- 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: Eric Schlosser
9 Disappointing Facts About Chipotle
The company says it serves “Food With Integrity.” What does that mean? 9 Disappointing Facts About Chipotle posted on June 25, 2014, at 2:56 p.m. by Deena Shanker BuzzFeed Staff 1. Chipotle doesn’t do all of its own cooking: Some … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy
Tagged animal welfare, Beef, carnitas, Chipotle, Eric Schlosser, GMO's, local food, marion nestle, McDonald's, miniat, OSI, trans fats
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Pastured Animals Deserve Good Care and Good Nutrition
Unlike wild animals that are basically free to roam, domesticated animals are limited to a certain space – a pasture (ranch), a feeding pen, a corral. Cattle, sheep, goats, and other domesticated ruminants are a gift to humanity. They convert … Continue reading
Mike Callicrate featured in “Foodopoly” by Wenonah Hauter
Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America Wenonah Hauter grew up on a family farm that her husband runs today as a Community Supported Agriculture Project (CSA), which is part of the growing local food … Continue reading
Pink Slime: Dark Side of Industrial Food System Exposed
by Mike Callicrate “Changes will not simply happen…Changes will occur when consumers realize what they’ve been eating, get angry, and demand something different…It remains our responsibility, with every vote and every dollar spent on food, to start making it right.” … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy, Pink Slime
Tagged advanced meat recovery, Beef Products Inc., Bill Janklow, BPI, Carghill, Cargill, ConAgra, Eldon Roth, Eric Schlosser, fast food nation, food Inc., Gary Taubes, IBP, Jack in the box, Lean Finely Textured Beef, LFTB, NH3, Obama, Robert Peterson, Slaughterhouse Blues, Temple Grandin
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