The Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA) is giving alpaca breeders something to celebrate this holiday season! Through AOBA’s public relations efforts, a press release was distributed to the media highlighting alpacas as a green business. As a result, Alpacas are being featured as the perfect green livestock on a syndicated television special called “It’s [...]

December 4th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca fashions, Alpaca Industry, alpaca manure, Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, alpacas, Alpacas at Windy Hill, AOBA, Cindy Harris, cria, easy on land, ecologically beneficial business, fleece competition, green, green livestock, It's a Green Christmas, spinning alpaca fiber | Category: Events, Farm Business, Marketing/Sales, alpacas | Leave a comment

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:00 am – 5:00 pmPre Conference Cleveland Trips* 8:00 am – 5:00 pmPre Conference Workshops* 8:00 am – 5:00 pmAlpaca Check-in 8:00 am – 8:00 pmVendor Check-in and Setup 10:00 am – 8:00 pmFleece Show Check-in and Fiber Arts and Skeins Check-in 8:00 am – 6:00 pmRegistration, AOBA Store kiosk and [...]

June 2nd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca info, AOBA, AOBA Conference, Cleveland, National Alpaca Show, World Alpaca Conference | Category: Events | Comments (1)

Emailed to the AOBA membership April 30, 2009: Currently, many claims are made in the marketing of alpaca fiber and fiber products. Terms such as “warmer/stronger than wool”, “soft as cashmere”, “wicking abilities”, non-flammable” and “hypoallergenic” are often used to compare alpaca to other fibers and their products.  To address this AOBA is taking a [...]

May 1st, 2009 | Tags: alpaca fiber, alpaca fiber products, Alpaca Fiber Symposium, alpaca info, alpacas, AOBA, Fashion Design, Gaston College Textile Technology Center, hypoallergenic, North Carolina State University, Student Design Competition, Textile | Category: Business Matters | Comments (2)