About Us
Our farm sprouted slowly and grew over time…
we began in upstate NY with aspirations to have our family life enriched by farming, and a goal toward sustainable agriculture. We knew that the lifestyle we wanted to pursue would be full of sweat, dirt, and hard work; but it would also connect us with what is important—God, each other, and the land around us. After a great deal of research, education/training, and mentorship with another alpaca farm, we obtained our first 3 alpacas in early 2020. Mesmerized with the beauty of the Appalachian Mountains, we relocated to Oil Springs, KY in July of 2020. Since then, we’ve grown our herd to 12 with more to come!
Instead of only reaping the benefits of natural resources that the environment provides us, we work toward an ecological balance with our environment. We’ve made conscious choices toward sustainability on our farm; starting with farming alpacas!
Alpacas have a smaller physical impact on their environment because they require less feed and water than other livestock of the same size; have soft padded feet and graze without pulling plants up from the roots which prevents erosion; and processing of their fiber uses less water and no “super washing” chemicals unlike their wool counterparts because they don’t produce lanolin oil. Alpacas also produce fine quality, long lasting, and completely biodegradable fiber to make textiles. When you consider that the EPA has reported that Americans generate 16 million tons of textile waste a year (over a 6th of total municipal waste), natural fibers just make sense! They also have a positive impact by providing high quality manure that is rich in phosphorous, nitrogen, potassium, and micronutrients that give back to the soil. And their fiber is a favorite nesting material of birds.
In addition to our Alpacas, we have a small apiary which produces quality honey and wax right on our farm! The bees work busily making honey, while helping both our gardens and local native plants! We plant perennials (like our lavender) that are naturally deer resistant to ensure they have a consistent supply of pollen every year. We plan to work on a larger lavender crop in the future to enrich our honey with it’s fragrant and delicious pollen, as well as have more lavender products available to our customers.
Our farm is also home to a few chickens that help enrich our compost with nitrogen for our sunflowers! The chickens provide our family eggs and they keep down our tick population while aerating the soil. And our sunflowers are just one of our crops that help pollinators and birds—like many of our plants, we harvest seeds and continue to reuse what we already have, which reduces the need for packaging and shipping. Though it’s a small reduction, its one step forward.
We also look at ways to reduce our carbon footprint when creating our farm infrastructure. We have already implemented the use of solar electric net fencing for moveable paddocks in addition to our permanent fencing; installed solar powered lights in our barn; and utilize a solar powered generator for power needed for heated buckets or other energy needs while working in our fields. We even have a solar powered door on our chicken coop!
We know that our goals toward sustainability are always evolving and improving as we continue to grow our farm. Some things aren’t perfect, but we work toward each day with a purpose, and practice our responsibility to the world we have been given.
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