Sysco – Organization for Competitive Markets

Like GM, Food Companies Place Profits Over Safety and Security

Mike Callicrate — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:12:27 +0000

Our nation’s food system is at risk! By Mike Callicrate Putting people at risk to save a buck isn’t isolated to the automotive industry. In today’s global economy, where the biggest cheater wins, foreign imports of beef and the recent return of Pink Slime add insult to injury for the few remaining independent producers and meat processors struggling to survive. Food companies from Walmart to Chipotle to the mom and pop restaurants that rely on a Sysco food Read More ...

The Politics & Economics of Food – A presentation at Lamar Community College March 2014

Mike Callicrate — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:26:46 +0000

click to enlarge I studied Animal Science at Lamar Community College in 1972 and 1973 prior to completing my Animal Science degree at Colorado State University. A lot has changed in agriculture as Land Grant institutions have taught students that agriculture is a business, not a way of life, steering us well off the path of a sustainable food system. Hopefully we can see a shift back from the destructive industrial model to an agriculture that includes good Read More ...

Robber Barons Return – U.S. Becoming Beggar Nation

Mike Callicrate — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:43:23 +0000

As Big Food’s tentacles wind tighter around markets and governments, OCM fights on From seed to plate, a handful of global corporations have combined their power to extract unprecedented amounts of resources and wealth. Even Upton Sinclair* couldn’t have predicted that today our nation’s four largest meat packers would control over 85% of the market. Surely even he would be surprised to find the biggest companies in all three major meat categories— beef, pork, and poultry—now foreign owned! Read More ...