There’s a Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote that completely embodies Jenny Sabo.  “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”  That is Jenny in a nut shell.  She is so enthusiastic and passionate about what she does and how’s she’s living that she just wants to share with the whole world!  If you read the previous post by Cherilyn, you will read about Jenny sharing that enthusiasm with her Dirt Days.  When you visit with Jenny, you can see those gears turning in her head, thinking of new ideas and pondering each word.  If someone else is talking, Jenny is listening with wide eyes and she reminds me of the girl in school who can’t wait to answer, arm waving in the air, “Ew – ew – ew”!  You can just see the enthusiasm about to spring forth, wound up like a 10¢ top.  She spreads her enthusiasm among the WOTD like her sweet cream butter on a piece of toast.  We all enjoy every little drop!

Jenny lives just outside Harrison, MT on 500 acres with her husband, Mark, and their 2 sons in a straw bale home that is totally off-grid.  Most of the land is utilized by taking in Angus cow/calf pairs on a management intensive grazing lease.  The rest is utilized for their homestead in their little corner of the world.  Jenny raises milk cows, chickens, bottle lambs, a few pigs and a garden.  Her favorite farm animals are her milk cows, but the saddle horses come in a close second.  She is most passionate about the dairy cows and she enjoys the intimate time she has with them.  The magic food they give her in return helps to keep her enthusiasm level up.  That and the potential to breed them into high-quality, easy-keeping, grass-fed food producers are her main focus.  

Jenny hasn’t always been a country girl.  Up until 10 years ago, she admits she’d never grown as much as a carrot.  She has chosen this lifestyle because she believes in independence from the corporate system and also for the pure joy of sharing this way of life and good health with her children and the community.  Jenny’s mantra has been, “All health and illness is directly related to what we put in our mouths and absorb through our skin.”  She encourages anyone who is interested in springing loose from mainstream food production to read Four Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman, You Can Farm by Joel Salatin and Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon.  There are others, but those are among the top books she recommends.  Other advice Jenny gives is, “Start small and go for it!  Don’t hesitate because you don’t know yet what you will learn.”

Jenny doesn't have email (we're working on that) but she can be reached at 406-685-3248 and will eagerly answer any questions you might have. 

In closing I would like to share three of Jenny’s favorite quotes.

“You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.” Janice Joplin

“The secret to happiness is not in getting more but in wanting less.”  Elaine St. James

“For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”

Albert Camus 

Ruminate on those a bit!

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