- 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
Purchase Great Ranches of the West for only $34.95 and $20 will go to an Organization or Project of your choice!
"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: JBS
Duke Divinity School September 2013 Conference on Food, Farming, and the Life of Faith
Summoned Toward Wholeness Scripture portrays God as a gardener, farmer, and shepherd. It describes Jesus as “the bread of life” who invites people to the Lord’s table so they can learn to feed his sheep. It is hard to read … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy Tagged abusive market power, Big Food, Callicrate Cattle Co., Cargill, Colorado Springs Public Market Project, Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Foodopoly, HSUS, JBS, Monsanto, Pilgrim’s Pride, Ranch Foods Direct, Shineway Group, Smithfield, St Francis KS, steroids, Swift, Sysco, USDA, Walmart, zilmax Leave a comment
What’s Ailing America’s Cattle?
Scientists Suspect Livestock-Feed Additives Are Behind Distress By JESSE NEWMAN and KELSEY GEE Tyson Foods has suspended purchases of animals fed with the additive Zilmax. Shown, workers at a Tyson unit trimmed beef in Nebraska last year. A growing number … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy Tagged beta-agonists, JBS, Merck & Co., Mike Callicrate, Optaflexx, Ractopamine, Smithfield, Temple Grandin, Tyson Foods, zilmax, zilpaterol Leave a comment
Tapeworm Economy Threatens Food Supply
Sucking the Life Blood from Family Farm Agriculture By Mike Callicrate | March 5, 2013 “Our ground beef comes from Stampede Meat Company in Chicago, it’s delivered by Sysco, and we need enough volume for 2,000 locations.” This was the … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Checkoff, General Advocacy, Pink Slime, Zilmax Tagged American Meat Institute, Cargill, Colorado Proud, Farm Bureau, Farm Credit, fast food nation, food Inc., JBS, Joe Luter, McDonald's, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Corn Growers, National Pork Producers, pink slime, Ractopamine, Ranch Foods Direct, Smashburger, Smithfield, Stampede Meat Company, Tyson, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, zilmax Leave a comment
Beef is Beef – Really?
By Mike Callicrate Iowa State University Animal Science students helped organize a “Beef is Beef” rally this week supporting Beef Products Inc. and touting the benefits of BPI’s Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB – Pink Slime). This was an impressive … Continue reading
How safe is America’s food supply?
A handful of global corporations control our food supply. The same corporations finance members of Congress and other elected officials. What does this mean for Americans and other global eaters? Listen to the podcast at: http://www.derrybrownfield.com/tracks/042511.mp3
