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In today's PINA Masterclass we are thrilled to welcome Mike Callicrate to the livestream as we cover; --A Life in Ranching --How Large Food Corporations Kill Small Farms --Local Food Hubs for Local People --The Role of the Rancher in a Sustainable Future and more! This event was brought to you by PINA. To learn about the benefits of becoming a member here: pina.in/membership www.MikeCallicrate.com

In this episode of the Ranching Reboot Podcast, host Brian Alexander engages with veteran rancher Mike Callicrate to explore the intersection of modern ranching and the complex food system. The episode addresses critical issues such as the influence of big corporations on cattle prices, the economic challenges facing family farms, and the necessity for fair markets. Important discussions include the impacts of weather and technology on ranching, the ethics of labor in meat plants, and the detrimental effects of absentee landownership. Callicrate shares his experiences with lawsuits against major meatpacking companies and advocates for policy changes that support sustainable land management and economic viability for producers. Mike's Blog ----------------- Graze Master Group Field Day! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grassroots Carbon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Landtrust Info!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Audubon Conservation Ranching!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Wild Ass Soap and CBD!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use the Coupon code "Reboot" for an extra discount!! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy BoBoLinks Here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code "BOBOREBOOT" for $10 off ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the Podcast on Spotify!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranching-reboot/support

Join us on a captivating journey as we delve into the incredible revolution unfolding within the cattle industry. Know more about the inspiring adventure alongside the visionary trailblazer, Mike Callicrate, who has spearheaded transformative changes in this age-old domain. Learn as we unravel the remarkable story of how traditional practices have been turned upside down, ushering in a new era of possibilities. Tune in to this  episode and let Mike Callicrate calibrate your knowledge about the profound impact regenerative practices and ethical considerations have on both the industry, our food systems, and our planet. 

Listen in as we learn more about the very successful ranch to table concept that Mike Callicrate has put together!

On this episode of Ranching Reboot, we talk to Mike Callicrate and Brian Alexander about the challenges facing the meat industry and the need to rebuild America's food system. They discuss the effects of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" on the industry and how corporate control has led to the closure of small businesses. Mike Callicrate proposes a model of marketplace development to help rural America keep money in the community and support family farmers. They also discuss the need for more local food systems and enforcement of predatory pricing by big food companies. Topics Discussed: The effects of Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" on the meat industry Carcass balancing and its effects on small businesses Corporate control of the food system Rebuilding rural America and the local/regional food system Building local food systems and local food chains Local/regional food system development Food security and the importance of enforcing antitrust laws Building local/regional food systems to prevent the concentration of wealth and power www.Mikecallicrate.com ------------------------------- Visit Sea-90 at www.Sea-90.com or call us at (717) 580 - 1458 Buy BoBoLinks Here! One Earth Health Beef organ pills! RedHillsRancher.com My Patreon My Linktree #ranchingreboot #regenerativeagriculture #foodsystem #localfood #foodsecurity #familyfarmers #ruralamerica #smallbusiness #corporatecontrol #antitrustlaws #localfoodsystems #foodchains #sustainablefarming #predatorypricing #meatindustry #uptonsinclair #marketplacedevelopment #directtoconsumer #smallproducers #environmentalimpact #genz #schoolboard #citycouncil #buylocal #kickoutdollarstores #patreon #redhillsrancher --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ranching-reboot/support

Thanks for joining us, today we are excited to welcome Mike Callicrate a farmer-rancher, business entrepreneur, and family farm advocate. Mike's knowledge, experience, and sheer will to make things happen will help you connect the dots in the world of farming, ranching, processing, ag tech, and ag markets. He and Monte have a robust conversation that will have your gears turning and probably have you asking, do these guys ever sleep? A native of Evergreen, Colorado, Mike began his career by earning a bachelor's degree in animal science from Colorado State University in 1975. After college, he started farming and ranching at St. Francis, Kansas. In 2000, he formed Ranch Foods Direct, a branded beef company and retail and online food store located in Colorado Springs. His fabrication plant processes high-quality meats, and his retail store sells those products along with many other seasonal and handcrafted items from the surrounding area. His company also operates a regional food hub, helping to collect and distribute locally produced food. In recent years, he transitioned his cattle operation in Northwest Kansas into a multi-species regenerative agricultural model with hogs and chickens as well as cattle. The animals are harvested at a USDA-inspected slaughter facility right on-site, which reduces stress and improves meat quality. You can learn more about his business enterprises by visiting MikeCallicrate.com. https://www.mikecallicrate.com/ https://ranchfoodsdirect.com/ Got questions you want answered? Send them our way and we'll do our best to research and find answers. Know someone you think would be great on the AgEmerge stage or podcast? Send your questions or suggestions to kim@asn.farm we'd love to hear from you.

