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You are listening to Look Who's Talking. I am
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Cameron Minter. I am your co -host and the wonderful.
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Thank you. Head Start Director Jessica Coffey
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is your host. What's going on, Jessica? Hi, everyone.
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What you know, what you know, what you know.
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You just came back from a trip, right? I did.
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I went to Mardi Gras. Ooh. Yep. So here's the
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question I have for you. Uh -huh. Did you fly
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or did you drive? Ooh, I flew, Cam. Ooh, you
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are brave. So where did you fly? Like what, airline?
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Yeah. American. Oh, okay. I'm usually a Delta
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person, but I flew American. And why would you
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fly American as opposed to Delta? Well, this
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time, because the flight was cheaper, I went
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for the cheapest flight. And I must say that
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I was holding on tight. I know, right? Yeah.
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I know, right? You take some anointing oil and
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cover the door. All of it, okay? I was praying
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without ceasing, okay? I know. Yeah. Hold up.
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So I didn't tell my parents that I was going.
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Oh, wow. Because being a 42 -year -old, you still
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have to tell your parents. You better. So my
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mom found out. No. Yes, she did. No, not that
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way. Okay, let me go back to the reason I didn't
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tell is because, you know, they always, they
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just worry too much. They're doing the most.
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And my dad would have been like. You know the
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plane's going to fall from the sky because all
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these planes been falling from the sky. So I
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said, you know what? I want peace for this trip.
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I'm not going to tell them. So what I'll do is
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I'll tell my sister. She ratted you out. No,
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she didn't. It was my aunt, my mom's sister.
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So I posted a story, right? And my parents are
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not on Facebook. So my mom. She was over my sisters,
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and she was like, yeah, we haven't heard from
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you. Where you been? And then my nephew said
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anything, so I didn't have to answer, right?
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So we were talking. I was like, okay, I'll let
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y 'all go. Bye. She texted me the next morning
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and said, so where you at? And I said, huh? Then
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I said, oh, I'm in New Orleans. Who told you?
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And I said her sister's name. Why is she going
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to not tell the truth and say, oh, I saw it on
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the news. Girl, no, you didn't. You saw me on
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the news in New Orleans. Right. So then my aunt
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causing was like, I didn't know you didn't tell
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your mom. Listen. Yeah. Yeah. You're right, though.
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You're right. I don't tell my mom. I tell my
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mom after I've landed and back home for a couple
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of days, I'm like, yeah. Because the whole time,
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she's going to do things that she doesn't normally
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do. Like, I call my parents, right? I don't want
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you calling me because then that will worry me.
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I'm calling y 'all. And then she'll do stuff
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when I'm out of town, like text me at 6 in the
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morning and say, y 'all having fun? Right. Girl,
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I am asleep. Cam. Your mother is my mother. Yeah.
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So, but then I said, when she said, where are
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you? I told her where I was. And then I said,
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well, I didn't tell you because I didn't want
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daddy worried. He would have said the plane would
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have fell out the sky. So then she said. Well,
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I ain't going to say nothing. I don't know. Right,
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right. Then I said, thank you, mother. You know,
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hyped her up. Yeah, yeah. It's clear your parents
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don't listen to the show, and I don't know how
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to fix that. I'm going to have to get them on
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the show. Listen, I don't need them listening
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to the show. You know what? I'm going to get
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with Elizabeth, and I'm going to have them call
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in one show. Oh, my God, yes. That sounds like
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a perfect show. Elizabeth, we're going to do
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that. We're going to do that. Okay. No, that
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wouldn't be a good idea. That would be hilarious.
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And I tell you, oh, my God, that would be wonderful.
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I don't think. We should make that a segment.
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I do not see that as being funny at all. Oh,
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God, that's going to be great. The bloopers and
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everything is just going to be great. Oh, that's
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just so wrong. I know, I know. Yeah, I'm concerned
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about getting on the plane right now. I really
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am. You are? Yeah. You know what? I mean, there
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was a little turbulence. Well, there was one
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time we landed, and it was like we bounced pretty
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high. But other than that, I did feel safe. I
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did. Okay. Yeah. The mind is a terrible thing,
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you know. The mind is a terrible thing. I know.
