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E. Coli Confessions Part I
by John Munsell | Oct 11, 2011
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Editor's Note: This is the first part in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for 59 years ran afoul of USDA's meat inspection program. The events he writes about began a decade ago, but remain relevant today.
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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
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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
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“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
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Tagged American Meat Film, Bon Appetit, D11, Graham Merwiether, Mike Callicrate, Nick Colarelli, Rick Hughes, Sodexo, UCCS
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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
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Tagged Aramark, Bon Appetit, Chick-Fil-A, fast food nation, Ole Miss, Sodexo, Subway, Tyson, UCCS, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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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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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
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Tagged Callicrate Beef, CBS News, Colorado Springs, District 11, Jed, Mike Callicrate, Rick Hughes, Sharyl Attkisson, Sodexo
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