Texas Slim is the author and creator of the Newsletter "Harvest of Deception." https://inititive.substack.com/ He has also established a new initiative to decentralize being able to source animal protein in the state of Texas called the Texas Beef Initiative #TxBeefInitiative  You can find our more at https://mtminitiative.com/ or Twitter https://twitter.com/moderntman 00:00 Introduction 01:03 Texas Beef Initiative 02:53 Relationship-building 04:54 Texas beef industry 07:42 Beef industry bottlenecks 10:46 Multinational corporate interests 12:44 Economies of scale 15:39 Cost of beef vs cost of insurance, healthcare, etc. 17:20 Beef Initiative going global 20:19 Voting with your pocketbook 23:29 MCOOL 25:56 Regenerative agriculture 27:47 Buying from local rancher 30:08 Stacking beef 32:15 The future of CBDCs 35:40 One World Food Group 37:23 Lazy science 41:32 Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance 44:32 Beef as a health food 46:09 Brooke Miller 47:59 Mike Callicrate 49:47 Processing centers and complacency 52:49 Meat as medicine 56:49 Nashville See open positions at Revero: https://jobs.lever.co/Revero/ Join Carnivore Diet for a free 30 day trial: https://carnivore.diet/join/ Book a Carnivore Coach: https://carnivore.diet/book-a-coach/ Carnivore Shirts: https://merch.carnivore.diet Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://carnivore.diet/subscribe/ . ‪#revero #shawnbaker #Carnivorediet #MeatHeals #HealthCreation   #humanfood #AnimalBased #ZeroCarb #DietCoach  #FatAdapted #Carnivore #sugarfree  ‪

My friend Mike Callicrate joins me again for another round of updates, questions and a history lesson. Mike shares his plans to build a food village in Colorado Springs and he explains his history with the Humane Society. MikeCallicrate.com Link to the JBS Violation Tracker mentioned ConAgra Celling cattle to IBP ------------------------ Click here for all my links! Direct Link to Patreon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/support

Mike Callicrate, activist and rancher, comes aboard to talk about breaking up consolidation in the meat industry and re-regionalizing the system. The man has a plan.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Mike Callicrate, activist and rancher, comes aboard to talk about breaking up consolidation in the meat industry and re-regionalizing the system. The man has a plan.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

The Montana Premium Processing Co-op is just months away from opening a mobile livestock processing plant designed for hoof-to-plate concepts which is also USDA Certified. Discussing the challenges that cattle producers face, processing local beef, competing with the Big Four Packers and much more will be covered with guests: Mike Callicrate with Ranch Foods Direct, Walter Schweitzer President of Montana Farmers Union and Matt Rains with the Montana Premium Processing Co-op. https://www.mtpremiumprocessing.com/

Our good friend Mike Callicrate joins us again for another trip to through recent history for his unique insight into how things got so screwed up in the beef industry. Today we talk about the Bander and it's different applications, and Mike gives us some tips and tricks to ensure success no matter what application you use it for. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/support

Mike Callicrate, activist and cattle rancher comes back to talk about the Executive Order signed by Biden that addresses long standing grievances in the animal agriculture sector, among others. Included in the EO are measures to address pricing transparency, labeling, enforcement and re-write of the Packers and Stockyards Act.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Mike Callicrate, activist and cattle rancher comes back to talk about the Executive Order signed by Biden that addresses long standing grievances in the animal agriculture sector, among others. Included in the EO are measures to address pricing transparency, labeling, enforcement and re-write of the Packers and Stockyards Act.Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support What Doesn't Kill You by becoming a member!What Doesn't Kill You is Powered by Simplecast.