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It'll send you places you ain't even have an
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invite for, you know. Yeah. But you know what?
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When I get on a plane, I just try to go to sleep
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as quick as possible. I knew somebody who was
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so bad they tried to get drunk. And it didn't
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work out. They just needed to do something to
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cool their nerves. I was like, wow, that's a
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lot. It's the morning time and you're tripping.
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Listen, take some Benadryl. Don't get me wrong,
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you're going to be draggy, but I don't know.
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I was good. But you are a travel connoisseur.
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Yeah, I like flying the friendly skies. Yeah,
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yeah. I do. Okay, what's the word? No, not the
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word. What is our Coffie Break for today? Okay.
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I think it's time for a Coffie. It's time. Okay,
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so guys, for today's Coffie Break, I want to
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say there is a past version of you that is so
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proud of how far you have come. What you think
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about that, Ken? That's good. That's good. I
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really like those, you know, those movies and
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shows that have people, you know, running into
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themselves in the future or in the past. You
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know, and just the question always is, what would
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you tell yourself? You know what I'm saying?
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And to be able to say, you know, I'm proud of
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you. Yeah, yeah. And to know that. Where my future
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me is sees things that I still don't understand
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and haven't walked into. And to be able to know
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that, hey, it's all a journey. It's not a sprint.
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It's a marathon. And so, yeah, that's good. I'm
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proud of it. I think, yeah, looking back on my
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old self, let's go back to the 20 -year -old
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self. Don't go too far. I would say, like, continue
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being you because it works for you. Like, don't
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get me wrong. I have evolved. But, well, you
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have experienced my personality. And, you know,
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at some point, like, people try to say, hey,
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you need to calm down. And that's not it. It's
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part of who you are. Yeah. Like, being able to
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evolve and get to know me and my personality,
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good and bad. I think is how I became who I am
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today. Absolutely. There's a part of me, and
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I'm older than you, but as I get older, I don't
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care what other people think. I don't care about,
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you know what I'm saying? I'm so concentrated
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on what God has in store for me and my family
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and just doing that. I don't have time. I don't
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have space to be concerned about. You know, your
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thoughts of me. Yeah. And that's freeing. And
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you know what? Like, stepping into this decade
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of 40s. You're getting there, ain't you? I'm
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42, Cam. You missed a couple of birthdays. Well,
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I mean, you're getting there. Yeah. But what
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I'm saying is you're getting to that point. You
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know the old lady at your church who would tell
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you anything that's on their mind? That type
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of freedom? Yeah. That's coming. I think, yeah,
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I think I'm just. You show his fat. Girl, you
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bigger than me. How you going to talk? I think
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I'm only like an hour away from that. You're
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an hour away from that? I'm only an hour away
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from that right there. That's what I'm saying.
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That freedom, though. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm living
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a free. You're going to fully embrace that part.
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I am living a free life right now. You know,
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in a peaceful life now, I really understand when
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people say it's all about peace for me. We're
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just talking about that, right? When we get home,
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some of our best times is in our bedroom. In
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the house. In the house. Doing nothing. Nathan.
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Maybe watching a little TV. Satisfied. Satisfied.
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I know. I just didn't think that would be. Why
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didn't anybody give me an adult manual that said,
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hey, when you get to this age, this is what you're
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going to like. Right, right. Coming home, getting
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comfortable, and doing nothing. And call it a
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day. Call it a day. What time did you lay down?
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About 8. Right, right. Listen, those are the
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best days. Those are my favorite days. Yeah,
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but you get up way too early. Exercising. I know,
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and I went to the gym this morning at 5 .30.
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Proud of you. I know. Did I tell you I'm down?
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Come on. 15 pounds. Look at that. Look at that.
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You had me walking around looking like the Pillsbury
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Doughman on this show. Don't put it on me. Anyway.
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You did. We should have talked about that, Cam.
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It might have had something to do with what you
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was eating, but. Who's on the show today? I stopped
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working out for like two or three months. Yeah,
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yeah. When it comes to the holiday time, like
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October, November, December, that is. It's over.
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I just, you know, try to gain weight to see if
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I could lose it. Oh, okay. At least this was.
