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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: Perdue
Hoping to Change the Industry, a Factory Farmer Opens His Barn Doors
By Maryn McKenna 12.04.14 Permalink A few months ago, reporting on farm antibiotic use, I met a North Carolina farmer named Craig Watts. Craig lives in a small town near the South Carolina line where his forebears have been since … Continue reading
Posted in Daily News, General Advocacy
Tagged animal welfare, antibiotics, chicken, CiWF, Perdue, poultry
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Obama’s Game of Chicken
The untold story of how the administration tried to stand up to big agricultural companies on behalf of independent farmers, and lost. By Lina Khan | Print (PDF) In May 2010, Garry Staples left his chicken farm in Steele, Alabama, … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy
Tagged 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act, big meatpackers, Christine Varney, Chuck Grassley, David Scott, Departments of Justice and Agriculture, Dudley Butler, Farmer and Rancher Bill of Rights, Garry Staples, GIPSA, Lina Khan, New America Foundation, Obama, Perdue, Pilgrim’s Pride, Reid Ribble, robert taylor, Tim Johnson, Tom Harkin, Tom Vilsack, Tyson, USDA, Woodrow Wilson
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