Mike Callicrate is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist. He serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. A native of Evergreen, Colorado, he earned a bachelor's degree in animal science from Colorado State University in 1975 and later moved to St. Francis, Kansas, where he started farming and ranching. In 2000, he formed a value-added meat company called Ranch Foods Direct. The fabrication plant and retail store processes and markets high quality all-natural beef in Colorado Springs and over the Internet at www.ranchfoodsdirect.com. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been actively involved in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly-regulated markets. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation. You can find him at

A Story Club: Global Politics S2 E1streamed live on FB from the US (San Francisco), India (Dehra Dun) and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Thursdays 12pm EDT | 9am PDT | 9:30pm ISTrepeated Friday on the UNC Network in Trinidad and Tobago 6pm ASTWelcome to Season 2 Episode 1 of A Story Club: Global Politics & Cultures brought to you by Bulletproof Podcast Formula.This is a unique venture, streaming simulataneously from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean, Dehra Dun in India, and San Franciso in the United States.We speak with people around the world, trying to understand different issues and problems relevant to my own country, Trinidad and Tobago, and also to people in sometimes very similar and sometimes very different situations, cultures, histories, politics, sociology, etc.The goal is to learn from each other, build networks, widen our perspectives, and work for solutions while remaining grounded in our distinctive contexts.Today's episode is titled, "Global and National Food Security in a Post-Covid World"During this covid crisis, it is said that we are all in the same boat. Unfortunately, this is not true: we are all only in the same storm. Some have yachts, others have rafts, and others are drowning.The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) currently puts the number of people at risk of starvation at more than 270 million. This is double the pre-pandemic figure. The COVID crisis has greatly exacerbated the situation for those already suffering from poverty, armed conflict, and other material insecurity.While we track the 12,000+ global daily deaths from coronavirus, we have ignored the 20,000+ globaly daily deaths from hunger that have been deepened by the covid lockdowns.Global food supply chains have been disrupted, as well as the global production and distribution of food. Food security is a major issue.What does this mean for food self-sufficiency? For farmer security? The relative roles of large corporate agriculture and smaller family farms? Food exports and food imports?Today I am honoured to have as my guests Mike Callicrate and Ved Seereeram.Mike Callicrate is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist from Boulder, CO, USA. Mike is a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association. He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices.Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation. He is revered as the “go-to expert” for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry.Ved Seereeram is owner of Inverness Sugar Estates, and a former banking executive and financial consultant, from Trinidad and Tobago. Ved worked with Citibank for 8 years and was Managing Director of Citicorp Merchant Bank, before he called them out for banking fraud in the early 2000s, and was featured in Time magazine.Ved has since served in the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago and on several State Boards. He now owns and runs a small sugar estate which produces pancake syrup, muscovado sugar and jaggery/panela, and is very interested in issues of agriculture and social, economic and environmental sustainability. 

Mike Callicrate and I jumped on a phone call to discuss some current events, the state of the cattle markets and what we can all do about it. Link to the mentioned blog post: https://nobull.mikecallicrate.com/2021/05/05/lets-meat-challenges-opportunities-in-small-and-mid-scale-meat-and-poultry-processing/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/support

Mike Callicrate is a beef and pork producer on a mission. Listen in to this interview with Howard Hale for his Cattleman's Corner Radio Program, special ONLINE-ONLY content!

Mike Callicrate is a beef and pork producer on a mission. Listen in to this interview with Howard Hale for his Cattleman's Corner Radio Program.

Is there a food war? Is there a war on localized agriculture? YOU BET, says industry experts Charlie Rankin of North Carolina and Mike Callicrate of Kansas. Listen in for the War on AG

Mike Callicrate sat down with us to talk about all manner of things from cattle markets, to public food spaces, the Bander, his feedlot and the pathway he built to market. He shares valuable lessons learned from fighting against the commodity production system and how he's built his own pathway to the consumer. We talk about small community slaughter plants and public meat spaces and what that could look like going in to the future. We discuss environmental challenges, the food police and what it means when a Dollar General comes to town. Links: Mike's Home page https://www.mikecallicrate.com/ Mike's blog https://nobull.mikecallicrate.com/ https://ranchfoodsdirect.com/ https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate https://callicratecattleco.com/ https://callicratebanders.com/ https://readingterminalmarket.org/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ranching-reboot/support

I sit down with Mike Callicrate from Callicrate Cattle Company and Ranch Foods Direct to talk about Sustainable and Regenerative farming practices, GMO's, the negative effects of the corporate meat industry and more. Mike is extremely knowledgable on the negative consequences of the industrial meat market and production. He has served as an adviser for the films Food, Inc and Fresh and for several best-selling books which include Fast Food Nation and Omnivores Dilemma. www.mikecallicrate.comwww.callicratecattleco.comwww.ranchfoodsdirect.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Will-Allen/dp/B007JRU2GOhttps://www.amazon.com/Food-Inc-Michael-Pollan/dp/B002UZ5CHORead and watch list - Food, Inc , Fresh, Monopolized by David Dayen, Break ' Em Up by Zephyr Teachout, Liberty From All Masters by Barry C Lynn, and Monopolies Suck by Sally Hubbard.