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But guess what? Matter of fact, talking about
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eating and nutrition. Let's talk about it. Today
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on the show, we have Jen Robertson with UK Cooperative
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Extinction. Hi, Jen. Welcome to the show, Jen.
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Thank you all for having me today. Can you get
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us back on track? I mean, because, you know,
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we done went. I don't know. Y 'all talking food
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and exercise and flying. I'm here for all of
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that. Sounds like a good vacation. Yes. So, Jen.
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I don't know if they told you, but my background
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is nutrition and I love everything nutrition,
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food and all of it. So tell us a little bit about
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yourself and how you got into Cooperative Extension.
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OK, so also love food and nutrition. And I originally
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got into nutrition and dietetics because I was
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like, hey, I love eating. Let's figure out how
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this. can benefit our bodies and um also the
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point of exercise as well as you all mentioned
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i also went and did a degree in exercise and
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wellness so i was like let's just marry all of
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those and Proud graduate of Eastern Kentucky
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University. And then this opportunity came open
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with the University of Kentucky with Cooperative
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Extension in the Nutrition Education Program.
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And I was like, let's jump on it. Let's do it.
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I had worked in the realm of employee wellness
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in the past for Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
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and a company called Wellness Coaches USA. And
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that was great and good, but I was ready to focus
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on just the nutrition aspect of it. Here we are
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almost six years later. So y 'all love food for
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a different reason than I do. I just love it
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purely for the fun. For the fun of it. Yeah.
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And that's good too. Yes. Totally. So tell us
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and some of our listeners, what is Cooperative
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Extension? What do you all do? Such a good question.
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And that we get asked a lot. And people are like,
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wait, I didn't know y 'all did all of that. And
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so with Cooperative Extension, it is a branch
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of the USDA. or I should say a partnership between
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the USDA in Kentucky, USDA, the University of
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Kentucky, and Kentucky State University, as well
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as, as y 'all know, we have 120 counties in Kentucky.
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Free state? Yes, the whole state. We cover it
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all. And what we do is we go out and we have
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an office in every county. And again, we have
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that partnership with K -State. And we have agents,
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county extension agents in every county that
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provide research -based education to businesses,
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families within the community, other partners
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in the community to where we can just really
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help to... better Kentucky as a whole and Kentuckians
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and provide them with access to nutrition education.
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Or if it's, you know, they need information about
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beekeeping. We provide that as well with an extension.
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And so within extension, there are four main
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program areas, which are agriculture and natural
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resources, horticulture. Then we have family
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and consumer sciences extension and then 4 -H
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youth development. And, yeah, we just marry all
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of those programs together to really bring a
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holistic approach to the state. So where we can
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provide that education and, like I said, just
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hopefully make families and people and businesses
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and everybody's lives a little bit better. Yeah.
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I love that. I love that aspect. With everything
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that's going on with our eggs and stuff like
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that, we need to get as much. It's funny you
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brought that up because I was going to say, do
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you teach people how to raise chickens and eggs?
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But the agriculture, we definitely need to be
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planting our food. Being able to do something
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with that. But we're going to talk more with
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Jen right after this break. You are listening
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And we're here with Jen Robertson with the Cooperative
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Extinction. So, Jen, I have some questions about
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some questions about just what kind of nutrition
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programming do you all offer? Great question.
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So our program, which is called the Nutrition
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Education Program for Kentucky, is administered
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through the University of Kentucky under the
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Family and Consumer Sciences Branch of Extension.
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And the programs that we offer are pretty vast
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between all the way from pre -K youth all the
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way up to senior citizens, maybe grandparents
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raising their grandchildren. We also offer programming
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to people that are in recovery as well. And it
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is. It's nutrition education where we go in.
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We have approximately 60 program assistants throughout
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the state that go in and teach nutrition education.
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We don't have a program assistant in all 120
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counties, but we do some cross -county programming
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when the need is there. And those program assistants,
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they really go out and they teach. Whether it's
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eating better on a budget, how to read a nutrition
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label, food safety in the kitchen. So whenever
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you are going in and cooking those eggs or you're
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storing those eggs, are we doing it properly?
