We endeavour to:
- Develop activities beneficial to the alpaca industry through cooperation and participation
- Guide the creation and implementation of strategic plans
- Promote information sharing
- Encourage innovation
- Maintain productive relations with other associations
- Provide a forum for discussion of industry sectors differences
Our objectives:
- To foster and sustain interest in alpacas
- To encourage breeding practices that enhance superior alpaca genetics
- To promote the qualities and merits of both alpaca breeds
- To pool resources, knowledge, and expertise for the maximum benefit of our members
Collective resources:
- Two trained shearers
- Certified fibre sorter
- Multiple years of farming practices
- Nurse Practitioner with years of holistic health practice
- Electrician
- Members with education in genetics and animal husbandry
- Fibre artists, spinners, weavers
- Custom metal fabrication available
- Custom shearing tables and fibre tumblers
- Bookkeeper
- Graphic designer & illustrator