Ranching Reboot #108 "The Truth About Government Subsidies in the Food System" with Mike Callicrate
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Mar 27, 2023 Mike Callicrate and Brian Alexander trace how boxed beef and corporate consolidation reshaped the meat industry, squeezing small packers and family farms. They explore rebuilding local food networks, getting meat into schools, and the role of subsidies, inspections, and antitrust enforcement. Along the way: canned beef, rural communities, and why a town’s burger joint might be part of the solution.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Importance of Meat in a Healthy Balanced Lifestyle
03:10 • 2min
The Importance of Animal Welfare Ratings
05:04 • 1min
The Truth About GAP Levels
06:33 • 2min
Cisco and US Foods Cooperate to Regionalize and Delegate Territories
08:30 • 3min
The Past, Present and Future of the Meat Industry
11:50 • 4min
The History of Feeding Cattle
16:12 • 3min
The Benefits of Boxed Beef
19:39 • 1min
The Problem With Box Beef
20:55 • 5min
The History of IBP
25:53 • 2min
How to Sell Ground Beef Effectively
28:03 • 4min
Hughes Bagley v. IBP
32:23 • 5min
How to Be a Cow Calf Producer
37:37 • 4min
The Paradox of Rural America
41:29 • 2min
The Importance of Renewable Fuels
43:07 • 4min
The Consolidation of the Defense Industry
46:39 • 2min
The Government's Role in the Concentration Problem
48:21 • 5min
The Right to Farm Laws Protect Smithfield
53:47 • 5min
How to Manage a Scale in an Industry
59:17 • 2min
The Importance of Local Regional Processing in Meatpacking
01:01:22 • 5min
The Problem With Local Regional Food Systems Don't Donate to Political Campaigns
01:06:21 • 2min
The Broken Food System
01:08:27 • 3min
The Problem With the Federal Government's Meat Supply Chain
01:11:52 • 3min
Building Community From the Community
01:14:49 • 3min
The Future of NCBA
01:17:55 • 5min
The Importance of Owner Operated Restaurants
01:23:07 • 2min
The Good Food Project at District 11
01:24:44 • 3min
The Problem With Meat Inspection and Big Plants
01:27:50 • 6min
The Future of Processing in the U.S.
01:33:36 • 6min
The Government's Decision to Allow Small Plants to Self Inspect
01:39:35 • 2min
The Dangers of a Conglomerate
01:41:24 • 5min
The Importance of Antitrust Laws
01:46:11 • 2min
The Rule of Law and How to Respect It
01:48:16 • 5min
The Importance of Food Security
01:53:00 • 3min
How to Market a Canned Beef Product
01:56:24 • 3min
Pink Slime and Advanced Meat Recovery
01:59:03 • 4min
The Impact of Inhydrous Ammonia on Microbial Life
02:03:32 • 3min
The Importance of High Pressure Water in the Grinder
02:07:00 • 3min
The Effects of Advanced Meat Recovery Products on Grinders
02:10:04 • 2min
How to Grind Your Own Beef to Get the Best Yield
02:12:25 • 5min
The Best Burgers Within 50 Miles
02:17:09 • 2min
The Risks of Restaurant Marketing
02:18:47 • 2min
The Importance of Local Regional Processing Infrastructure
02:20:49 • 3min
The End of the Walmart Story
02:23:36 • 2min
Hughes Bagley and the Cooperation Rather Than Competing
02:25:24 • 3min