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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: Pink Slime
Saying food is safer doesn’t make it so
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Advanced Meat Recovery – What is it?
Cheri with SpringsOver40.com asked a great question a few months ago – what is AMR? The following is a follow-up on her article, Advanced Meat Reclamation. Listen to The Podcast from the Derry Brownfield Show Ingredients for AMR: � Advanced … Continue reading
What is Advanced Meat Reclamation?
What is Advanced Meat Reclamation? RE: What is Advanced Meat Reclamation? Question: Can vertebral columns from cattle under 30 months be used in Advanced meat Recovery? Answer from USDA’s FSIS, January 10, 2011: Thank you for your inquiry regarding bones … Continue reading
What happened to the meat? The Barnes and Noble Test
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Beef Checkoff taking credit for developing new products and building beef demand is as ridiculous as a company like BP claiming to promote the Gulf fishing industry. I recently attended a gathering at a Five Star hotel … Continue reading
