- 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 - I support HSUS.
"One of the greatest examples of animal disassociation is industrialized agriculture"
- Wayne Pacelle
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The HSUS Agriculture Council for Colorado
Local farmers join with The HSUS to foster better animal welfare and environmental stewardship, learn more. - 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: U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
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
Tapeworm Economy Threatens Food Supply
Sucking the Life Blood from Family Farm Agriculture By Mike Callicrate | March 5, 2013 “Our ground beef comes from Stampede Meat Company in Chicago, it’s delivered by Sysco, and we need enough volume for 2,000 locations.” This was the … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Checkoff, General Advocacy, Pink Slime, Zilmax Tagged American Meat Institute, Cargill, Colorado Proud, Farm Bureau, Farm Credit, fast food nation, food Inc., JBS, Joe Luter, McDonald's, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Corn Growers, National Pork Producers, pink slime, Ractopamine, Ranch Foods Direct, Smashburger, Smithfield, Stampede Meat Company, Tyson, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, zilmax
Feeding Our Families and Our Farmers
By MIKE CALLICRATE “You’ll never look at dinner the same way again.” — Food Inc. film Since the 2008 film Food Inc. pulled back the curtain on industrial food production, corporate agribusiness has been scrambling, doing damage control. A food … Continue reading
Posted in General Advocacy Tagged concentration, EPA, food Inc., industrial food, Manure, manure industrial food, U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, USFRA
Why being a foodie isn’t ‘elitist’
By Eric Schlosser, Friday, April 29, 3:59 PM At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting this year, Bob Stallman, the group’s president, lashed out at “self-appointed food elitists” who are “hell-bent on misleading consumers.” His target was the growing movement that … Continue reading
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
