Our Mission: Along the years of being Jewel's caretaker, I have always tried to provide the best possible care I could. Being a reformed starved horse Jewel is ruled by her tummy! As my diet and exercise transformed, in order to keep up with and endurance Arabian, I started to take a look at the "nibblies" I was giving her. Some of the exact ingredients I was trying to avoid, I was inadvertently
giving to her. Hmmmm.... Let the cooking begin! I started these recipes ten years ago. As life sometimes does, they got put on the back burner (pun intended). Single mom, large job, bills, football practice and a herd to take care of... dreams on hold. Now ten years later, I walked away from my large, stress filled, going to kill me job to feed my heart and soul as Jewel has always asked me to do. How can you resist those big brown eyes framed in silver lashes! It is our hopes to create a "Nibblie" that is as natural, great tasting and filled with love as possible. Living in a small community it is easy to see and hear the effects of the economy on small business owners. With that in mind, we look for local, organic, suppliers as much as possible. We (my family is now being hoodwinked into this endeavor!) do our very best for limited chemicals, coloring, no preservatives and sustainable conditions as possible. We are always growing and learning on this journey! Our products are hand made and hand packaged. Hence, you will see differentiating color and size. The batches that don't pass, my herd devours! "Mess up on some more mom!"
The long term vision for JAS Essentials is to pay Jewel's gift forward. It is my dream to evolve JAS into a not for profit entity. Profit would then be utilized as donations to youth therapy riding camps and rescue organizations in our local NW. I can't imagine a better way to pay it forward to "The Magical Horse that Came to Stay".
