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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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Is it Efficiency or Atrocity?
The big meatpackers need us to believe that without their efficiencies we would all starve. Nothing could be further from the truth. In his May 2020 whitepaper concerning proposed legislation intended to help restore competition to the cattle markets, Colorado … Continue reading
Who will Justice Amy Coney Barrett Represent?
President Ronald Reagan appointed pro-corporate, de-reg, no-rules judges to our nation’s highest courts. Has President Trump done the same? “He’s in Tyson’s pocket, He’s in Tyson’s pocket!” said New Mexico rancher, Sam Britt, during the opening days of the 2004 … Continue reading
In 2003 we were discussing problems facing cattlemen – What in the heck happened?
The Flemingsburg Gazette – Group discusses problems facing cattlemen Posted on May 15, 2003 by Mike Callicrate The Flemingsburg Gazette, Thursday, May 15, 2003 by Guy Townsend, Publisher “You’ve been driven to work at Wal-Mart in the morning, McDonald’s in … Continue reading
Seeking Freedom in America – Modern day slaves are denied justice
March 25, 2003 By Mike Callicrate “A 38-year-old poultry grower in my county in North Carolina committed suicide in his chicken house Sunday morning. After the first shock and sorrow for the family, I felt anger with myself for not … Continue reading
How We Got Here … The food security crisis in America
And how do we return to a safe and resilient food system? The year was 1981. It was the year we lost the cattle market. Clark Willingham, an accountant and an attorney, not ever a cattleman but certainly a wine … Continue reading
