Ep 1052 ｜ Your 'USA Made' Beef Might Actually Be from China ｜ Guests： Ben & Corley Spell
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Summary
Ben and Corley Spell started Good Rancher several years ago, delivering American meat right to your front door. Today, they are here to talk about how their business has developed over the past few years, and to tell you what you don t know but need to know about American farming and ranching, and the meat that is being imported into the United States without your knowledge. Corley is also going to share with us her recent cancer journey, and just how the Lord has shown up for their family.
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Ben and Corley Spell started Good Rancher several years ago, delivering American meat right to your front door.
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Today, they are here to talk about how their business has developed just amazingly over the past few years
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and to tell you what you don't know but need to know about American farming and ranching
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and the meat that is being imported into the United States without your knowledge.
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Corley is also going to share with us her recent cancer journey and just how the Lord has shown up for their family.
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It's a really educational and such an encouraging conversation.
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This episode is brought to you by Good Ranchers.
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Ben and Corley, thanks so much for taking the time to join us again.
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You were on for the first time a couple of years ago.
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It's been about three plus years that we've been working together as part of the show.
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So in the last couple of years, just give us a recap on how Good Ranchers has grown and all that.
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I can't believe it's been like two years since we've been here and wow, how things can change.
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So right now we have a six-year-old boy, a five-year-old boy, a four-year-old girl as of yesterday and a two-and-a-half-year-old girl.
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But last year was the first year of the business, um, of running the business that we, Corley wasn't pregnant or we had a newborn.
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That was, it's, it's, there's light at the end of the tunnel.
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So many people, uh, told us early on, especially having so many children back to back, um, which newborn season for me is kind of not, not my favorite.
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Uh, and so many people are like, oh, it only gets harder.
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Once they can be a little bit more durable and, um, like Bear makes his own ham sandwiches.
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You think when they're a little more self-sufficient.
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Um, and thank you to your listeners and your show and support.
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Like we've been, um, growing like crazy and, um, we never thought we would be here.
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Um, um, for those of you who don't know, we, uh, we was in full-time ministry working at a church in Houston and God called us to start a meat company and we knew nothing about agriculture, knew nothing about being entrepreneurs or business.
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But, um, there's been something in my spirit lately of, uh, that I've been just wanting to share with more people and it's when God says, go, go.
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Um, and we were reading in Mark yesterday at a Bible study at our church and, and, uh, and it was how Matthew was called and it says that Jesus was, um, uh, walking by and he saw Levi and he told him to follow him.
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Um, and, um, and that was just such a reminder of like, you don't have to ask a bunch of questions when God says, go, you go.
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Um, and, you know, we started in 2018, um, after, you know, just having a newborn and didn't know anything about anything.
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And, uh, but God just really prepared the way and opened up the right doors and closed the wrong doors.
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And, um, and then, you know, we started selling out of trucks and parking lots.
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And, um, then we, uh, launched online because the world went, you know, shut down in 2020 because of COVID.
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And, um, yeah, and, uh, we've just been in, in, even in our space, we've been seeing tremendous growth these last few years.
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And so many other e-commerce companies, um, in our space, uh, have been, as I get to know more people and talking, um, they can't believe that we're continuing to grow.
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Like we grew significantly last year and we're growing again this year and so many others are really, um, or, or not growing or struggling, staying in business.
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And, and I, it's just a complete testament to God called us to do it.
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And we're, you know, we're still following that.
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I'm so curious how you guys decided to kind of forge your marketing and advertising strategy because it has been so creative, so effective.
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You've partnered with so many conservative podcasters and conservative shows over the past few years.
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Like at what moment, maybe it wasn't just one moment, but did you say, okay, this is what we're going to do.
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We're going to basically be like the meat company of the conservative podcasters.
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I don't know if that's what your thought was, but it's brilliant if so.
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It's, it's, it is crazy how that kind of like just evolved and happened.
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And by crazy, I mean, obviously God's hand was all over this, but I mean, it was in the very beginning.
