The Pandemic Is Exposing the Rotten Core of Our Industrial Food System While industrial farms have been thrown into chaos, local agriculture has proved to be a more resilient model. Joseph Bullington August 14, 2020 Published in September 2020 The yellow-brown compost has been heaped into hills taller than the nearby bulldozers. The piles don’t…
OCM Releases Report on Regulatory Capture August 24, 2020 OCM Staff FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2020 Media Contact: Ben Gotschall bgotschall@competitivemarkets.com 402-540-1342 Organization for Competitive Markets Releases Report on Regulatory Capture White paper reveals ag industry and government are too close for comfort LINCOLN, NE: The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) has released a…
A few multinational corporations are doing very well extracting our precious resources, degrading our environment, and exploiting our hardest working people. Posted on August 21, 2020 by Mike Callicrate Dr. John Helmuth, a former House Ag Committee economist under Chairman Neal Smith, said about the actions of the highly concentrated big meatpackers, “There’s an economic…
If you like birds and fish, hug a cow By Pat and Sharon O’Toole Sharon and Pat O’Toole | Writers on the Range By Pat and Sharon O’Toole | Writers on the Range August 10, 2020 You don’t hear this from former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt or the usual suspects whose goal is to end…
Building safe, efficient, and profitable pathways to the consumer “I think enough people have to do it to where we can show the marketplace how we aren’t being treated fairly at the farm and ranch gate, and that there is a whole lot more dollars available for the producer and a better deal for the…
07.30.20 Rounds Urges Inclusion of New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act in COVID-19 Relief Legislation WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today urged the Senate to include his legislation, the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act, in any future COVID-19 relief legislation. The bipartisan, bicameral bill would allow meat and…
Greetings! Can you help us spread the word to your networks and constituencies about the NMPAN organized meat course coming up this winter? See below. ******************************************************************* We are excited to announce a new hybrid learning short course for meat producers and processors called the Western Meat School. This is a collaborative effort of Oregon State…
JBS plans switch to beef at Mountain States Rosen lamb plant, leaving lamb producers high and dry News | 23h ago Carrie Stadheim editorial The Jorgensen family has raised sheep for six generations in the United States, and longer than that in the "old country" of Norway. Photo courtesy Carson Jorgensen The impending purchase and…
You are here: Home / EDIBLE STORIES / Consumers Hold The Key To Building A Better Meat System July 10, 2020 By Marilyn Noble Consumers Hold The Key To Building A Better Meat System All it’s taken to expose the precarious state of our modern industrial meat supply is a tiny bit of infectious genetic…