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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 
- 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: beef checkoff
Ranchers take on the beef industry over mandatory checkoff payments
By MIKE McGRAW and PEGGY LOWE | Harvest Public Media NEMAHA COUNTY, Kan. – From their small farms set in the rolling hills of northeast Kansas, two ranchers are raising a few cattle — and a lot of Cain. David … Continue reading
Building Connections between Producers and Eaters
A presentation at Rocky Mountains Farmer Union in association with The Humane Society of the United States at the Meeting of the Markets Summit on October 15th 2012. 00:55 How important is a Farmer? 03:10 Changing the way we eat … Continue reading
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Tagged AVOG, beef checkoff, Callicrate Beef, Callicrate Cattle Co., Choice Beef, Colorado Proud, Colorado Springs, Cowpool, Dudley Butler, Farm Check, Holly Tarry, HSUS, Joe Maxwell, Marcy Nemeth, Mike Callicrate, Mobile meat processing, NCBA, Public Market, Ranch Foods Direct, Rick Hughes, Sodexo, Sysco, Tyson, US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, USDA, Vincent C Vickers
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Local Catholic rancher sues USDA, others over alleged favoritism to large cattle producers
By VERONICA AMBUUL 9/7/2012 COLORADO SPRINGS. Catholic rancher Mike Callicrate, a St. Mary Cathedral parishioner, is the plaintiff in a lawsuit in federal district court in Kansas City against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Cattlemens’ Beef Board (CBB) … Continue reading
Attorney Daniel D. Owen Explains Checkoff Lawsuit
Excuse me … your Mr. Dittmer? (Meat packer and NCBA defender, Steve Dittmer was in attendance. He misrepresented the facts in a news piece he authored from the news conference the day before.). “Dittmer? Excuse me. Here’s a copy for … Continue reading
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Tagged beef checkoff, Callicrate, checkoff, Daniel D. Owen, Dittmer, fertilizer cartel, meat packers, NCBA, Steve Dittmer, USDA, Vilsack
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R-CALF USA Demands Suspension of Contracts Between NCBA and Beef Checkoff
August 28, 2012 The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250 Sent via facsimile and U.S. Mail: 202-720-6314 Re: R-CALF USA’s Demand for the Immediate and Permanent Suspension of all … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Checkoff
Tagged beef checkoff, COOL, GIPSA, lawsuit, NCBA, R-CALF USA, Tom Vilsack, USDA
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