- 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: Barry C. Lynn
The Ethics of Eating: Why Eating is a Moral Act – 2013 Catholic Media Conference Presentation
Eating is a moral act because it is a human act, and human acts can be morally evaluated. As we produce less of our own food in our communities, we have become disconnected from our food supply – a food … Continue reading →
Posted in General Advocacy | Tagged Albertson’s, Bank of America, Barry C. Lynn, Big Good, Callicrate Cattle Co., Catholic Media Conference, Clorox, Cornered, Cottonwood Creek Farms, Crossmark Corp., Dean Mfg. Group, family farm, Foodopoly, G.K. Chesterton, Hershey, Hunt, Industrial Agriculture, land-grant institutions, Mike Callicrate, Nestle Purina Pet Care Co., Ranch Foods Direct, Smucker, Vandana Shiva, Venetucci Farms, Wells Fargo, Wendell Berry | Leave a comment
Country Vet Producer Meeting – Bendigo Australia, Summer 2013
Australian Livestock producers are suffering the same devastating effects of corporate concentration, consolidation, and loss of fair, open and competitive markets that have driven families from the land in the US.
Posted in General Advocacy | Tagged Barry C. Lynn, Bendigo Australia, Big Food, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Public Market, Cornered, Eric Schlosser, Famliy Farm, Foodopoly, Fuel Cafe Denver, Industrial Agriculture, Joe Maxwell, Mike Callicrate, Mobile meat processing, Root Down Linger Denver, St Francis KS, Tyson, Vandana Shiva, Venetucci, Westword Denver | Leave a comment
Monopoly Meat: A video discussion on the market concentration in relation to meat packing
“Walmart – if you are looking for the reincarnation of the British East India Company, there you’ve got it – Walmart.” – Barry C. Lynn At present, just four companies control over 80 percent of the cattle packing market. Barry C. … Continue reading →
Posted in General Advocacy | Tagged Barry C. Lynn, capitalism, East India Company, Food and Water Watch, GIPSA, Mark Halverson, monopoly, Patrick Woodall, plutocracy, USDA, Walmart | Leave a comment