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We were just trying to think of, okay, who, who want, who would want to support what we want to support with our business, with America first families, um, ethically sourced, responsibly raised, all those things.
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And then from there, you just kind of, you know, connect the dots.
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What actually started a little bit before Charlie Kirk was the first and we, and we wanted to support Turning Point USA because we love them as an organization and what, and, you know, having young children and family and, you know, actually caring about the future of our country.
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Um, so we wanted to support Turning Point and, um, and, and then, so we started sponsoring Charlie's podcast and it worked well for us.
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And, um, and then the same with your podcast, Coralie, um, I don't think you remember, but we weren't really thinking that you would do great for us.
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Um, but Coralie loved your show and wanted to support your show.
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Um, but no, I'm saying like, it wasn't a, we think this is like, we, we didn't have like the marketing strategy of this is how we're going to build our brand or build the business.
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We were in the early on, we were wanting to support like causes people that we believed in, um, and, uh, like Charlie Kirk and then yourself.
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And then, and then that's when we started connecting the dots of, of kind of the conservative political commentary.
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And we're still using that same strategy and like going into newer markets and newer segments.
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Where are they spending their dollars, their time, stuff like that with like IndyCar.
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Um, has there ever been a moment where you got the attention of like someone, I don't know, in media that you were like, well, this person knows who we are or has talked about us.
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Cause I know that, I think I've seen y'all interact maybe on Instagram or something.
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We were just, it was a Saturday and, uh, we were just at home with the kids.
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And I think it was either you or me, but we were like, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe.
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Joe Rogan shared one of our, and we had noticed a few weeks or maybe a few months before.
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I was like, Hey, Joe Rogan follows good ranchers.
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And, um, but never thought that he would like share or repost anything.
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And yeah, he did a hard repost, um, and, uh, uh, on, on one of our, on one of our, um,
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And we just really took off with his, I mean, we got tens of multiple tens of thousands of
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And, uh, which Instagram is really hard to grow on these days.
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You doubted us, but then you never finished that thought.
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And I mean, and you've grown so much over the last few years.
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And I think that like, I don't think either of us really knew because for me, it was such
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a unique product to advertise because I hadn't before.
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And I think we like, we learned a lot too that, oh, it's largely women who are like,
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oh, I don't want to go to the grocery store anymore.
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Isn't it so freeing just to be able to just get your produce?
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I mean, you're still spending like a couple hundred dollars, but.
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But just to not have to worry about that and to wonder if the sticker that says made in
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the USA means made in the USA or it means packaged in the USA.
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It's getting harder and harder now that they keep changing laws and passing different things.
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And it's so hard for consumers to know who to trust and how to trust.
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Um, cause now they've opened up, um, you can, you can import, um, from, it's mostly coming
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from Mexico, but you can import it as long as it's in a feed lot in the United States for
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90 days, it can get a, now it can get a USDA grade where before it can only be USDA inspected.
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It could say product of USA and say USDA inspect it.
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But now as long as it's sits in a feed lot, which you don't want anyway, but, um, it can
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get a USDA grade, which could grade out USDA prime, which the grocery store, um, um, you
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know, USDA prime or USDA choice, um, those used to be limited for born, raised and harvested,
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And now as long as, as long as it's in a feed lot for 90 days, um, they can get a USDA grade
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So they keep changing things, uh, that make it less transparent for the consumer.
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Um, so we're actually in the process of now combating that and making sure that we have
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full transparency, even to our customers, um, you know, that born, raised and harvested
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or born, raised, um, and made in America, um, cause some people don't like harvested, but
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Um, but, um, yeah, we're, you know, fighting to take another step to, to make, um, born,
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raised and harvested or born, raised and made in America, a USDA claim that has to be on
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And why is that important for them to be born in the U S it, um, American agriculture
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or agriculture is the backbone of our country and, and, um, farms and ranches are going
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out of business at an alarming rate because they can't, they, I think the average age of
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And these, yes, ranches that have been around for hundreds of years and generational, um,
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we're having to close their doors because they can't keep up.
