November 9, 2025 • 14 mins
We spoke with Auntie Cal, Chief Ambassador of Miller Farms, and Adam DeJulius, President of Miller Farms, about the farm's 75th Anniversary, Oma's Pride dog food, and how to donate turkeys to help feed Connecticut towns this Thanksgiving.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Allison Demurs. I have two guests in studio today, Calm Miller,
Chief Ambassador of Miller Farms and Adam de Julius, President
of Miller Foods.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good morning, Good morning Allison.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Thank you for being here today for people who don't
know about Miller Foods and Miller Farms. Very located well
for stuff.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Thank you for having us on this awesome station that
you're doing here for the community, and that's all part
of what we have been for the last seventy five years.
Located in Avon, Connecticut. My parents, Earl and Margaret Oma Miller,
started it in nineteen fifty. Evolved from raising chickens in
(00:42):
the backyard to fourteen thousand turkeys to the real, true
old farm image. My father was a bus driver, my
mother delivered eggs and working farm and it evolved with
government regulations changing we at one point, Alison, can you
imagine fourteen thousand turkeys in your backyard. Yeah, and people
(01:03):
who grew up on a farm and you had to
open gizzards. I was the head gizzard opener. I mine
ad So it was a real family farm and as
changes came about with government regulations. We went USDA for
processing and the history in a few minutes for seventy
five years of a family business. We have our fourth
(01:24):
generation involved now Adam who is president of our company,
and all the family members that we have have worked
and supported our company throughout the years. Evolution had changed
and from USDA we were produced biggest distributor of poultry.
Back in the seventies. We did mass delivery for change
(01:47):
stores and then as a big got bigger, it cut
the whole market industry where they were buying in having
their own warehouses, the costcos, the Sam's Club. And at
the same time, my sister had a sick dog. This
is ninety nine. Things were changing and there were people
were changing their food habits for their pets. And what
(02:08):
ended up happening was her dog, his sister's hardly his
name was kept going to the vet. They lived across
from a lake, hotspots, medication, medication, nothing going on. And
at the same time there was a company out of
Canada that came out with information on let's try to
feed raw and we had people coming in at that time,
(02:31):
and because we had direct contact with the poultry and
the meat suppliers. They would buy bulk meat and bulk
vegetables and so on, but their queas and arts would break.
So we ended up having a big grinder that government
had changed regulations about it that we were not using,
and we started grinding the omas and as a result
(02:55):
working with homeopathic vets over the years and doing show
and just getting accolades. One of the dog's rufus one
Westminster years ago. So people started to get more aware.
You're aware of your health. People are more aware of
what's on the label. And this has evolved into their pets,
(03:15):
who are more family members than their blood family.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yes, yes, I know. I read somewhere a man went
to heaven and when he saw his wife, he was like, oh,
and then he saw his dog and he's.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Like my dog.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Love our kids so much.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, now how about you? What about I've known you
for years I have.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I've had dogs my entire life, all German shepherds. I
just lost a Maltese Yorky. It was a year ago,
round fifteen years old. So when the time is right,
I will do it again. But I'm an animal lover
all kinds, not afraid of anything. I did missions work
in Africa. I was kissing giraffes on the mouth. I'm
just that.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
How was that?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
What was that? Like?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Al they had me put food in my mouth so
the giraffe would come over to take the food out.
And I was just and then I started to freak out.
Oh my gosh, what am I doing. I'm going to
catch something and to get sick like oh. But back
to your seventy fifth anniversary, Happy anniversary, Earl and Margaret
must be looking down going wow, look what they've done,
(04:18):
so almost pride. If you'd like to get raw or
good dog.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Food and natural treats, natural treats, best natural treats. Adam
and you know can explain more on that. But I
see what's happened from a layman's point of view. The
health of the dog you had. German shepherds, a lot
of them have sway backs correct and different nutrition and
what you can eat and helping. And it's again, look
(04:44):
at your label and you'll be able to see what
is in it, what's really in it. And the issue
has been over the years. A lot of the veterinarian
industry they're only educated about five weeks on raw or
nutrition and the other are sponsored by Big Hills and Purina,
(05:04):
and your cat has diabetes, what can I do? Oh
feed this special diet rather than say, look at that
damn label. The first ingredient is salt. What does that
do to the kidneys? Whereas oma's meat and so on.
