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Information about Alpacas and farming is becoming more widely
available on the Internet. The following web sites provide a great deal
of practical information about alpacas, farming, sustainable
agriculture and other relevant subjects.
On-line Information Sources for Alpaca Owners and Breeders
We have found the following on-line sources to provide sound
practical information for existing or prospective alpaca breeders and
owners. If you are aware of additional resources that would be
appropriate for these listings, please contact us.
- Oregon Small Farms is full of information, including marketing, pasture management, livestock production and more.
- Acreage and Small Farm Insights, sponsored by the University of Nebraska, has a huge amount of information for small farmers.
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service,
(CSREES), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
provides information and links to information about small farms,
including government grants and funding opportunities.
- Organic Farming Research Foundation,
a non-profit whose mission is to sponsor research related to organic
farming practices, to disseminate research results to organic farmers
and to growers interested in adopting organic production systems, and
to educate the public and decision-makers about organic farming issues.
- Sustainable Farming
Connection, offering ways to increase profits from a farm while building healthy soil and protecting the environment.
- National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, offering news, funding sources and a great deal of useful information.
- University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, is a storehouse of information about the cooperative movement in agriculture.
If you find that any of these links are no longer active we would appreciate it if you let us know.
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