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Like the price of meat keeps going up and the price that the ranchers get, um, is basically
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Um, this year was a little bit better, uh, honestly, but, uh, cause supply has been low,
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but as a whole, the American ranchers, um, the independent ranches, they can't keep up
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with the big conglomerates of, you know, your, the, the three biggest meat, um, they call
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them the three, the big three, the big packers.
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Um, they just can't keep up with the billions of pounds that get imported over 3 billion
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It's, it's a lot cheaper and it's far inferior to what we raise here.
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Because I'm sure that makes your job a lot harder, especially as they started expanding
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the definition of made in the U S as you said, you're like, now you're having to investigate,
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okay, were these really born in the U S whereas maybe before you could just kind of trust it.
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Um, like how are y'all, how are y'all doing that?
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It just seems like that in and of itself would be a full-time job.
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Putting in the work and I mean, I'm hiring the staff to help do it.
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I have meetings next, I'm flying to, um, Phoenix, Arizona, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
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next week and have meetings looking at all of this and how we're changing and adapting.
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And, and then at the end of the month, I'm going to Kansas to, to, uh, we're, you know,
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we're constantly looking at new supplies, looking at new farms, vetting, um, new things.
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But I think that's when it's important to really like,
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know who you're supporting with your money, like who's running the company and what decisions
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Because yes, it would be so easy for us just to accept the inferior product, the cheaper
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And so even though it is more work, I mean, we care about it.
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I mean, truthfully, like it's, and we keep getting met with, um, as there's supply issues,
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And so, and I, I mean, our price is up, the price of what we buy product up at, uh, right
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Um, I think the last time I looked 180% over two years ago, but our prices haven't went
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Like, um, and, and they just keep going up and our CFO keeps telling me, like, you gotta
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And, uh, but we, you know, we always set out that we want to, like, we want to be able
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to provide an amazing product, transparency, and, uh, you know, that you can trust.
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Um, and we want people to be able to afford it.
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Like we don't want it to have to be a special occasion.
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We want, that's why we, that's why we launched the weekly essential boxes this year.
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Cause we want, um, we know that the grocery store is putting a, a hurt on everyone's wallet.
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It's just, it's, but you know, if you go to the grocery store, you can spend less than,
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And, you know, we, we care about what we put in our body.
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Uh, and, and, you know, we should be, our body's a temple and we should be putting,
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And you're paying for not just the quality, but you're paying for the convenience, which
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I mean, I also have, you know, kids five and under.
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And so not having to go to the grocery store to get my meat, not having to think, I don't
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It's just too much mental energy to be like, okay, how can I tell if this cow was born
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Um, and I wanted to show up on my front door, you're paying for like the packaging, the
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dry ice, all the stuff that is necessary, especially in the heat to get that meat to
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Um, and to have that peace of mind, I think it's, it is, it 100% is worth the extra dollars.
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And I also think that in the end, it does save you money, not just with health because
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But I spend less time at the grocery store because I always have meat there.
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And it's like, if I have nothing else, at least I can cook chicken.
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And so I don't go to the grocery store as much.
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And so I don't spend money on things that I don't need.
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I mean, you can always make more money, but you can't make more time.
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What else do you guys wish people knew about meat in the United States, farming in the United
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Like the, the, um, the other side of the industry.
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Uh, so like your, your, your pitas, the plant-based, um, all of those people, they've done a really
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good job of, of kind of dehumanizing farming in general and taking the face of the farmer,
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the face of the rancher, just away and making you think that there's a cow.
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Um, but cow goes into factory with smoke and out comes a hamburger and like they, they've
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done a really good job of just, of de-educating, uh, the, the consumer.
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And, um, we're so far removed from what it actually takes, uh, to produce food for your
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Uh, there's, there's people that look just like all of us that are working sun up, sun
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down 365 days a year, um, uh, raising animals, raising produce, like doing the things to put
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And, and, uh, that's what I wish, you know, we, we want to, um, you know, we had a grand
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plan going into this year of really telling the story of this as a rancher.
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Um, and then life kind of hit us pretty hard this year with Corley's health.