So you learn about it over the years and you
know it's true, and all of a sudden you see
the results and people can talk talk talk, but when
(05:28):
you see the value, what has happened that makes the
diff difference. And the thing is, like you say with
the Heavens story, you know people do care about They'll
be vegetarians, but they'll feed their dog meat because they
know that they are carnivores and they need that.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
People will go without paying for their medication to feed
their pets. They won't eat themselves, right, Adam, with almost pride,
we have so much to talk about. We have so
much to talk about the turkeys and Connecticut food Share
and everything that you guys are doing. But just with
almost pride for a moment, can we go to Millerfarms
dot Us if you want to find out more about
(06:04):
it or order anything.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
The best place to get almost pride. There's gonna be
really two key places. Right, there's almost pride dot com.
We ship thousands of customers every single month. Think about
it sort of like a butcher box. It's a frozen
box delivered directly to your door, and a number of
folks like to purchase directly.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You can make a custom box.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
It can be specific to you of all sorts of
proteins specific to your animal, either their dietary needs or
your preferences. Right, small packages, large packages, hyper convenient. But
we know there's a whole host of folks who really
want to get into a pet store, right. They want
to browse, they want to engage with folks that can
teach them about products. So we're we participate in what's
called the neighborhood Pet channel. There are about seven thousand
stores throughout the country, about a thousand of them we're
(06:44):
in today, all throughout the country, so you can find
our products in neighborhood pet stores. And then we have
a network of holistic vets and breeders and folks. If
you check out almost pride dot com, there's several ways
to get our food, all sorts of ways to learn
about our product. I highly recommend if you have a
sense of humor, check out almost Pride TikTok or almost
Pride Instagram. We have a ton of fun on there.
(07:06):
We do not take ourselves too seriously, though the food
and food safety is taken very seriously. We try to
have a great time and educate folks as best we can.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
And for those who don't know, it is Omaolma'spride dot com.
You're here today to talk about helping end food insecurity
in Connecticut, and you've been doing it for a very
long time. What would you like to tell me what's
going on?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
So, while most of our business today is based in
pet food, my family's heritage is, as aunt Cal said,
I like to call us accidental turkey farmers. Right, there's
sort of slow migration into what became a core part
of our family's history. So aunt Cal still lives right
on the corner, right in the same piece of property
where we raised all these turkeys. Though like we said,
we process, actually and manufacture all of our pet food there,
(07:50):
turkey still remains part of who we are. Food insecurity
is an enormous issue both throughout the United States and
in Connecticut, and a lot of folks aren't totally.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Aware of that.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Connecticut food share and a network of area food banks,
all sorts of churches, all sorts of folks do a
really good job of trying to attack the problem. And
the way that we try to help is though we
do have our turkeys that you can find in big
wise throughout New England as well as Tolmeato Farms and
Simsbury predominantly, what we do is we raise funds, so
on Millerfarms dot US, folks can click and donate everything
(08:21):
you can donate twenty five dollars all the way up
to We're not going to capy on how much you
can donate if you'd like, but any little bit helps.
And what we are able to do is a we
have scale as a protein purchaser. Right most of our
food it's meat, bones, organs, and vegetables, so we purchase
a ton of protein. We use that scale and our
business to take every single dollar that's donated, we put
(08:44):
it back into protein. So we'll purchase turkey predominantly and
we'll provide that direct to Connecticut Food shair. We'll provide
that direct to Connecticut food banks and other folks that
reach out to us and have a need. Part of
our heritage to give back and to feed the community,
like my great grand parents on one pod did, like
my grandmother Sandy and my aunt aunt Kal did, Like
(09:05):
my mother and my cousins and everyone before me have done.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Is to try to give back and have a positive
impact in our community.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
And any help that folks, whether we have everything from
doctors offices and loftses all the way down to you
know friends of mine that I grew up with that
click the link donate twenty five dollars whatever they can,
and all that adds up to feed a whole bunch
of folks.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Absolutely, and you get this turkey that is to die for.
