Cattlemen Over $400 Per Head
2001 – Producers 40% —–Packers and retailers 60% Four firm beef packer concentration increased from 36% in 1975 to over 80% in 2001. Price leader, Tyson/IBP along with their new partner Wal-Mart, can now manage both supply and demand of … Continue reading
Big corporates are making big pigs of themselves: Now they plan to hog the government trough
I was in Milan, Missouri, yesterday, the home of Premium Standard Farms (PSF), recently fined and ordered to spend $50 million to clean up their environmental messes. If you want to experience the devastating economic and social destruction caused by … Continue reading
Captive Supplies
Captive Supplies Trade as of Wednesday, November 1, 2000 showed no cash trade with packers bidding $68, feeders asking $71 to $72. Captive Supplies for the week, as of Wednesday November 1, 2000 are: � Texas – 100% Kansas- 100% … Continue reading
Why Cattlemen are Becoming Extinct!
Why Cattlemen are Becoming Extinct! In violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act… Meat packers continue to profiteer in their exploitation of cattlemen, and especially at this time of turmoil in our country. Law enforcement within the UDSA and the … Continue reading
The Latest Data on Rural Poverty
The Latest Data on Rural Poverty The newest data on income levels in each of the nation’s 3,110 counties show the pervasiveness of rural poverty in America. Only one among the poorest 50 counties is a metropolitan county; most are … Continue reading