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Um, and, uh, so that got, that project got put on hold.
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Um, we're, uh, about to pick that up because we want people to really, um, we need to get
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back to understanding what ranching is, what farming is, where your food's coming from,
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because it, it doesn't just appear like cows for example.
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I mean, you know, it's a, it's a two, two and a half year process from birth, uh, to harvest
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And, um, the, the funny thing is what is in factory, what is actually made in factories
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and labs is the plant-based meat, the lab grown meat.
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That's literally legitimately factories trying to produce this food that they, that they
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then, you know, put with lots, like lots of green and make it, try to make it pretty,
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but, um, but yeah, the cows are being raised in pastures outside and, and by actual humans.
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Well, what do y'all think about the lab grown meat?
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I mean, in June, 2023, we have in our notes, uh, the U S food and drug administration granted
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permission for several companies to sell lab grown meat, making America the second country
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I mean, I don't even know, do y'all even know what lab grown meat is?
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They're, I mean, they're just, it's cultured meat.
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They're taking like the, the cells and they're growing them in a Petri dish.
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No, it's slightly different, but it's, it's gross.
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Cause you have to put a bunch of fake stuff in it for it to grow.
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And, um, yeah, they, all of that stuff is really, I mean, it's.
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Who just announced or they're about to restructure for bankruptcy?
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Beyond, uh, I don't know, one of the, one of those, one of them, none of them were being
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And if you're reading the label, like, I just think, I don't even think it's right for them
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You know, I think that in itself is very misleading.
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It's like, if you want to have a black bean burger, it's not my thing, but you can have
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that, but to have, I don't even understand why you would want imitation meat.
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If you're going to eat the vegetable, why try to have something look and taste like meat
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That's something that I've kind of been reading in my ads for a little while now that the meat
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that you guys have are free of these MRNA vaccines.
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And 2022, the USDA approved the use of sequivity, I don't know, an RNA-based vaccine developed
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The vaccine became commercially available on November 1st, 2023, and now with its newfound
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accessibility, there's a possibility that pork products may now be treated with this vaccine.
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Is this something that farmers and ranchers are running into?
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And I want to be really clear because we do get accused sometimes of fear mongering.
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But I will be very vocal on if we don't talk about things, the government will just slide
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That's what's happening now with the grading system of as long as it's 90 days, like nobody
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And so we're never trying to fear monger when we're putting out this information.
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But the MRNA has been being tested for over a decade for animal use in the United States
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And so when this stuff started getting released, we did put out a pledge to not use the MRNA
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And some of the fear mongering that we got accused of with that is because at the time
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it wasn't legal for use, but they were talking about doing it.
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So we came out and said, hey, we're going to draw a line on the sand.
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We're going to not use the MRNA vaccines in our meat.
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And so many people were just like, oh, well, it's not even legal for use.
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But if we don't talk about this, if we don't, and if people don't get loud.
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I think we've all realized as society, and I know you've heard the phrase that strong
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men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times and hard
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And we're really coming, I think we're, I don't know where we're at in that cycle, but
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The end of the good times and the weak men for sure.
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We had really good times and we've had a very weak generation, not going to name who it
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And part of that weakness is just staying silent and thinking that other people, and
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I'll, I'll be the first one to say the church stayed way too silent for way too long on way
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too many issues where we should have been vocal.
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But out of the, out of wanting to show love and be Christ-like, we, we sat back trying to,
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trying to, intentions were good, but we, we stayed way too silent on way too many issues.
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And so for us, like, we're like, no, we're going to talk about this stuff.
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It's not fear-mongering because if we stay silent and just assume that the government's
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But yeah, I mean, if COVID taught us anything, it's that, like, get ahead of it.
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Y'all talked about on the last episode, the last interview, how God really called y'all
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You have, and I think still had slash still have the event planning company, right?
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And so this was a totally kind of foreign world for y'all.
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How have y'all seen God work, especially over the last year or so?
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So in 21, I was first pregnant with our, our fourth baby, barely pregnant, like five,
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They found a mole that they biopsied, came back with melanoma, super scary, especially
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But I still like had so much peace in that time.
