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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 -
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.
- 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
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 →
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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.
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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
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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 →
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Tagged Barry C. Lynn, capitalism, East India Company, Food and Water Watch, GIPSA, Mark Halverson, monopoly, Patrick Woodall, plutocracy, USDA, Walmart
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