- 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: Rick Hughes
A hamstrung D-11 begins crucial cafeteria cuts to balance underfunded government mandates
by Matthew Schniper | February 25, 2015 “Hey son, what did you have for lunch today at school?” Well, we can tell you one thing Timmy didn’t dine on, if he chose a hamburger, or meatloaf, or pasta with meat … Continue reading
Posted in Daily News, Pink Slime
Tagged Borden Milk Products, Breakfast After the Bell, D11, Dean Foods, District 11, Douglas County, Good Food Project, HB15-1080, HB15-1088, Meadow Gold, Mike Callicrate, Nathan Dirnberger, Rick Hughes, Robinson Dairy, SimpliCity, Sinton Dairy, Sysco, US Foods, USDA
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Reaping What We Sow – Food Politics & Policy in America
Off Topic #14: Reaping What We Sow – Food Politics & Policy in America By Craig Richardson and Jake Brownell Whether we’re talking about banning extra large sodas a la Michael Bloomberg, eradicating high fructose corn syrup from our diets, … Continue reading
“Let me talk about that Sodexo thing”
Mike Callicrate in a recent discussion regarding Sodexo at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Screening of American Meat, a pro-farmer documentary about chicken, cattle & hog production in America on Monday, February 25, 2013. 01:28 “I would think at … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy
Tagged American Meat Film, Bon Appetit, D11, Graham Merwiether, Mike Callicrate, Nick Colarelli, Rick Hughes, Sodexo, UCCS
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School districts put local beef on the menu
Written by Ann Schimke on Jan 22nd, 2013. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org The South Routt school district is a rural district with just over 400 students attending its three schools. It is also among a small but growing number of … 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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