It's i would say organic, there's nothing chemical in it whatsoever.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
So it's antibiotic free turkey that we actually partner with
a farm now that raises most of the turkeys directly
for us, and they are a multi generation farm and
their stuff is certified humane. It's antibiotic free. It is
the creme delocrome.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
It really is. It's so good. How can employers help
in this mission?
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So there's a couple of different ways that employers can help.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
We know that a lot of companies may have either
a foundation or a mandate or a set of funds
that they wanted to play into communities to have an
impact where they are, so either through we have a
nonprofit that we started a few years ago for those
folks that are looking to make a philanthropic donation. So
that's Miller Farm's Cares. And you can check out that
website and either donate on there or there's a contact
(10:15):
form that will go directly to me and not cal
and we'd love to have a conversation with you. And
we also have a program that my mother started a
few years ago which was employers and we have actually
some throughout the country that may say, hey, I have
especially sort of during the pandemic, where folks have their
staff spread out throughout the country. I may have three hundred,
two hundred, one hundred employees that are either maybe some
(10:38):
of them are in Connecticut, some are in New York,
somewhere in North Carolina.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And what we do for some.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Folks as we say, hey, for seventy five one hundred dollars,
whatever exact package you're looking for, we will actually take
one of our farm fresh turkeys and maybe with a
spice with it and a personalized note, and we'll deliver
it directly to your staff store, so it'll show up
directly to them with a note from you as a
way to show appreciation during the holidays. And what's really
cool about that is a portion of that sale will
(11:03):
actually take some of those funds and it will go
directly towards feeding folks. So not only can you support
you can either support us charitably or you can show
thanks to your staff and also provide something to the
community and maybe just.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
To other people. If you're not an employerer, you could
just send it to a neighbor or as family member.
You've got what a good idea and again that would
be Miller Farms dot Us. If I want to do
something like that, YE love that. What about just accepting donations?
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I say thank you, I say thank you that you
know that people I know are on limited budgets and
some it's a whole scale now and so pat if
you can't give, pass the word please because maybe your
employer does a match or mention. Also, I'm sure there's
they refer to in the elephants out there that you
(11:53):
know have a certain amount that they claim to give
every year. We would appreciate that we could be at
the top of your list for that and when you
eat your Thanksgiving meal, you'll feel good knowing that you
have made a difference. All it takes is at one
thank you. I was over to Habitat for Humanity and
one of the fellows came up to me and it was,
(12:15):
you know, in the summer afterwards, and he says, thank
you for the turkey. You know, you don't have to
hear it. You hear it in your heart giving. But
when you hear it, you can make a difference in
one person, and knowing when you're sitting at the table
that it's one person in your mind, you're saying thank
you to you.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yes, what a blessing.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It is Because we can't do these huge things everybody.
We can't save the world. We can't say, you know,
find a cure for cancer. What can we do? We
can give a smile, we can give hope, and we
can give a turkey. Right.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
I've known you for many, many years and we would
do the little Thanksgiving dinners prior to Thanksgiving and you
would go around the table and say what are you
thankful for? So these people are the real deal. You
are truly Miller Farms.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
We want to keep families Allison for tradition. Throughout the years,
things change, the world changes, but Thanksgiving is about just food, turkey,
whether it's family, friends or friends giving that it's just
about that. There's not the gifts, you know, there's not
the new dresser, new whatever it is. It's really just
(13:30):
the word thank full for Thanksgiving. No politics, no religion. No,
we're not going there, right, So it's that special day
where people can be everybody is everybody.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
My aunt Cal has been seventy five years on the
family property.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
She has given both her.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
And fifty Yeah, i'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
She could probably beat me in an arm wrestle right now,
and then she'd make me a turkey sandwich.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah. But she has spent seventy five years.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
She has dedicated her life towards our business, our employees,
our vendors.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I'm speaking with Auntie Cal, chief ambassador of Miller Farms,
and Adam de Julius, President of Miller Foods. Again. You
can go to almost Pride dot com if you're thinking
about getting any kind of pet food and Millerfarms dot
us if you'd like to make a donation and learn
more about this. Thank you both for being here.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Thank you so much, thank you very much, and Happy
Thanksgiving to everyone.
