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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
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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.
- 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 Categories
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E. Coli Confessions Part I
by John Munsell | Oct 11, 2011
Opinion
Editor's Note: This is the first part in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for 59 years ran afoul of USDA's meat inspection program. The events he writes about began a decade ago, but remain relevant today.
They say that confession is good for the soul. I've been involved in a series of ugly events since my plant in 2002 recalled 270 pounds of ground beef contaminated with E.coli O157:H7 and now want to admit the embarrassing truth for public review. moreTags
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“Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” News Conference, and Live Internet Broadcast Audio, at Callicrate Cattle Co at 1:00PM CST – Recorded on 09/20/2011
“This is essential listening if you want to understand the challenging landscape for small family and mid-sized farms and cattle ranches trying to make it on their own and support their communities.” – Bill Howard, Editor, The Colorado Catholic Herald … Continue reading
Immediate Release: News Conference at Callicrate Cattle Co 09/20/2011 “…in Heartland to Highlight Injustices Against Family Farmers and Ranchers”
Live Internet Broadcast on 09/20/2011 “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: Bill Bullard, CEO September 14, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; e-mail: r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * Group Schedules News Conference in Heartland to Highlight Injustices … Continue reading
Immediate Release: “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” News Conference at Callicrate Cattle Co 09/20/2011
Live Internet Broadcast on 09/20/2011 “Fighting for the U.S. Cattle Producer” For Immediate Release Contact: Bill Bullard, CEO September 13, 2011 Phone: 406-252-2516; e-mail: r-calfusa@r-calfusa.com * * MEDIA ADVISORY * * News Conference What: R-CALF USA news conference to address … Continue reading
Commonsense Coalition Radio – August 01, 2011
Monday • Aug 01, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Jan Weber • Farmlandia.com Visit Farmlandia.com | Support Farmlandia.com In Farmlandia, thousands of small to medium-sized farms, once the bastion of our food system, have been replaced by technology-driven, super-sized … Continue reading
Commonsense Coalition Radio – July 26, 2011
Tuesday • Jul 26, 2011 Commonsense Coalition Talk Radio Presents Mike Callicrate, Fred Stokes • 13th Annual OCM Conference “Voices Rising From the Land” [audio:http://www.commonsensecoalitiontalkradio.com/tracks/072611.mp3]