#10 She moved to America and got sick. Not from a virus — from the food. | Samanta "Sammy" Giler, Moosa Nature

Description:Sammy grew up on a farm in Ecuador — stepping on passion fruit, breathing in fresh grass, eating real food straight from the ground. Then she moved to New York. Her body told her something was wrong before her mind caught up.That dissonance became the seed of Moosa Nature — a fruit tea company built around a simple but radical idea: give Americans access to the quality of fruit they've never had. Real fruit. Sourced from the Andes. Dried by hand. No added sugar, no caffeine, no preservatives. And when you finish your cup, you eat the fruit at the bottom.In this episode, Sammy takes us through all of it — growing up surrounded by nature in South America, navigating a cross-border supply chain between Ecuador and Colombia, and the financial realities of building a consumer product company most people didn't know they needed yet. She talks about why she turned down major retail deals, how B2B became her most powerful growth channel, and what it actually costs — personally and financially — to bet on something before the world catches up to it.This one's about fruit. But really, it's about what happens when you refuse to dilute where you came from.Topics covered:Growing up on a farm in Ecuador and the culture of food, family, and slowing downHow getting sick in America became the blueprint for a businessBuilding a supply chain across Ecuador and Colombia — and the mini heart attacks that come with itWhy convenience doesn't have to mean compromising qualityTurning down major retail opportunities to focus on B2B firstThe financial and personal reality of building a consumer product companyWhy one in ten Americans gets the daily fruit intake they actually need — and what Moosa is doing about itConnect with Sammy:moosanature.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanta-ruiz-giler-332a1661/