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Allison Demurs. I have two guests in studio today, Calm Miller,
Chief Ambassador of Miller Farms and Adam de Julius, President
of Miller Foods.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Good morning, Good morning Allison.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Thank you for being here today for people who don't
know about Miller Foods and Miller Farms. Very located well
for stuff.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Thank you for having us on this awesome station that
you're doing here for the community, and that's all part
of what we have been for the last seventy five years.
Located in Avon, Connecticut. My parents, Earl and Margaret Oma Miller,
started it in nineteen fifty. Evolved from raising chickens in
(00:42):
the backyard to fourteen thousand turkeys to the real, true
old farm image. My father was a bus driver, my
mother delivered eggs and working farm and it evolved with
government regulations changing we at one point, Alison, can you
imagine fourteen thousand turkeys in your backyard. Yeah, and people
(01:03):
who grew up on a farm and you had to
open gizzards. I was the head gizzard opener. I mine
ad So it was a real family farm and as
changes came about with government regulations. We went USDA for
processing and the history in a few minutes for seventy
five years of a family business. We have our fourth
(01:24):
generation involved now Adam who is president of our company,
and all the family members that we have have worked
and supported our company throughout the years. Evolution had changed
and from USDA we were produced biggest distributor of poultry.
Back in the seventies. We did mass delivery for change
(01:47):
stores and then as a big got bigger, it cut
the whole market industry where they were buying in having
their own warehouses, the costcos, the Sam's Club. And at
the same time, my sister had a sick dog. This
is ninety nine. Things were changing and there were people
were changing their food habits for their pets. And what
(02:08):
ended up happening was her dog, his sister's hardly his
name was kept going to the vet. They lived across
from a lake, hotspots, medication, medication, nothing going on. And
at the same time there was a company out of
Canada that came out with information on let's try to
feed raw and we had people coming in at that time,
(02:31):
and because we had direct contact with the poultry and
the meat suppliers. They would buy bulk meat and bulk
vegetables and so on, but their queas and arts would break.
So we ended up having a big grinder that government
had changed regulations about it that we were not using,
and we started grinding the omas and as a result
(02:55):
working with homeopathic vets over the years and doing show
and just getting accolades. One of the dog's rufus one
Westminster years ago. So people started to get more aware.
You're aware of your health. People are more aware of
what's on the label. And this has evolved into their pets,
(03:15):
who are more family members than their blood family.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yes, yes, I know. I read somewhere a man went
to heaven and when he saw his wife, he was like, oh,
and then he saw his dog and he's.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Like my dog.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Love our kids so much.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, now how about you? What about I've known you
for years I have.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I've had dogs my entire life, all German shepherds. I
just lost a Maltese Yorky. It was a year ago,
round fifteen years old. So when the time is right,
I will do it again. But I'm an animal lover
all kinds, not afraid of anything. I did missions work
in Africa. I was kissing giraffes on the mouth. I'm
just that.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
How was that?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
What was that? Like?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Al they had me put food in my mouth so
the giraffe would come over to take the food out.
And I was just and then I started to freak out.
Oh my gosh, what am I doing. I'm going to
catch something and to get sick like oh. But back
to your seventy fifth anniversary, Happy anniversary, Earl and Margaret
must be looking down going wow, look what they've done,
(04:18):
so almost pride. If you'd like to get raw or
good dog.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Food and natural treats, natural treats, best natural treats. Adam
and you know can explain more on that. But I
see what's happened from a layman's point of view. The
health of the dog you had. German shepherds, a lot
of them have sway backs correct and different nutrition and
what you can eat and helping. And it's again, look
(04:44):
at your label and you'll be able to see what
is in it, what's really in it. And the issue
has been over the years. A lot of the veterinarian
industry they're only educated about five weeks on raw or
nutrition and the other are sponsored by Big Hills and Purina,
(05:04):
and your cat has diabetes, what can I do? Oh
feed this special diet rather than say, look at that
damn label. The first ingredient is salt. What does that
do to the kidneys? Whereas oma's meat and so on.
