Welcome everybody to midday magazine for this Wednesday, November 3rd, 2024. It is not the third. It is November 13th
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Welcome everybody to midday magazine for this November 13th
2024 have your host James day mail-off here. Thanks so much for joining us everybody in part two today
We are looking forward to talking with Kim shields from encourage. She will be joined by Tessa
We'll be speaking with them and just a little bit at 4.30
But right now we have our good friends family really Steven a Katrina in there in from family natural foods
Thanks for being here you two absolutely thanks for having us always appreciate you guys being in and love talking with you
About so many of the great things going on over at the shop. Let's start right there. What's happening?
Yeah, it's wild to think that it's the middle of the month already and
We're amongst the busier season of gift-giving and you know thinking of all sorts of different thanksgiving
Yeah, it's like the column before the storm. Mm-hmm. Yeah
Which is a good reminder to you know think thanksgiving prep and a lot of people I think do thanksgiving
Repairing earlier, but you know we have some great great hard to get ingredients
So you have that friend in that's dairy-free gluten-free and you're like, I don't know. I want to make them a pie
Awesome awesome gluten-free pie
Yeah, we always like we always order a ton of these gluten-free pie crust
And they always seem to sell out yep
So if you know you have a family member or friend who's coming to your thanksgiving who's gluten-free and you want to you want to make the effort to make them a pie
Stop and get one of these pie crust, you know, you put in your freezer. It's in our freezer right now
And it makes making pies a lot easier especially when you're trying to do it gluten-free
So then you just you know you just whip up the ingredients put it in you're good to go
So that's one that we always sell a ton of we sell a lot of like pumpkin
Pumpkin puree
It's organic. Yeah, it's really really nice stuff. We actually sell that year-round basically
But certainly sell the most for a lot of really good root vegetables
And I think of thanksgiving with tons of different like root vegetables or wild rices or you know like
And the root vegetables are our all organic local coming from our our local friends farmer friends and carrots potatoes
Onions yep squash parsnips which are hard to get
Brussels sprouts. I mean all sorts of different routes that you want you want those colors to pop on your thanksgiving table
We're gonna get some fennel in pretty soon. Yeah, we're gonna fennel in today picking it up and
Okay, so later this week we'll have fennel
We have ruchus cranberries. Yeah, we've ruchus cranberries fresh organic cranberries
Pretty much could walk to that marsh from here if you want a long walk
I mean like that's how close cranberries are here in Wisconsin. It's true
But yeah, we've been working with
The ruchus for probably
Well three generations. Yeah, my grandfather used to buy cranberries and then they have the the smallest cranberry marsh in the world
I guess it was at the time and still probably close to that very close to the smallest
But I was thinking of this the last time we were in and we were talking about getting people their turkeys
And how popular those are every year
We do our thanksgiving's pretty traditional what we did last year
We tend to do the the following year and a lot of that and so many of these traditions we are hand down
I encourage people to certainly do the family traditions and a lot of that
But you know every once in a while it's kind of fun to throw something new in there
And so maybe you know, you do your you know usual Thanksgiving
But your pie is a little different the crust is different or maybe the turkey itself is different this year
Change it up a little bit. It's fun. Yeah, there's always fun flavors. Oh, yeah our cousin
Our cousin Kim. She's she's great
She's been like bringing all sorts of really interesting foods to our families Thanksgiving
I think last year she brought something that was like kind of like Mexican food
And I was like this is great and in some ways this is more indigenous than like
Pretty much anything else, right? I mean true. Yeah, and we're like I was like this is a lot of fun
So she yeah, bring some flavor. You know feel free to like experiment with different
You know ethnic foods and stuff. Yeah, we also do sell a lot of ingredients for that. It's not something I thought of talking about today
But if I was talking to Kim my cousin we would be talking to about exactly that
Well, I think a lot of I know a handful of people that are they're Christmas. They're taking it and they're
They're celebrating like what would they be eating in let's say
In Spain and they'll make that more of like a Spanish Christmas and themed foods or Italian and then they theme it with that
So I mean, even if we're not thinking Thanksgiving the next holiday is there are there are other ideas that way
But yeah, it's fun to put a little a little flare or spice into your your dishes is always fun too
So definitely that one we can do that and you're and while you're doing it
You also know that you're supporting our local ag industry our local farmers and our local businesses
You know you're buying local support and local wall also enjoying something different. Yeah, absolutely
And then I want to remind folks
