SABO RANCH FIELD DAYJune 19, 2010 11:00AM-4:00pm  303 Pony Rd, Harrison, MT

 PROGRAM:

11:00- Cow Milking and Welcome and Wander

12:00- Tour of Sabo Ranch Cattle (Devon and Jersey) and other Livestock, and Off-Grid Living. 

Tour Topics will include  Off-Grid Living, Heritage & Grassfed Cattle breeding, A2 Milk development, Eating seasonally, Management Intensive Grazing, Redeveloping Locally Grown Food Sources. 

1:00- All Local Food Lunch

(2:00-4:00)- Free Afternoon Classes

- Good Food/Good Health- Eating Local all Year Long

with

Tanda Cook and Sarah Marshall of Clearwater Health

- Family Dairy Animals- Keeping Your Animal Healthy, and Your Milk Clean

with Jenny Sabo, and Dave Scott of Whitehall,

Adults: $15.00 each, Children FREE

Only 80 spaces available,

Reserve your space now- (406)685-3248, saboranch@gmail.com

Much of this event is OUTSIDE, dress accordingly.  Please leave dogs in your car, to keep them safe from protective mother cows.  There will be a safe field for dog walking about 1/4 mile away from the cattle.

Bring your swimsuits and towels, and stop for a relaxing soak at Norris Hot Springs on the way home, just 13 miles south, near the junction of Hwy 287 and Rt 84.

Sabo Jersey cow Cupcake, age 6 or 7, is a small framed (46″ shoulder height), easy keeping, gentle cow.  Cupcake is hand milked once daily, tied to any post we choose, without hobbles or any other restraint.  Her 2009 heifer calf, Cora, pictured here, is Jersey/Dutch Belted (another grass-based, high butterfat dairy breed).  Cora will spend her first month with her mother, 24/7, then gradually less each month as she grows (and drinks more of Cupcake’s milk!), nursing at will and learning proper herd behavior.   Cora will finally be weaned at 9 months old, when we dry up Cupcake in preparation for her next calf, due June 11, 1020.