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But, you know, going MD Anderson and being pregnant with cancer, they're not like super
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Thankfully, they weren't trying to push me to make any decisions like that, but I could
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We felt comfortable about doing the surgery in the second trimester.
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And so went on, you know, to have a healthy baby 40 weeks.
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But during that time, I mean, they were asking us very hard questions like, are you prepared
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And are you prepared, dad, to not have mom here?
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And it's just you and the three other kids, you know, just all of that stuff just thrown
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But then in January of this year, I felt a swollen lymph node in my groin, which was very
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And so since January, we've been on this healing journey.
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I don't even like to say the word cancer because I just I hate it.
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I never like accepted that or like let it take root in me.
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But since January, we've been on this mission of healing.
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And there's been a lot that's happened since January and June 10.
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But I can say now that I'm healed and there's no evidence of disease.
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I mean, it can be, you know, through the through your business, but also just in your lives
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I think seeing God through this season, through this year, being able to maintain the business
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and maintain everything that we work so hard alongside God to put together like that to
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still remain whenever we're dealing with so much at home like that in itself has just been
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So I think like you said, like they're very much together and seeing him like in both of
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those spaces with us through all of this has been really huge.
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And the ability to honestly, the ability to have a platform to to to testify of God's
00:31:23.100
And, um, I learned this year, I, and I've got, I've been a believer since I was 14.
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And, um, but I learned for the first time this year, truly what having a peace that passes
00:31:36.060
all understanding really is because, um, the part Corley didn't say was, I mean, she was
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I mean, um, the, yeah, between the immunotherapy and the chemotherapy and then it, the tumor
00:31:54.820
got infected, but they didn't know it and they thought it was just a response to the
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And it was just, it was, I mean, she couldn't walk.
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I mean, for, um, uh, it was, it was, it was just devastating to go through that.
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But, but I, that's, and that's when I realized that this is what peace that passes understanding
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is to be going through extremely hard times, but because we have God, like, and he's there
00:32:23.040
with us, like the Holy Spirit is such a comforter.
00:32:25.340
And like, we, as hard as that season was, um, and the business was, we had a, it's like
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the, the parallels between, um, home life and the business was kind of an uncanny.
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Cause in April, when she's bedridden, um, the business basically cracked, like the software
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that, um, that everyone's information is completely safe.
00:32:50.300
Um, uh, we, we changed, uh, um, all of our backend and our servers and, um, all of our technology,
00:32:59.120
we were switching all that to a different platform to be safer, to be better.
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And, and, and, um, but it just completely, it, it, it hurt the business.
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Um, again, this is not about any type of security or people's information.
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Um, but it, uh, it, it really took a hit on, uh, what we were doing in April, um, which
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And so she's like, yeah, like she's in bed, you know, just so sick, um, from the, from
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what we thought was the therapies, but it was actually an infection.
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And, um, and then, uh, you know, we got through that and in early May, we went to, uh, we went
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to do a followup and, I mean, he's like wheeling me into MD Anderson.
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Um, and we go in to see the doctor and then to see the surgeon and the doctor tells us that
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that the, that her cancer laughed at the therapies, that she's had no response, the cancer spreading.
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We're going to have to do this 13 hour surgery and do a full dissection of like all of this
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area into your, you know, and, and we're just like devastated.
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And then we go straight from there to the emergency room.
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And, and, um, and, and then in the emergency room at MD Anderson, they realized that they
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were like, Hey, I think this, this might be an infection.
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And so then they started her, um, uh, on, um, on an antibiotic to like get rid of the infection.
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And we're so thankful that we have a holistic doctor that we also run everything by.
00:34:58.580
And we talked to him, um, a couple of days later and he said, Hey, before you go to do
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He said, because the, you can't tell the difference in a, whatever kind of scan they
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are doing, CT scan, infection and cancer looks very similar.
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So, and so she called her doctor and said they wanted to do another scan.
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And they were like, why do you need to do another scan?
