Guest · Speaker · Food Educator
RanchMamaShanen
Helping busy families make healthy homemade meals simple.
Signature Message“You don’t have to spend Sunday meal prepping to feed your family well. You need a system that runs itself and a freezer stocked with nutrient-dense food straight from your rancher.”
About Shanen
Shanen Ebersole, “RanchMama Shanen,” is a first-generation cattle rancher and co-owner of Ebersole Cattle Company in Kellerton, Iowa, where she and her husband Beau raise Maine-Anjou cattle on regeneratively grazed pastures. For over 25 years she has produced 100% grass-fed and finished beef, delivered rancher-direct to families across the country. Featured on CNN four times and hosted on Nutrition for Christian Women, Working Cows Podcast, Fallon Forum, Around the Nation, and CNN All Over the Map.
Her signature message: you don’t have to spend Sunday meal prepping to feed your family well. What you need is a system that runs itself and a freezer stocked with nutrient-dense food straight from your rancher. She combines an authentic ranch perspective with practical, actionable takeaways that help listeners feel confident feeding their families well.
In Her Own Words
“Feeding your family well isn’t a willpower problem. It’s a system problem. Fix the system and healthy meals happen by default.”
“Healthy homemade meals start before the stove. They start with a rancher you trust, a freezer you’ve stocked, and a system you can run on autopilot.”
“Grandma kept a full pantry. Today’s busy mom needs a full freezer, a simple system, and a rancher she knows by name.”
“Healthy family meals don’t come from meal prep. They come from a simple system and a fully stocked freezer.”
Signature Talk Topics
- I Hate Meal Prep, and I Still Feed My Family Healthy Meals
- Cook Once, Eat Three Different Meals
- Buying a Quarter Beef Without Feeling Overwhelmed
- Knowing Your Rancher, Knowing Your Food
- Healthy Homemade Meals for Busy Families
Great Questions to Ask Me
- 1What is the biggest misconception families have about eating healthy at home?
- 2How did you go from first-generation rancher to feeding families across the country?
- 3What does “know your rancher” actually mean, and why should families care?
- 4Walk us through your cook once, eat three meals system.
- 5What should someone know before buying a quarter, half, or whole beef?
- 6How do you feed three kids healthy meals while running a ranch and a business?
- 7What is one small change a busy family can make this week?
Why Hosts Invite Shanen Back
Warm
Storyteller
Practical
Takeaways
Camera
Ready
Authentic Ranch
Perspective
Connects with
Families
Featured Media
Also featured on Working Cows Podcast, Fallon Forum, Around the Nation, and in regional and national print magazines.
A Gift Before We Record
Before our conversation, I would love to send you a Welcome to the Ranch Family Box so you can taste the beef, meet the ranch, and speak from real experience on air.
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First-generation cattle rancher teaching busy families that healthy meals need a system, not more meal prep.
Shanen Ebersole is a first-generation cattle rancher, wife, and mother of three raising 100% grass-fed beef in Kellerton, Iowa. Known online as RanchMama Shanen, she helps busy families simplify healthy eating with practical systems, warm storytelling, and a rancher’s honest perspective on where good food really comes from.
Shanen Ebersole, RanchMama Shanen, is a first-generation cattle rancher and co-owner of Ebersole Cattle Company in Kellerton, Iowa, where she and her husband Beau raise Maine-Anjou cattle on regeneratively grazed pastures. For over 25 years she has produced 100% grass-fed and finished beef, delivered rancher-direct to families across the country. A wife, mother of three, speaker, and consumer food educator, Shanen has been featured on CNN four times and hosted on podcasts including Nutrition for Christian Women, Working Cows Podcast, Fallon Forum, Around the Nation, and CNN All Over the Map. Her signature message is that healthy eating is not about complicated meal prep, it is about a system that runs itself and a freezer stocked with nutrient-dense food straight from your rancher.
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Available for podcasts, television, panels, and speaking engagements.
Send a Booking Request Shanen@EbersoleCattleCo.com