It is the stressful busy season right we have all the things to do on top of all the other normal things that we have to go ahead
I have no idea what you guys are talking about
It's also a little bit tiring this time. Yeah, yeah, it is and we have a presentation that is gonna be on December 3rd
I believe that's a Tuesday at 515 and this one's on stress and fatigue. So we're gonna be talking about
How there are these amazing products that can help you balance your stress in a natural way or
Feeling completely burnt out in your adrenals are just completely like I can't do anymore
I'm so tired and how we can really nourish your body with certain things
And just kind of like some how-tos and I think it's a good time before it gets too busy
But we also know that a lot of us
We don't even realize we're stressed and then we're in it and we're like wow. Yeah, I'm stressed
So these are just some good like
Kind of it's a regroup regroup. Yeah, regroup is a good way for that
Find some some resources and ideas and stuff. So it's one of the nice talk
It's one of the things I appreciate that you guys do of getting ahead of things instead of like hey, I have a cold
I need help with it. It's it will. Let's prevent that. Let's get ahead of that and make it so you don't even have the cold
And this is a similar thing with whether it's you know stress or tension or just energy any the above
You know getting ahead of that until you before you slow down and realize you need it exactly exactly
So that's on gonna be on December 3rd at 515. It's stress and fatigue and all are welcome. Well, definitely be
Probably doing a couple of giveaways too. We typically do that with each presentation and hopefully to get some free samples too
So people can take some stuff home and try it and know what's working for them
Absolutely
And then save the date for January 7th at 515. It's our our Vedic
Medicine presentation and so that one's gonna be talking about India's traditional medicine and how it can apply to you specifically
Stephen's gonna lead that one, which will be awesome. I've done this one before. It's a lot of fun
It's a really very interactive, but personally interactive
Presentation. So it's always a joy to do that one
Yeah, with these presentations
It's a real great opportunity for you out there to be able to not only find out more about these
But be able to ask questions straight up you know talking to a computer you know
Talking to you know waiting on the phone to talk to you through a computer to talk to somebody else or some yeah
You're able to just ask a local right straight up about these things
And and I got to think especially with the India presentation
Stephen that that's one where the questions are gonna be very organic, you know
Watching this happen and seeing this happen. No pun intended with that
You know where you don't think of a question maybe right away
But as you're watching this or talking or hearing Stephen talk about it on his experiences like oh, I'm curious about this
So I'm wondering about this and everything. I know I could talk to you for days about this topic
So I can't imagine our how many questions in our how much curiosity our our community has about it. Yeah, totally
Absolutely
So pets we all love them
But sometimes they like us have some issues. We need to work on with them
And lovely
This month November
We have Terry's pet products are all on sale this month. So all of Terry's pet products are in sale
It's a great time to think about our furry friends that we want to make sure that they're
They're they're feeling good and they're they're you know less anxiety like one of my favorite products
That Terry makes is
Anxial pet and it's really good for when your dog maybe is going to the vet to help with calming relaxing
Maybe they're just anxious often. So you're giving it to them regularly or a couple times a week
Just to kind of for car rides
Fireworks, you know things like that like
Pretty much all dogs have something that kind of gets them a little bit edgy. Yeah, and some dogs like mine
It's kind of like a little more often. He's a sweet rescue dog
But you know, who knows what he went through when he was rescued. So he gets a little excited about things. Yeah
Exactly
Or maybe your dog yes, you know, not some good teeth and he needs some some healthy teeth
Yeah, so this product here is going to help with like kind of balancing like bacteria and just and really
Helping heal and the gums and the teeth in general and that's that's common
Sometimes it's that dogs are eating, you know too many rough things or and that can cause damage
Obviously, but also it's like their diet isn't us of course a port and element
But the healthy team teeth and gums one is a is a newer one from Terry, but a really nice product
Well, in a really useful one every night. I try to tell my Sam did you brush your teeth right did you brush your teeth tonight?
And he lies to me every night
I checked the tooth brush and I'm like you didn't brush your teeth man like I know he doesn't do it every night
I'm just catching. I know
The thing with Terry people don't really and like maybe don't know this about him is he's always been a big dog lover
He's got I think two dogs of his own
And so these products much like is is human health products are kind of born out of a passion and love
For for his animals and a need that he sees in the in the product industry and most well basically all the ingredients used in his pet products
Are this very similar or oftentimes the exact same as the ones used in his human health products?