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And we're like, well, but can't infection look the same?
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We know what we're looking like, um, long story short, after the infection got cleared up,
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we went back in for another scan and they go, Oh wow.
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And, um, and so the surgery was a lot less, it was still a big surgery.
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Um, and then I'm so glad that y'all pushed back because I've been in situations, not like
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that, but you're just scared to question the doctors because, and some doctors, I don't
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know about yours, but they make you feel like you can't.
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And so it's easy to just say, okay, if you say so, but I've just heard so many stories
00:36:15.300
And it was that advocacy, the second look, the second opinion that changed the game.
00:36:21.660
And so after the surgery, full biopsy, um, every bit of cancer they removed was completely
00:36:27.940
So she had a complete, she actually did have a response.
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Um, and, uh, yeah, you, if, if we've learned anything this year, it's, we're thankful for
00:36:40.820
We don't, we don't, I don't think they're out to get us, um, but you have to advocate for
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yourself and you have to do your research and, and get a second, get a second and a third opinion
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and, and, and then pray about what decisions you're going to make.
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And, um, because, you know, they, they're, I do believe that they're trying their best, but
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at the same time, we're just a number of lots of other and, and yeah.
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And so I think also you should sift through how much of this is pride.
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Cause I felt like we had a lot of that from my oncologist.
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I feel like she, it was very hard for her to, um, to say, okay, I was wrong, you know,
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And so I did it for her, you know, in a nice loving way.
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I'm like, Hey, like your first plan worked like it did work.
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And she's like, well, maybe, um, so yeah, just understanding the humanity of, of them
00:37:45.340
I love Sherwood kids and I'm so excited that they're partnering for, uh, with relatable
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00:37:58.420
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Sherwood is filled with the kind of stories that we actually want our kids to enjoy.
00:38:30.540
It's presented in a fun and entertaining way and also promotes really good values.
00:38:49.840
Sometimes I do feel like doctors have to be kind of coddled like that.
00:38:58.240
There is a human aspect, but also it seems more so in those kinds of situations, that
00:39:10.180
That is the worst nightmare to leave behind your children and to face that possibility.
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Um, and I know that you mentioned just the peace that passes understanding the Holy spirit
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being a helper, but were there any dark moments, especially during bed rest where you were like
00:39:30.020
just thinking of the worst and how did you get out of that?
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Um, gosh, cause I, I was running fever, like super high fever for so long.
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It's so hard to see someone that you love go through something like that.
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Um, we've, you know, we're on the other side, um, and it is a healing journey and God is good.
00:40:13.400
Um, but you talk about like the, the scary thoughts of like leaving your children behind
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and like dealing with your own mortality and, um, walking through those scenarios is something
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I don't wish on anyone, but it actually did bring to light some idols that I had.
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And one was like, are my children going to be okay without me?
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And yes, they are like, yeah, you know, so that was like a, like a, it sucked, but it
00:40:48.600
was also like a good realization to have because just, you know, as much as I love them, he loves
00:41:00.300
And to have your, you know, for Coralie to be a mom and not be able to hold her newborn,
00:41:05.940
to not be able to put her down for, like I said, newborn, she's two and huge, but, you
00:41:11.740
know, but not to be able to put your two-year-old baby to bed for, and the youngest stay newborn.
00:41:22.580
And, you know, and all four kids are, I mean, they're all young, but the, the youngest
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And she just, you know, and I just, I can't be that for her, like for them.
00:41:34.480
And, you know, again, this was by far the hardest season.
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I mean, I was constantly in prayer, like every moment of every day in prayer, even when I
00:41:46.280
didn't believe, I just remember the story from Mark of the father of the son who's demon
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possessed and, you know, he's asking Jesus for a miracle, heal my son.
00:41:56.120
He's like, I believe, help me with my unbelief.
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So I'm sure people, some people can relate to this.
00:42:10.380
And, you know, she did have fever and like, I think for so long, and there were times where
00:42:15.200
I'm trying to comfort her and like, babe, you're going to be fine.
00:42:18.120
And she's like, don't belittle what I'm going through.