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Yeah. Because, you know, those things are expensive
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right now, so we can't be wasting no eggs. Don't
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talk about it. Don't talk about it. So we go
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in and we really teach just how can we prepare
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nutritious, healthy meals on a budget and it
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be affordable? And then also, how are we going
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to store those meals? after you've cooked them.
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And just a huge aspect as well is just stretching
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those food dollars. We all can do that these
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days. Right, absolutely. Yeah, so we really focus
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on that and teach our audience. So I should say
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our target audience is those low -income, limited
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-resource families that really need that help
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and could utilize these tools that we have that
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we can bring to them as far as the nutrition
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education aspect of it. Right, so is there a
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fee? that you will have to pay in order to participate?
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Good news, there's no fee. Oh, free. Yeah, we
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love free. Not many things are these days. So
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if you're a participant in our program, you can
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come in free of charge. And we actually like
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to give away what we call our reinforcement items,
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that they are incentive items that actually...
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They're kitchen tools and kitchen gadgets that
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go along with the skills we're teaching in our
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nutrition education. And so that's why we call
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them our reinforcements. They reinforce the lesson.
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But in our minds, we think, okay, well, if we're
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going to teach them how to use a meat thermometer,
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why not give them one so then they can go and
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practice what we've taught them. Right. And then,
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too, just some people don't necessarily have
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that equipment. If it's a colander that you need
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to, you know, drain out those can of green beans
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or your corn to make your recipe. Giving them
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that, giving them mixing bowls that they then
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can go use in their kitchen, and hopefully that
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will help to elicit that positive behavior change
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for them that we have taught throughout our program.
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Right. That's great. I like that. Yeah. Did you
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all do much with recipes and things of that nature?
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Good question. It was on my mind. It's like you
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read my mind here. So we actually have, and they're
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out right now, we do a food and nutrition calendar
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every year. And in that, we have 12 recipes.
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So there's a recipe of the month. And there's
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a cost analysis breakdown of what it'll cost
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you to buy all the ingredients. Yeah. And then
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per serving, what it would cost. And then throughout,
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of course, there's tips from MyPlate and the
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USDA. as far as just tips and tricks on nutrition
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and ways to incorporate healthier foods into
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whatever budget you may have. And then in the
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back of our calendar, there's also recipe cards
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that you can tear out and keep. Because a lot
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of people, they're like, oh, I'm done with this,
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you know, 2025 calendar. But you can have the
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recipe cards that you can then keep, which is
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nice. And we also have, I think we have, gosh,
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a library of over 400 recipes on our public -facing
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website, which is planeatmove .com. And there's
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tons of resources on there that anybody can go
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and access, whether it's growing your own garden.
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whether it is you're wanting to, you know, a
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soup recipe or learning to use a slow cooker.
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If there's some farmer market or not recipes,
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but farmer market tips and tricks on there for
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people that would like to utilize those. So there's
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again, plan, eat, move .com. I love to plug that
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always. Plan, eat, move .com. Plan, eat, move
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.com. So one of the things that I love, and I'm
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not sure if you all do this, but. like a cost
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analysis of going out to eat versus cooking at
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home. Do you all have that type of information?
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So there is actually a tool, an interactive tool
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that we utilize whenever we, I believe it. It's
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within one of our lessons. We have seven lessons
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that we utilize in our programming, and it's
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in one of the lessons. I think it's healthy,
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affordable meals. And there is a breakdown in
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that, an interactive tool that we go through
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with our participants where they can put in their
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family size and then the amount that they already
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spend on groceries a month, and it will tell
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the breakdown of, okay, well, these are all of
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the items that you can purchase going to the
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grocery store versus going out to eat. This is
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what it would cost you. So our participants get
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access to that tool where they can utilize that
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as well. That was a great question. Yeah, it's
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funny. You spend the money, and before you know
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it, if you have something that breaks down how
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much you've gone out to eat. Oh, my gosh, yes.
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Yeah, it's quite telling. Oh, most definitely,
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for sure. But it's important. And the worst part,
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probably the population of families that you
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serve will. eat fast food, which is not, you
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know, helping at all. Right. And you could have
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had a four -course meal. Yeah. Oh, most certainly.
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Healthy, yeah. So that's really good information.