Mike Callicrate is the owner Ranch Foods Direct, Callicrate Banders and Callicrate Cattle Company. He is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist, who serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been active in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly regulated markets. He was a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association . He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices. In recognition of his efforts, he has received the "Westerner of the Year" award from Western Ranchers Beef Cooperative; the first ever Legacy Award from the Kansas Cattlemen's Association; and the Carl L. King Distinguished Service Award from the American Corn Growers Association. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH , and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation . He is revered as the "go-to expert" for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry. You can find Mike at http://www.mikecallicrate.com/, FB: https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate/, Twitter: @MikeCallicrate, and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeCallicrate.

Mike Callicrate is the owner Ranch Foods Direct, Callicrate Banders and Callicrate Cattle Company. He is an independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist, who serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the rural, social and cultural impacts of current economic trends. Since the mid-1990s, Mike has been active in social and political efforts to improve the welfare of family farms and to restore effective publicly regulated markets. He was a founding member of several farm advocacy groups including the Organization for Competitive Markets, R-CALF and the Kansas Cattlemen's Association . He also was a lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against the world's largest meatpacker, IBP, now part of Tyson Foods, alleging unfair and discriminatory marketing practices. In recognition of his efforts, he has received the "Westerner of the Year" award from Western Ranchers Beef Cooperative; the first ever Legacy Award from the Kansas Cattlemen's Association; and the Carl L. King Distinguished Service Award from the American Corn Growers Association. Mike has been an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH , and is cited in several books including The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation . He is revered as the "go-to expert" for understanding negative consequences of trends in the modern meat industry. You can find Mike at http://www.mikecallicrate.com/, FB: https://www.facebook.com/mikecallicrate/, Twitter: @MikeCallicrate, and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeCallicrate. This episode is hosted by MeatRx coach Amber. Find her at https://meatrx.com/product/amber-w/

Mike Callicrate, a Colorado rancher and activist joins to talk about the beef industry and COVID-19.What Doesn't Kill You is powered by Simplecast.  

Mike Callicrate, a Colorado rancher and activist joins to talk about the beef industry and COVID-19.What Doesn't Kill You is powered by Simplecast.  

An excerpt from Panel IV of the Schiller Institute's April 25-26, 2020 International Online Conference featuring American farm leaders speaking out against the dire situation American farmers, and therefore Americans, face due to the speculative cartelization of the global food supply. The panel's moderator is Dennis Speed. See the full conference proceedings at: https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2020/03/29/conference-mankinds-existence-now-depends-on-the-establishment-of-a-new-paradigm/ Bob Baker, Virginia; Schiller Institute agriculture co-coordinator, Joe Maxwell, Missouri; former Missouri Lt. Governor, co-founder of Family Farm Action Alliance, Tyler Dupy, Kansas; Executive Director of the Kansas Cattlemen's Association, Frank Endres; California, member of the National Farmers Organization for 63 years, Bill Bullard; Montana, CEO R-CALF USA, Jim Benham, Indiana; State Pres. of Indiana Farmers Union, 20 Yr. National Board member, National Farmers Union, Mike Callicrate, Kansas; Colorado, Bd of Directors of Organization for Competitive Markets, Owner Ranch Foods Direct

Diane Sare, LaRouche PAC Manhattan Project; Bob Baker, LaRouche PAC Farm Organizing Director; Jim Benham, National Farmers’ Union, Indiana; Mike Callicrate, Farm Organizer - In tonight’s Fireside, American farmers will provide an updated battle zone report about the impacts of the virus on the nation’s food supply. Processing plants which had been shut by the virus were the topic of an Executive Order by President Trump Tuesday, deeming them essential to the national security, namely to the food supply. On the same day major retailers had warned of meat shortages in grocery stores and there were grim pictures all over the press of farmers euthanizing their herds. The farm sector typifies the predatory practices imperiling humanly essential sectors of the U.S. economy. Big cartels, financed by Wall Street, hedge funds, and foreign “investors” dominate the supply chain seeking the lowest price possible for the farmers’ labor. The cartels’ processing plants employ low wage workers under savage working conditions and were an easy target for the virus. Reorganizing the farm sector, once shown to be capable of feeding the entire world while providing its farmers a living wage, is an imperative coming out of this crisis. And this is urgent. Providing a reliable food supply to nations in the world still targeted by the virus, like the nations of Africa, will determine whether this plague results in a mass genocide.

