Curious Pundits Podcast Mike Callicrate, founder of Ranch Foods Direct, joins Kevin Carney and Emanuel Petrescu to discuss community economics and the struggle to keep locally created wealth within the communities that produce it. Callicrate recounts how being shut out by dominant meatpackers led him to sell meat directly, develop local processing capacity, and control…
Posted on October 28, 2026 by Mike Callicrate The U.S. is now a net food importer with deteriorating food infrastructure. Why did it happen and what can be done? Is our Global Food System Failing Oct 2026Download Related: Globalization vs. Community Fall 2010
From fertilizer to meatpacking: expanding options in concentrated markets A news briefing from Farm Action’s policy team Oct 26 USDA announces $573 million investment to expand domestic fertilizer production What happened: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $573 million in proposed funding for eight fertilizer manufacturing projects across 16 states. The projects would…
In a year when the wealth of the rich soared while workers lost ground to inflation, class has become political, especially in the Nebraska Senate race. Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic, is running for Senate in Nebraska as an independent candidate against the Republican Senator Pete Ricketts. By Emma Schartz Emma Schartz reported from two…
Who farm policy serves, how corporate power shapes it, and what farmers need to succeed Angela Huffman Oct 22 This week, I joined former Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Underground, the conference he hosts with Alice Waters on his Tennessee farm. Gore moderated our farm policy panel with rancher and former USDA Farm…
The UK’s food, farming, environmental and animal welfare sectors are calling for the Government to recognise local slaughter capacity as essential food and economic infrastructure Mia Willemsen News and business reporter 19 October 2026 • 3 min read Britain has lost more than nine in ten of its abattoirs since the 1970s, leaving farmers without…
22 October 2026 | by FarmingUK Team | News, Beef, Sheep, NFU, Meat Local abattoirs face mounting pressure from rising inspection costs, energy bills and labour shortages Britain’s abattoir network has shrunk from around 2,500 facilities in the 1970s to approximately 200 today, prompting urgent calls for government intervention to protect livestock farmers and local meat production. Farming groups have…
The journey from seed to store can be daunting, but Pueblo Seed & Food Company proselytizes consumers on the joys of embracing ancient grains Shannon Mullane 3:25 AM MDT on Oct 18, 2026 Nanna Meyer, left, and Dan Hobbs, right, the co-owners of Pueblo Seed & Food Co., prepare cinnamon rolls to restock the front…
Colorado voters handed Propositions LL and MM a landslide “Yes” in November 2025, yet local beef has has not made it to school trays. Who broke the promise to local ranchers? Response from Eric Bringhurst on why the U.S. cattle herd will not be rebuilt: It’s all theater. Get out of debt. Sell most of…
By North America correspondent Kamin Gock and Cameron Schwarz in Kennard, Nebraska ABC TV Australia 10.18.26 Scott Thomsen says he feels let down by Donald Trump. (ABC News: Cameron Schwarz) In short: A growing number of farmers are questioning their loyalty to Donald Trump and the Republicans. Experts say rural America is faced with a…