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Definitely so. So what are some of the misconceptions
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that people might come to you and ask about in
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regards to nutrition, food safety? Well, I think
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the biggest one that we often get whenever our
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program assistants are in teaching is what you
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had just said. They feel like they can go out
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to eat and it will be cheaper than buying their
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groceries and preparing their meals. So that
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really is just the whole basis of our, well,
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the biggest basis of our program is to really
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teach them, hey, you can go afford these things.
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Here we've equipped you to read a nutrition label
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to show you we can get this much protein or this
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many, you know, vitamins and minerals from it.
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whether you're trying to limit carbohydrates
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or whatever it may be, we try to equip them with
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those tools because we hear that a lot, that
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they feel like they can just go out and eat and
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buy the whatever junk food that they want. It's
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much cheaper than going and buying a bag of grapes
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or something. And then with children, when I've
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gone with my program assistants and watched them
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teach to a youth group, Head Start being one
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of them in many cases, you'll see those kids
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are like, I've tried that before and I don't.
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like it it's gross i'm not doing it and so we
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always have them do what we call a hello bite
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to see if um just to say we you know at least
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try it put it in your mouth see what it feels
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like see what it tastes like and then if you
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don't like it here's a napkin you can spit it
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out and so there's been so and it's so rewarding
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to hear those kids say oh my gosh i've never
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tried kiwi before and i love this i'm gonna see
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if my mom will buy it for me and it's just it's
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just amazing to see those just revelations that
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they almost have. It's like, oh my gosh, this
24:31
is tasty. I would much rather have this than,
24:34
you know, whether it might be that bag of Skittles
24:37
or licorice. Now, listen, we all like that stuff.
24:39
Don't say it. Don't go too far. But there's always
24:42
a good balance, right? So I think it's just,
24:46
it's great to be able to see those improvements.
24:48
I love seeing like our kids in the classroom
24:51
and parents say, well, they don't eat that at
24:54
home. And then in our classroom, they're trying
24:56
everything. I think it's important for the environment
25:00
to be conducive to, you know, children on their
25:04
level where their friends and their teachers
25:07
are eating and talking about the foods they're
25:10
eating. And at least I love the Hello Bite. That's
25:14
cute. I think one other thing is, too, like there
25:18
are times when my body speaks to me and I'm not
25:21
listening to what it's saying. uh like i'm thirsty
25:25
and i'll drink and i'll drink and i'll drink
25:27
and i'm still thirsty and as soon as i get that
25:30
water then my body is like that's what i wanted
25:34
you know yeah yeah so i think being able to is
25:37
is there some some help in in listening to what
25:42
our bodies is saying that we absolutely need.
25:45
Most certainly, yeah. And you brought up the
25:48
point. So we have in our core lessons for our
25:51
adults, we have a choosing better beverages lesson.
25:54
So I'm glad you brought that up. And then. One
25:57
of our favorite curriculum that we just implemented
26:01
is called Cook Together, Eat Together, Families
26:03
in the Kitchen. Oh, yeah. And the whole concept,
26:07
as you can imagine, is to bring families together,
26:09
to get them cooking, to get the parents and the
26:11
children involved in the kitchen to where, hey,
26:14
you all can make this meal together, and it's
26:16
easy, it's fun to do it, and also it's that bonding
26:19
time, right? We always talk about, hey, let's
26:22
come together for the family meal, sit down at
26:23
the table. Right. Growing up. If we weren't doing
26:26
that and the TV wasn't off, then my dad was going
26:28
to have us. But, you know, now it's like, no,
26:32
let's actually get everybody in the kitchen and
26:34
show them like how to prepare that meal. And
26:36
so I think that's one of my favorite parts about
26:38
our program is just not only having that aspect,
26:42
but then equipping those families as well as
26:45
their children to know, hey, you can do this.
26:48
We're going to give you all those skills to get
26:50
in the kitchen and make it happen so you can
26:52
be a little bit more independent later on in
26:54
life. And I love that that's family bonding time.
