- 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: The Jungle
America Returns to the Jungle
A safe and secure food supply is essential to a free society The United States was always able to feed itself. Except for a few non-essentials like coffee, tea and bananas, we were self-sufficient. The British government, along with their … Continue reading
Special Report: The End of the Trail – How Government Destroyed Free Markets for Family Ranchers
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s inaction has led to the near-destruction of American family ranchers. Over 17,000 family ranches will disappear this year. Over 100,000 family ranchers have left the profession since 2009. It’s a tragedy as world-renowned American beef … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Checkoff, Daily News Tagged antitrust, Beef, Bill Bullard, Cargill, Department of Agriculture, Dudley Butler, GIPSA, JBS, Krogers, meat packers, Mike Callicrate, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, NCBA, Obama, R-CALF, ranching, robert taylor, The Jungle, Upon Sinclair, USDA, Vilsack, Walmart Leave a comment
Building a Non-Industrial Food System – how can consumers help?
Thursday • May 24, 2012 KOPN 89.5 fm The Food Sleuth with Melinda Hemmelgarn, RD Melinda Hemmelgarn with guest Mike Callicrate, cattle rancher talks about Pink Slime: Dark Side of Industrial Food System Exposed, anti-trust abuses in the meat industry, … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy, Pink Slime Tagged Alternative Food System, anti-trust, Callicrate Beef, Carghill, Chipotle, Colorado Springs, ConAgra, Dan Glickman, Dereg, dereg business, Fools Game, GIPSA, IBP, kickback, Melinda Hemmelgarn, Mike Callicrate, Milwaukee Market, pink slime, Ranch Food Direct, Sysco, The Jungle, Tyson, USDA Leave a comment
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
