WTAP – Margot Justice has a Suri Alpaca farm and bed and breakfast in Little Hocking. She is already writing her second book, a children’s counting book, titled “One Alpaca.” Other authors in attendance were Christian writer Barbara Cozad, local historian

Alpaca farmers offer visits that won’t bite
Daily Oklahoman – Eleven Oklahoma alpaca farms will celebrate national Alpaca Farm Day today and Sunday in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas. Each farm can be visited from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. Oklahomans should come out and enjoy the animals, Robinson said

‘Cancer,’ he said
CNN Money – Cancer,’ he said Running a family alpaca farm is challenging enough, but Sands Bellizi faces an extra complication: terminal cancer.

Evening Star – Zachariah, owned by Jack and Anita Greider of WindSwept Farms Alpacas (Churubusco), won a blue ribbon in the juvenile class and went on to become the Reserve Color Champion of the Light Male Suri Alpacas at the North American Livestock Alpaca show on

Herald-Mail – CLEAR SPRING – A dream come true might be a little strong for Sue Hull, but it’s close really close. The owner of 17 alpacas, Hull had until recently kept the native South American animals as an avocation and parlayed that into her leadership of

Lebanon alpaca ranchers escape L.A. rat race
Lebanon-Express – Rooney said that because alpaca fiber doesn’t contain lanolin, so it doesn’t collect dirt like wool does. There are not enough alpacas in the U.S. to meet the demand for fiber, Rooney said. In addition to its softness, alpaca fiber is hypoallergenic