26:57
You know, a lot of parents might not think, but
27:00
children will remember things like that. So that's
27:04
what I love. I only remember my mama saying,
27:06
get out the kitchen. Get out. But when I was
27:11
coming up, there was like a home ec and there
27:13
were programs designed to help get them in the
27:17
kitchen. But I can imagine today that. there
27:22
are children that go through our life without
27:23
being in the kitchen period and so when once
27:27
they're at an age of accountability and you know
27:30
taking care of themselves they don't they don't
27:31
have a clue they got to take all these courses
27:34
and things just to figure out how to cook but
27:36
to start at a young age and and encouraging that
27:39
that's that's powerful it is it is and and we
27:43
also you know we start teaching kids with our
27:46
programs generally around fourth or fifth grade
27:49
and then on up of course but knife skills and
27:52
getting them in you know we have adaptive tools
27:54
for kids so we know nobody's taken off any ends
27:57
of their fingers but to help them learn you know
28:00
how to chop and how to prepare and cut meats
28:03
or whatever it may be and utilize laundry yeah
28:06
and utilizing the different cutting boards you
28:09
know so there's no cross -contamination and the
28:11
whole food safety aspect so I feel like we really
28:15
do try to bring it all together and make it an
28:17
all encompassing program. And it's just, it's
28:20
really exciting whenever you can get in and witness
28:22
it in person and live in action. I love it because
28:25
I, I, well, I love food. I love cooking, but
28:29
I also like, I feel like food is a way for me
28:33
to be innovative. Yeah. Like no recipe. I don't
28:37
cook by recipes because I like want to throw
28:40
my own razzle dazzle in it, you know? Oh yeah.
28:43
are some of the things that extension has coming
28:46
up that maybe our families should know about
28:49
and may be able to participate in so the best
28:53
way to know about this and in your in in anybody's
28:58
particular county is to contact their local uh
29:00
extension office um and If you want to contact
29:05
them, give them a call. But then also most of
29:07
them have their own Facebook page. And everybody's
29:09
on social media these days. Oh, really? I didn't
29:11
know that. Yeah. Even us with the Kentucky Nutrition
29:15
Education Program, we have a Facebook page as
29:17
well as an Instagram. And so if you just look
29:20
up UKKYNEP, you can find us. But then again,
29:24
whichever county you may reside in. Each county
29:27
has an extension office, so feel free to reach
29:29
out. You never know if there's a Master Gardener
29:32
group going on, if there is a community garden
29:36
that's happening at the extension office. I mentioned
29:38
beekeeping. That's also a possibility at the
29:41
extension office to get involved. And then we
29:44
had talked about sewing. There's also Master
29:46
and Junior Sewing Club. So there's all sorts
29:48
of things to get involved in at the extension
29:51
office. But then specifically for nutrition education.
29:56
feel free to, like I said, call or. Get on the
29:59
Facebook page. But then also we have our extension
30:02
website to where if somebody wanted to get online
30:05
and just go to our general extension page and
30:07
find their county, they can do that as well at
30:09
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension.
30:12
Now you keep saying beekeeping. What you talking
30:14
about? You're talking about keeping bees on your
30:16
property? I am talking about that. But then several
30:19
of our extension offices have beehives there
30:23
and they'll have a beehive club. And it's just
30:26
it's really fascinating. Yeah. It's fascinating.
30:31
I would love. Oh, we'll do a field trip and put
30:35
you in the suit. Yeah. So you get to be. Yes,
30:39
for sure. Yeah. Yes. I want to see it on film.
30:48
Well, we might have to come record. So we're
30:51
here for it. Yeah. Well, it's been a joy having
30:54
you on the show. I appreciate it. Give us that.
30:58
You said reach your your extension office in
31:02
your county. Yes. So any of your local county
31:05
extension offices, whether you're in Fayette
31:07
County, if you're in Harrison County, whichever
31:09
Lincoln County, whichever one you may be in.
31:12
They have an extension office and you can reach
31:14
out, give them a phone call to see what's going
31:15
on or stop by if you're able to and just see
31:18
what programs are going on. They usually have
31:20
all sorts of pamphlets and free giveaways up
31:22
front that you can take with you. Can they find
31:25
the information on UK extension? Yes. Okay. Yes.
31:29
Perfect. Yes. Most certainly. Well, Jen, thank
31:32
you so, so much for coming and sharing with us.
31:36
I appreciate it. Thank you. You have been listening
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