So these are like up to human level like if I like the taste of liver
I would probably take these is readily as I would the human health ones because I know they're made
To like a human standard or you know higher than a lot of human standard products out there
So this isn't just like it's not like you know a product where they're cutting corners on them this these are for
For pet lovers made by a pet lover. Yeah, yeah, Terry has a dog named Bella and she is a boss. No, not Boston a bernie's mountain dog
So those are big dogs and he and then his grandkids
are really into
Horses and so he also has a pet line specifically for horses. So he's definitely a lover of animals and they're great quality like steam
You want the horse products to get a special order at grisa. We don't care. Those are great. We don't keep those on the on the shelf
But we do sell a lot of the dog and pet products
And they're they're really great and they are all and sailed this month
I think like Katrina mentioned earlier
And that's a great great way to try them out
I think they all come just like all of Terry's products of the money back here and tea. So you could try them out
Yeah, whether it's something very basically stress mobility, you know teeth health
Just in general, there's a whole bunch of different ones. So come check them out great time to get them because they're on sale
I mentioned my fur brother Sammy and I was I was joking about the whole brushing the teeth thing
Of course because you know that dogs need help with that and usually it's treats that they get to help with their teeth and their gums and some of that
Which can also be kind of counterproductive sometimes too
While we mean well, it's not necessarily helping the dog with the thing and my my fur brother Sam
My parents have had him about eight years and he has not spent one second of that relaxed
He is just a neurotic dog. He's just got a lot of anxiety
Similar what you were saying Steven a rescue dog that just you know it hasn't really settled down much but
Such a lover such a a lot of empathy and a lot of giving he has he has a big knot on his elbow right now
We took him in to have it looked at and gave us some things for it and everything
But he can't really use that let that that part of his body and he's still moving
He's still doing everything Sam always does and we're trying to get him not to and relax and everything but he just isn't
And my mom and dad were very at a wits end with this and and frustrated. I told him you know
They love you guys they love family natural food
So hey, we should look into this and see if they have anything and hearing this today is just too kismid
It's just too it lined up too perfectly
And I know that my parents aren't the only ones
I am positive there are other people out there that are looking at their animal and wondering are you okay or
Clearly not doing okay and you take it to the vet and that can do certain things
But they don't always cover everything and and especially the day-to-day stuff, you know
We're prevention, you know, so right a lot of people like to treat you know their animal
Just as good if not better and so people don't often know we have pet products and I like to say some pet experts to at the store
So definitely come in it's a great time to grab these things that are on sale and
You could learn a little bit more about them and how they can help your pet. Mm-hmm. Yeah
I just I know I think this is such a good topic because there are so many people out there that
They're they're looking they want they want to help their pet
They want to make it better and everything they don't know how and and you guys are really giving them an idea
Somewhere to go with that. Yeah, and I shout out to Terry too as well for obviously having this line and and seeing this this need and
With our communities without people. Yeah, absolutely. We're speaking. I was Steven and Katrina hitner from family natural foods
Oh, we can talk a little essential oils now. We are gonna talk a little sensual oils another product that
Product line that happens to be on sale like the pet products
We have pranarome which is a Minnesota-based company, but it's European standards
So that means that they are
phenomenal in Europe. Yeah, you have to get a prescription
Yeah, it's actually a European company, but the
Words based out of in the US like where we order the products from is out of Minnesota
Which is really cool. It's kind of like our neighbors basically
And we've been fortunate to have the like people come from the company and speak at our store
Often because they're they're so close to us
But yeah, they're they're up to it was started by a pharmacist in in Europe
I think it's in northern Europe like Denmark something like that. I can't remember exactly right now, but
They yeah, they they started it and it's based on
It's up to European pharmaceutical standards
So it's much higher standards than any kind of US standards for essential oils
So these have to you know pass a really high criteria. They're all certified organic
So every product from pranarome is using organic essential oils in them and the
And the products are also chemotype tested so they're kind of verified and tested
for for the specific
constituents they want in the oil and to make sure there's no constituents they don't want in the oil
And this is something you really won't find from really any other company out there
And pranarome is just what what's remarkable about that as I say all those things and then people start seeing dollar signs
Because some other essential oil companies especially ones that are sold more directly they tend to be very expensive
But pranaroms essential oils are pretty reasonable like they're you can get most of the different
Individual oils for example for under $10 and they're they're a great value. I mean on sale. They're the remarkably good deal
You know, we also sell the now foods essential oils, which I would say are even more of a value product
But they're not organic in this case. These are all organic. So
Depending on what you're using them for these are these are phenomenal and
What I always tell people is what's fun about essential oils you can stop in and you can smell them
Yeah, you can't do that if you're buying them online or you're doing whatever
So to you know to come in and kind of smell which blend you want
And we have a couple on different ones that work for like stress or
You know mental focus