So you learn about it over the years and you
know it's true, and all of a sudden you see
the results and people can talk talk talk, but when
(05:28):
you see the value, what has happened that makes the
diff difference. And the thing is, like you say with
the Heavens story, you know people do care about They'll
be vegetarians, but they'll feed their dog meat because they
know that they are carnivores and they need that.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
People will go without paying for their medication to feed
their pets. They won't eat themselves, right, Adam, with almost pride,
we have so much to talk about. We have so
much to talk about the turkeys and Connecticut food Share
and everything that you guys are doing. But just with
almost pride for a moment, can we go to Millerfarms
dot Us if you want to find out more about
(06:04):
it or order anything.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
The best place to get almost pride. There's gonna be
really two key places. Right, there's almost pride dot com.
We ship thousands of customers every single month. Think about
it sort of like a butcher box. It's a frozen
box delivered directly to your door, and a number of
folks like to purchase directly.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
You can make a custom box.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
It can be specific to you of all sorts of
proteins specific to your animal, either their dietary needs or
your preferences. Right, small packages, large packages, hyper convenient. But
we know there's a whole host of folks who really
want to get into a pet store, right. They want
to browse, they want to engage with folks that can
teach them about products. So we're we participate in what's
called the neighborhood Pet channel. There are about seven thousand
stores throughout the country, about a thousand of them we're
(06:44):
in today, all throughout the country, so you can find
our products in neighborhood pet stores. And then we have
a network of holistic vets and breeders and folks. If
you check out almost pride dot com, there's several ways
to get our food, all sorts of ways to learn
about our product. I highly recommend if you have a
sense of humor, check out almost Pride TikTok or almost
Pride Instagram. We have a ton of fun on there.
(07:06):
We do not take ourselves too seriously, though the food
and food safety is taken very seriously. We try to
have a great time and educate folks as best we can.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
And for those who don't know, it is Omaolma'spride dot com.
You're here today to talk about helping end food insecurity
in Connecticut, and you've been doing it for a very
long time. What would you like to tell me what's
going on?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
So, while most of our business today is based in
pet food, my family's heritage is, as aunt Cal said,
I like to call us accidental turkey farmers. Right, there's
sort of slow migration into what became a core part
of our family's history. So aunt Cal still lives right
on the corner, right in the same piece of property
where we raised all these turkeys. Though like we said,
we process, actually and manufacture all of our pet food there,
(07:50):
turkey still remains part of who we are. Food insecurity
is an enormous issue both throughout the United States and
in Connecticut, and a lot of folks aren't totally.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Aware of that.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Connecticut food share and a network of area food banks,
all sorts of churches, all sorts of folks do a
really good job of trying to attack the problem. And
the way that we try to help is though we
do have our turkeys that you can find in big
wise throughout New England as well as Tolmeato Farms and
Simsbury predominantly, what we do is we raise funds, so
on Millerfarms dot US, folks can click and donate everything
(08:21):
you can donate twenty five dollars all the way up
to We're not going to capy on how much you
can donate if you'd like, but any little bit helps.
And what we are able to do is a we
have scale as a protein purchaser. Right most of our
food it's meat, bones, organs, and vegetables, so we purchase
a ton of protein. We use that scale and our
business to take every single dollar that's donated, we put
(08:44):
it back into protein. So we'll purchase turkey predominantly and
we'll provide that direct to Connecticut Food shair. We'll provide
that direct to Connecticut food banks and other folks that
reach out to us and have a need. Part of
our heritage to give back and to feed the community,
like my great grand parents on one pod did, like
my grandmother Sandy and my aunt aunt Kal did, Like
(09:05):
my mother and my cousins and everyone before me have done.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Is to try to give back and have a positive
impact in our community.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
And any help that folks, whether we have everything from
doctors offices and loftses all the way down to you
know friends of mine that I grew up with that
click the link donate twenty five dollars whatever they can,
and all that adds up to feed a whole bunch
of folks.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Absolutely, and you get this turkey that is to die for.
It's i would say organic, there's nothing chemical in it whatsoever.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
So it's antibiotic free turkey that we actually partner with
a farm now that raises most of the turkeys directly
for us, and they are a multi generation farm and
their stuff is certified humane. It's antibiotic free. It is
the creme delocrome.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
It really is. It's so good. How can employers help
in this mission?
