- 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: Sodexo
Chipotle: Selling Idealism – Delivering the opposite
The May 13th article, Soaring Earnings of Chipotle’s 2 Bosses Raise Investor Unease, inspired the following story of my experience with Chipotle: Years ago, when I first saw the Chipotle big burrito, “Food with integrity” bill board, I thought what … Continue reading
Posted in Daily News, General Advocacy Tagged Bon Appetit, Callicrate Banders, Callicrate Beef, Callicrate Cattle Co., Cargill, Chipotle, Coleman, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Doug George, Food with integrity, Meyer Natural Angus, mobile slaughter unit, never-ever, OSI, Ranch Foods Direct, Russ Kremer, Sodexo, Tyson chicken, USDA Leave a comment
“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 Leave a comment
BIG FOOD – hiding within the walls of our institutions of higher education
Last week I spoke at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi for Food Day. Aramark, along with Chick-Fil-A, Subway and other national franchise feeders provide the meals. With one of the country’s best independent bookstores just a few blocks away on … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy Tagged Aramark, Bon Appetit, Chick-Fil-A, fast food nation, Ole Miss, Sodexo, Subway, Tyson, UCCS, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Leave a comment
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
Posted in General Advocacy 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 Leave a comment
Big companies swallowing up school lunch money?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO A major investigation into the school lunch industry is ongoing as companies that decide what food goes on your child’s plate may be cheating schools and taxpayers out of millions. Sharyl Attkisson investigates charges of … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy, Pink Slime Tagged Callicrate Beef, CBS News, Colorado Springs, District 11, Jed, Mike Callicrate, Rick Hughes, Sharyl Attkisson, Sodexo 2 Comments