Actually, we brought one today. So like this, you know like you could smell and say like hey that one really works for me
Or like this other one maybe has too much peppermint I don't like peppermint you know like something like that
You know, it's all kind of subjective so
Yeah, that's that's we always have a lot of fun with that
James is gonna do the the mental focus. I can tell he needs a little
Oh, yeah, definitely squirrel
And you know take a nice breath in and I like to sometimes put a little bit of my hand and
up in there and then
I'm gonna inhale it like having my hands kind of cupped around my nose
That one really like opens up. It's how lots of smells that are very
fresh. Yes. Oh, it smells like a morning. It smells like morning to me. Yeah, it smells more over again
There you go
Better bad. I don't know. It's good. It's good. It's a great smell
You know, I know that I don't want to take us down the rabbit hole with like four minutes left of the show
Everything but when Steven's to mentioning that these are organic and the difference of essential oils between organic ones and not
There really is such a
Especially if you're if you want these for the smell that's great in everything
If you want these for the healing properties that they have for you or whatever those that's a good reason too
But if you really want those effects the organic way is is really the way that's going to
Not only help you find out if it's going to work the best but also find the best smell and all of these
You're you're not getting any
You know um kind of chemical or or you know other products put in there. Yeah, what you're getting what you want
You're getting exactly what you're looking for there. Yeah, absolutely. I'm really simplifying it
What's also really cool about it is some people just don't want to deal with a
Liquid or they don't know how to do it
But they want the health benefits and pranarome came out with a capsule
As well so where there's different ones like immune support which is great because we all need that this time of the year
But it's essential oil with their essential oils in it
They put all the hard work formulating for all of your immune system
This one is awesome for immune system and then they also have one for like I think respiratory as well
I didn't bring that one to look at but um
It's another good one for respiratory or like digestion a lot of people have issues with digestion
I think everybody will after things
Put this at the end of your your things
Maybe the beginning
Everyone will thank you. Yeah stuffing the turkey and this
We know like ginger and peppermint is really good for digestion
But it also has other key ingredients in here
Essential oils that are very good for balancing and just kind of soothing digestive systems
They're very small so it's very easy to swallow. Yeah
Yeah, some of them you could probably even chew to be honest, but the nice thing about them is you can you can just swallow them
And you could chew you could swallow I actually used that sleep one last night. I really like it
It's this sleep and stress relief
I like this formula too because it's actually designed so you could take it during the day for stress relief
Or for sleep
So I don't feel bad like you know, sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night, you know
Three or four or sometimes five in the morning. I'm like why'd like to sleep a little longer. Yeah, but I don't want to be like
I don't want to be like
Rosie and like not be able to get out of bed
Well, this this is a good answer for people like that that are like well
I don't want something that's gonna make it so I can't wake up in the morning. Yeah
Really nice formula. And these are all actually pretty nicely priced. I forget what the price is
$120 for sure
There's nice between 15 and 20 depending on yeah, and there's one for like memory and focus
I think those that's all of them
Yeah, and they're just just like a really great way to get essential oils without
having the liquid and having to taste it because maybe you don't like some of the tastes of the essential oils
But you want the health benefits also maybe you don't feel comfortable being the scientist and being like how much do I take
They already did the hard work for you. They figured out the combinations that work great
They figured out how much to do how much to do of which one and they work really well
They're easy to travel with like Steve and I went into India
I think we took the digestive one and the sleep one and they're so easy because they're these small packs and
Again, you could open it up if if I had like a wound like the one the sleep formula has lavender in there
I wouldn't feel bad like putting it on my wound or something because the lavender is super healing
So that's another multipurpose you can do with them. Katrina was showing
Steven and I the the pills and they are really small
They're they're smaller than your average size, which is really nice
There's virtually nobody who couldn't be able to take them in and there's oh nobody almost nobody out there
That couldn't use at least one of these if not multiple of these products. Yeah
Well, these products are great everything we've talked about is encourage you also to go to their Facebook page
You'll see that they have some November sales going on as well
And that's great way to keep up the data not only that but the different discussions that we talked about today
They're gonna be coming up you can sign up for those and you'll have an alert to remind you of oh, yeah
That's that
Like everything else that happens this time of year where we forget until like two days beforehand
It's great way to keep up on all that as well as buying local and supporting local like we love to do around here
And supporting the people that support this community like our friends at family natural foods appreciate you guys so much
Thanks so much for the time today. Yeah, thank you. We're looking forward to hanging out with you again real soon
You can hang out with them right now
Family natural foods is at 910 West Grand Avenue right here in Wisconsin Rapids. Give them a call seven one five four two three three
One two zero that's four two three thirty one twenty go to their website family natural food calm and again
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Be sure to share their stuff on your page. You just never know who might see it otherwise
Thanks for the time you guys. Yeah, thank you. We'll be back with more and more in the midday magazine here on WFHR locally grown radio