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So there's a couple of different ways that employers can help.
Speaker 4 (09:53):
We know that a lot of companies may have either
a foundation or a mandate or a set of funds
that they wanted to play into communities to have an
impact where they are, so either through we have a
nonprofit that we started a few years ago for those
folks that are looking to make a philanthropic donation. So
that's Miller Farm's Cares. And you can check out that
website and either donate on there or there's a contact
(10:15):
form that will go directly to me and not cal
and we'd love to have a conversation with you. And
we also have a program that my mother started a
few years ago which was employers and we have actually
some throughout the country that may say, hey, I have
especially sort of during the pandemic, where folks have their
staff spread out throughout the country. I may have three hundred,
two hundred, one hundred employees that are either maybe some
(10:38):
of them are in Connecticut, some are in New York,
somewhere in North Carolina.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
And what we do for some.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Folks as we say, hey, for seventy five one hundred dollars,
whatever exact package you're looking for, we will actually take
one of our farm fresh turkeys and maybe with a
spice with it and a personalized note, and we'll deliver
it directly to your staff store, so it'll show up
directly to them with a note from you as a
way to show appreciation during the holidays. And what's really
cool about that is a portion of that sale will
(11:03):
actually take some of those funds and it will go
directly towards feeding folks. So not only can you support
you can either support us charitably or you can show
thanks to your staff and also provide something to the
community and maybe just.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
To other people. If you're not an employerer, you could
just send it to a neighbor or as family member.
You've got what a good idea and again that would
be Miller Farms dot Us. If I want to do
something like that, YE love that. What about just accepting donations?
Speaker 2 (11:30):
I say thank you, I say thank you that you
know that people I know are on limited budgets and
some it's a whole scale now and so pat if
you can't give, pass the word please because maybe your
employer does a match or mention. Also, I'm sure there's
they refer to in the elephants out there that you
(11:53):
know have a certain amount that they claim to give
every year. We would appreciate that we could be at
the top of your list for that and when you
eat your Thanksgiving meal, you'll feel good knowing that you
have made a difference. All it takes is at one
thank you. I was over to Habitat for Humanity and
one of the fellows came up to me and it was,
(12:15):
you know, in the summer afterwards, and he says, thank
you for the turkey. You know, you don't have to
hear it. You hear it in your heart giving. But
when you hear it, you can make a difference in
one person, and knowing when you're sitting at the table
that it's one person in your mind, you're saying thank
you to you.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
Yes, what a blessing.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
Huh?
Speaker 2 (12:36):
It is Because we can't do these huge things everybody.
We can't save the world. We can't say, you know,
find a cure for cancer. What can we do? We
can give a smile, we can give hope, and we
can give a turkey. Right.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
I've known you for many, many years and we would
do the little Thanksgiving dinners prior to Thanksgiving and you
would go around the table and say what are you
thankful for? So these people are the real deal. You
are truly Miller Farms.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
We want to keep families Allison for tradition. Throughout the years,
things change, the world changes, but Thanksgiving is about just food, turkey,
whether it's family, friends or friends giving that it's just
about that. There's not the gifts, you know, there's not
the new dresser, new whatever it is. It's really just
(13:30):
the word thank full for Thanksgiving. No politics, no religion. No,
we're not going there, right, So it's that special day
where people can be everybody is everybody.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
My aunt Cal has been seventy five years on the
family property.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
She has given both her.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
And fifty Yeah, i'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (13:57):
She could probably beat me in an arm wrestle right now,
and then she'd make me a turkey sandwich.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Yeah. But she has spent seventy five years.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
She has dedicated her life towards our business, our employees,
our vendors.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I'm speaking with Auntie Cal, chief ambassador of Miller Farms,
and Adam de Julius, President of Miller Foods. Again. You
can go to almost Pride dot com if you're thinking
about getting any kind of pet food and Millerfarms dot
us if you'd like to make a donation and learn
more about this. Thank you both for being here.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Thank you so much, thank you very much, and Happy
Thanksgiving to everyone.
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