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Meet Marley: The Zappos CEO’s Resident Alpaca
Zappos’ Tony Hsieh loves llamas. But he chose to bring home an alpaca instead.
Important Question: What Sound Does An Alpaca Make?
The pig goes oink, the cow goes moo, the alpaca goes “hmmmmmmmm-SCREE-HAW!”
Farmacy Skin-Care Products Harness Healing Powers of Echinacea
Farmacy, an all-natural line of skin creams, lip balms, and more debuted at Sephora in September.
At This New Jersey Farm, Alpacas Help the Mentally Ill
At Fountain House Farm, members with mental illness recover and gain new skills, find jobs, and make lasting friendships.
Only One Region Has Better Crop Diversity Now Than 34 Years Ago
And it doesn’t make up for downward trending diversity in other regions.
Did Arnold Palmer Singlehandedly Change Peru’s Alpacas Forever?
The golfer may have changed Peru’s alpaca population forever, thanks to his wildly-popular cardigans.
The Definitive Guide to Raising Alpacas
Having gone from boom to bust seven years ago, alpacas are poised to once again take the country by storm. (And is it any wonder?)
Our Guide to Buying Ethical Coffee
Fair trade? Direct trade? Shade grown? Here’s what it all means, and which of it is nonsense. (Spoiler: a lot of it is nonsense.)
How to Make a Medicinal Tincture, Just in Time for Cold & Flu Season
Health enthusiasts happily shell out hundreds of dollars each year for herbal products of every variety, from lavender salt scrubs for the bath to peppermint flea sprays for their pets. Those purchases support the $100 billion global market for herbal supplements and remedies, but a majority of those products—or at least close approximations of them—can be made at home from plants growing in your own garden or collected from a nearby natural area.