00:42:22.780
It's easy to deal with the marriage stuff and, you know, on your deathbed.
00:42:32.840
But it was, it was, yeah, the hardest thing we've ever had to walk through.
00:42:37.080
And, but I have to tell you, I never, I never fully doubted.
00:42:51.120
And I feel like it, my story is to strengthen other people's faith and encourage them and
00:43:02.240
If you could talk to someone who was going through the same thing, maybe it's the husband,
00:43:07.860
maybe it's the wife, they have kids, they've gotten this diagnosis, whatever it is.
00:43:12.360
What was, what is the one thing that you would want them to know?
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And for whatever reason, I guess, cause I had never faced something like this.
00:43:28.340
It, I never, um, fully believed that I could experience a miracle.
00:43:34.840
Like it would, I always believed it for other people and I'm like, this can happen.
00:43:40.060
But for whatever reason, I just kept that away from me, but just knowing that he loves
00:43:54.020
Um, so my, my, the best thing, the biggest thing I want to share and spread is just hope.
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I'm so thankful y'all are on the other side of it.
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I mean, I remember following along on Instagram, but now I have a lot more detail to what I
00:44:08.480
was reading, but I was just praying for you so much because I haven't been in that situation,
00:44:13.720
but I mean, yes, as a human, but especially as a mom, I mean, I can at least imagine just
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the pain and the fear and all of that, but praise God.
00:44:28.360
That's a little contrast from the meat industry, but.
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So people need to get, um, I did not realize that skin, I thought, uh, skin cancer, that's
00:44:41.900
Like the first, the first time you just kind of have this, people need to get checked.
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If you're not getting checked, go to a dermatologist, get checked.
00:44:49.920
Cause honestly I was, we were at the dermatologist for me.
00:44:53.080
Cause she saw like, I had a cyst on my side and was, and, and she was like, you should get
00:45:00.760
And then, and this was, you know, several years ago.
00:45:04.040
And then at the dermatologist while we were there, um, she, she decided, she was like,
00:45:12.580
And then she's like, I need to take that off and look at it.
00:45:19.240
And, um, so if you don't go to the dermatologist to get checked out, you should.
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Okay, as we wrap, I think that y'all said that you have an announcement, a fun announcement.
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You said you told me what it's not, but it's very early on this announcement, but we'll
00:46:52.560
So we've been working on launching chicken nuggets.
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And this whole meat chicken, so by definition, a nugget is ground up chicken and you really
00:47:09.200
This is whole meat, amazing, same quality, our same chicken that we use for our chicken
00:47:19.440
But we are going to be, every other nugget on the market, if you go look in the ingredients,
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they're either fried in canola oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil, all seed oils.
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We will have the only nugget on the market, not using seed oils.
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We're going to use avocado oil, which is a healthy fat, healthy oil, high smoke point.
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And we're super excited to be able to offer that.
00:47:54.480
That alone is reason to subscribe to Good Ranchers because I've made my own chicken nuggets before
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But like, I also don't want to be feeding, you know, seed oils every time they want chicken
00:48:11.160
It's been a big hurdle because we've been finding somebody to make it.
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We've just had obstacle after obstacle after obstacle of like, nobody does this.
00:48:22.260
And we're like, yeah, but we, you know, we made a decision long ago.
00:48:26.640
We only want to sell what we would feed to our family and what we would feed to our kids.
00:48:31.400
So we like, we actually just got the news that we were able to do it yesterday.
00:48:42.100
It's, you know, I don't want to, it, it should be within the next six weeks to two months.
00:48:49.480
But because when we're like right there, honestly, the oil is where we got held up.
00:48:53.600
And yeah, we had packaging done and everything.
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And then the oil and, but again, such a hurdle.
00:48:59.800
And we were being pushed to just use vegetable oil or just use canola oil.
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And so we just got the green light yesterday to do it.
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The Stucky household is going to have a chicken nugget party.
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We'll make sure our subscribers know first though.
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Thanks for sharing the news and your story and your insight and everything meat related.