- 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 - 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: Cargill
The fools game of livestock production …
Farmers and ranchers invest big, work hard and take risks, while believing a market will take care of them. It hasn’t, and it won’t until the concentrated power is broken up! Continue reading
America Returns to the Jungle
A safe and secure food supply is essential to a free society The United States was always able to feed itself. Except for a few non-essentials like coffee, tea and bananas, we were self-sufficient. The British government, along with their … Continue reading
A look back to 2008 – Restoring Fair Trade, Prosperity and Food Security – a presentation by Mike Callicrate
This presentation made in 2008 is still relevant today JBS is a State sponsored Brazilian meat packer, and now the largest meat packer in the world, as well as the largest beef and poultry packer in the U.S. They are … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy
Tagged abusive market power, Big Food, Cargill, JBS, Mike Callicrate, Ranch Foods Direct, steroids, Sysco, USDA
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Special Report: The End of the Trail – How Government Destroyed Free Markets for Family Ranchers
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s inaction has led to the near-destruction of American family ranchers. Over 17,000 family ranches will disappear this year. Over 100,000 family ranchers have left the profession since 2009. It’s a tragedy as world-renowned American beef … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Checkoff, Daily News
Tagged antitrust, Beef, Bill Bullard, Cargill, Department of Agriculture, Dudley Butler, GIPSA, JBS, Krogers, meat packers, Mike Callicrate, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, NCBA, Obama, R-CALF, ranching, robert taylor, The Jungle, Upon Sinclair, USDA, Vilsack, Walmart
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