Cowpooling Provides:

• Highest Quality Beef.
• Unmatched Eating Quality.
• Better Cuts.
• Sustainable Wages to Ranchers.
• Local Jobs and Local Spending.
• Carbon Footprint Reduction.
• Money in your pocket.

Overall, Cowpooling Provides a Better Quality of Life for the Cow, the Rancher, the Ranch, the Community and of course You.

Other Recommended Media:

• The Omnivore’s Dilemma | A book Michael Pollan addresses what’s at stake in our eating choices for not only our own but for our children’s health, and the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.
• FRESH | A documentary film featuring Michael Pollan, Will Allen and Joel Salatin.
• Food Inc. | A documentary film by Robert Kenner lifts the veil on the highly mechanized underbelly of our nation's food industry.
• Raising Steaks | A book by Betty Fussell details the history of the American beef industry and evaluates the challenges that it faces today.
• Fast Food Nation | A fictionalized flim based on Eric Schlosser's bestselling nonfiction exposes the many truths behind fast food production and eating.
• Raise Less Corn and More Hell | Mary Elizabeth Lease of Kansas, one of the nation's first female attorneys, traveled to grange halls and urged the farmers to "raise less corn and more hell".

Cow pooling refers to sharing beef, but we're not talking just any beef. The cow-pooling program will distribute sustainably and humanely raised beef from a source you can trust, in this case, rancher Mike Callicrate. At his natural meat company Ranch Foods Direct, the goal is to foster a business that benefits both ranchers and consumers, with processing and distribution systems that assure incomparable quality, wholesomeness, eating satisfaction, and a mutually rewarding relationship of trust and responsibility between the rancher and the customer.

For more about how Callicrate Beef is produced, visit
www.CallicrateBeef.com or www.RanchFoodsDirect.com .

Commercial Grade Freezers for the Home
Only $899 Includes Set-up and Delivery (Colorado Only)

Built to last...IMPERIAL Freezers offer the heavy duty construction found only in commercial freezers. From its durable steel exterior to its energy efficient performance, the IMPERIAL Freezer is made to the highest standards of the Home Foodservice Industry. Now this freezer can be yours!

• Durable, textured steel exterior is easy to clean and hides fingerprints, smudges and scratches.
• Interior Light automatically goes on when door opens for ease of placement and location of food.
• Tough powder-coated steel interior is easy to clean and resists chipping and staining.
• Adjustable cold control allows selection of freezer temperature.
• Two Slide-out baskets make storage of large and odd-shaped packages easy.
• Defrost drain and hose make defrosting a breeze.
• Automatic door closer assures minimum open door time.
• Adjustable door bins provide flexible storage options, with door bins designed to reposition with ease to fit your needs.
• Lock with pop-out key automatically ejects key after locking the door so you won’t leave it in the door.
• Tilt-out wire door bin to store more in the door and get easy access with the tilt-out feature.
• Temperature alarm and power light to provide peace of mind.
• Super Freeze and Defrost.

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Beef suppliers for local cow pooling groups are family-owned ranches who produce chemical free, humanely raised, and sustainably produced meats.

The harvesting and processing takes place at a nearby affiliated USDA certified meat processing facility, if not by the rancher himself (using a USDA approved mobile slaughter unit).

The beef comes dircectly from the ranch to your plate.

Colorado Sponsor:

• Callicrate Cattle Company

Cow pooling has many benefits to offer. Besides its main objective of lowering meat costs through bulk purchasing, the group also benefits from lower shipping and delivery costs. Many meat lovers who didn't think they could afford higher quality beef now have access to the very best at affordable prices, not to mention improving their diet with better quality, more nutritious food.

Why Cowpool?

1. You Join
   Simply fill out the brief free Registration Form, with no obligation.
2. We Match
   We'll match and you'll pay only after completion of the Cow Pool. You never have to meet your match.
3. We Deliver
   We'll schedule the delivery.

What is Approximate Hanging Weight?
"Approximate Hanging Weight" is the weight of a side of beef as it hangs on the rail in a meat cooler.

What is Approximate Yield?
"Approximate Yield" is the weight of a side of beef after it has been cut and typical yields are about 60-65%.

What is Approximate Cost?
"Approximate Cost" is currently $2.99/lb and driven by the market.

What is All Inclusive?
"All Inclusive" refers to Animal Care, Butcher Fee, Processing, Paper Wrap, Delivery and Sustainable Wages for Rancher.

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We are an organization following sustainable and healthy farming and lifestyle practices while investing in local economies.

Mike Callicrate, a cow pool founder, is the owner Ranch Foods Direct 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.

Please visit http://www.RanchFoodsDirect.com/MikeCallicrate

Email: info@ranchfoodsdirect.com
Call: (719) 332-9515

We believe in Community and Giving Back.

Currently, with the sales of merchandise we are pooling 50% of profits to support local CSA's and 50% to reinvest into Cowpool.org promotions, activities and technology.

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We Support Local Cowpools from Start to Finish.

Options:

• Cowpool.org Print & Post Flyer (9MB )
  NOTE: In "Pool ID" (optional of course) please create unique group code.
• Cowpool.org Pal Round-Up (Online Form)
  NOTE: We support up to 8 Friend Fields
• Become a Cowpool.org Provider (Online Form)
  NOTE: In "Pool ID" Section please

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