Mike Callicrate is a rancher and advocate from Northwest Kansas. He has been a leading voice for fair and competitive markets for over two decades. I asked him to join me to discuss where we are in today's cattle industry and what we can do to avoid losing control of our own operations.Join the Mob:FacebookMeWeLinks Mentioned:Organization for Competitive MarketsMikeCallicrate.comR-CALF USABook Mentioned:Meat Racket by Chris Leonard

Mike Callicrate chats with us about his business and how he is working to improve the cattle industry.

Did you know that imported meat can be sold at a lower cost than that which is produced in the U.S.? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Mike Callicrate, independent cattle producer, business entrepreneur and political activist. He serves as an outspoken leader in addressing the economic, social and cultural impacts of industrial agriculture. A founding member of the Organization for Competitive Markets, Callicrate advocates for regenerative agriculture and local food systems that connect consumers directly with farmers and ranchers. (An example: www.ranchfoodsdirect.com ) Callicrate is a “go-to expert” for understanding illusions of choice in the marketplace and the negative consequences of the modern meat industry, including environmental pollution, adverse health effects, and nationwide meat recalls. Callicrate explains how false economies of scale have driven and dominated industrial livestock production, leaving consumers in the marketplace little choice. He was an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and is cited in popular books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Fast Food Nation. Callicrate on livestock care: https://nobull.mikecallicrate.com/2013/01/24/pastured-animals-deserve-good-care-and-good-nutrition/ Related website: https://nobull.mikecallicrate.com/

Mike Callicrate left industrial feedlot agriculture to raise meat animals in a way that is healthier for everyone, including the animals and the people who eat them. http://radiocafe.media/downtoearth/ https://quiviracoalition.org/

Rural Advocate. People Advocate. Animal Advocate.

This week on What Doesn't Kill You, host Katy Keiffer is joined by Mike Callicrate, a native of Evergreen, Colorado, who has spent his career as a farmer-rancher, business entrepreneur, and family farm advocate. Frustrated by the monopoly control corporations were exerting over the markets and the “bigger is better” mentality common to agriculture, he began to forge a new path, forming a pasture-to-plate marketing company in 2000 named Ranch Foods Direct. He chose to locate his processing and retail facility in Colorado Springs, where it has become an integral part of the community’s shift toward healthier, fresher, more locally grown food. In recent years, he instigated an ongoing campaign to establish a public market and a food hub to benefit local food growers and processors and to help relocalize the food system. He also pioneered the capacity to do on-farm USDA-inspected slaughter at his ranch, where he is also developing a multi-species regenerative agricultural production model. Considered the “go-to expert” on the negative consequences of highly concentrated, industrial meat production, he has served as an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and for several best-selling books including Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

This week on What Doesn't Kill You, host Katy Keiffer is joined by Mike Callicrate, a native of Evergreen, Colorado, who has spent his career as a farmer-rancher, business entrepreneur, and family farm advocate. Frustrated by the monopoly control corporations were exerting over the markets and the “bigger is better” mentality common to agriculture, he began to forge a new path, forming a pasture-to-plate marketing company in 2000 named Ranch Foods Direct. He chose to locate his processing and retail facility in Colorado Springs, where it has become an integral part of the community’s shift toward healthier, fresher, more locally grown food. In recent years, he instigated an ongoing campaign to establish a public market and a food hub to benefit local food growers and processors and to help relocalize the food system. He also pioneered the capacity to do on-farm USDA-inspected slaughter at his ranch, where he is also developing a multi-species regenerative agricultural production model. Considered the “go-to expert” on the negative consequences of highly concentrated, industrial meat production, he has served as an advisor for the films Food Inc. and FRESH, and for several best-selling books including Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma.

Mike Callicrate is not like the typical Plantriotic Podcast guest…and he is also not the typical cattle rancher and beef supplier. Mike is a local...

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