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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
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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
Hearing on Proposed Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock and USDA’s Enforcement of the Packers & Stockyards Act
WRITTEN TESTIMONY OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR COMPETITIVE MARKETS presented to the UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION AND FORESTRY July 16, 2002 Hearing on Proposed Ban on Packer Ownership of Livestock and USDA’s Enforcement of the Packers & Stockyards … Continue reading
Cattlemen sue packers – ‘a line in the sand’
Published Saturday May 11, 2002 Cattlemen sue packers – ‘a line in the sand’ BY BILL HORD WORLD-HERALD BUREAU LINCOLN – A group of Midlands cattlemen filed class-action lawsuits Friday claiming that the meatpacking divisions of ConAgra Inc. and Cargill Inc. … 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
