- 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 packers by Kathryn Eastburn - Great Ranches of the West
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"An eye opening and heart touching portrait of a culture and industry that we are in great danger of losing. This book will help readers understand the urgency of preserving the Western ranchlands inhabited by families and rural communities that provide nourishing food for our nation, preserve a healthy natural environment and entrust that great American values will endure."
- Mike Callicrate
An Endangered Species
Every month 1,000 ranches go out of production.
It's the national security issue that no one is talking about.
Tag Archives: antibiotics
Hoping to Change the Industry, a Factory Farmer Opens His Barn Doors
By Maryn McKenna 12.04.14 Permalink A few months ago, reporting on farm antibiotic use, I met a North Carolina farmer named Craig Watts. Craig lives in a small town near the South Carolina line where his forebears have been since … Continue reading
Posted in Daily News, General Advocacy
Tagged animal welfare, antibiotics, chicken, CiWF, Perdue, poultry
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Making A Fiscal Case Against Industrial Agriculture
Economist Says Industrial Ag Poses Risks To The Industry By Rita Brhel P&D Correspondent Published: Friday, May 6, 2011 9:38 PM CDT EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two stories from the 2011 Nebraska Environmental Action Coalition meeting held … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, family farming, farm subsidies, food safety, Industrial Agriculture, local, traditional farming, Weida
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Why being a foodie isn’t ‘elitist’
By Eric Schlosser, Friday, April 29, 3:59 PM At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting this year, Bob Stallman, the group’s president, lashed out at “self-appointed food elitists” who are “hell-bent on misleading consumers.” His target was the growing movement that … Continue reading
How safe is America’s food supply?
A handful of global corporations control our food supply. The same corporations finance members of Congress and other elected officials. What does this mean for Americans and other global eaters? Listen to the podcast at: http://www.derrybrownfield.com/tracks/042511.mp3
