Comments on: 2009 International Year of Natural Fibres http://alpacadero.com/post/2009-international-year-of-natural-fibres/ The life of an alpaca breeder living in the city Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alpacadero http://alpacadero.com/post/2009-international-year-of-natural-fibres/comment-page-1/#comment-272 alpacadero Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:36:07 +0000 http://alpacadero.com/?p=213#comment-272 Thank you for the reminder to support the original people who domesticated and bred camelids for centuries so that we are now able to enjoy and profit from them. Two worthy charities to support include: <a href="http://www.nunoaproject.org" title="The Nuñoa Project" rel="nofollow"><b>The Nuñoa Project</b></a> <a href="http://www.quechuabenefit.org/" title="Quechua Benefit" rel="nofollow"><b>Quechua Benefit</b></a> Thank you for the reminder to support the original people who domesticated and bred camelids for centuries so that we are now able to enjoy and profit from them. Two worthy charities to support include:

The Nuñoa Project

Quechua Benefit

]]> By: alpacadero http://alpacadero.com/post/2009-international-year-of-natural-fibres/comment-page-1/#comment-271 alpacadero Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:26:35 +0000 http://alpacadero.com/?p=213#comment-271 Thank you for the reminder that we should give back to the people who domesticated and raised camelids for centuries that we now enjoy and profit from. Two worthy projects that I would recommend giving support to are: <a href="http://www.nunoaproject.org" rel="nofollow"><strong>The Nuñoa Project</strong></a> <a href="http://www.quechuabenefit.org/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Quechua Benefit</strong></a> Thank you for the reminder that we should give back to the people who domesticated and raised camelids for centuries that we now enjoy and profit from. Two worthy projects that I would recommend giving support to are:

The Nuñoa Project

Quechua Benefit

]]> By: Rolf Barbakken/Knapper Alpakka http://alpacadero.com/post/2009-international-year-of-natural-fibres/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Rolf Barbakken/Knapper Alpakka Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:52:59 +0000 http://alpacadero.com/?p=213#comment-270 Alpaca is truly a magnificent fiber, but also works well in blends with other fibers such as angora or merino. Here in Norway, and I guess in many other countries, we see more and more people moving out of the cities and start small-scale farming with several types of animals and create their own little shops. We should always remember where the alpaca come from, though, and how much these animals mean to them in terms of livelyhood. We now see how the rich part of the world breed better alpacas than they have in Peru, so maybe we can help them keep their livelyhood by sharing our knowledge and bloodlines? Give something back. Alpaca is truly a magnificent fiber, but also works well in blends with other fibers such as angora or merino. Here in Norway, and I guess in many other countries, we see more and more people moving out of the cities and start small-scale farming with several types of animals and create their own little shops.

We should always remember where the alpaca come from, though, and how much these animals mean to them in terms of livelyhood. We now see how the rich part of the world breed better alpacas than they have in Peru, so maybe we can help them keep their livelyhood by sharing our knowledge and bloodlines? Give something back.

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