Not all alpaca yarn and products are created equal. Yes that’s right. Some products will be identified as pure alpaca but you will find it scratchy and rough. Why is that, you say? Well it all has to do with the preparation and batching of the fibre. Let me explain… Preparing alpaca is an art and a science. Having a good quality end product is the result of much learning and years of practice… like anything else that is worth mastering. All producers need a basic knowledge of good fibre preparation, but then can access the skills of a qualified grader/sorter to help in final preparations...

The advantages of buying alpaca products are endless. The quality of natural alpaca fibre and wool used in the product ensures longevity even if worn frequently. In addition to extreme warmth as well as superior softness, you will find that our alpaca products are easy to care and will give you years of enjoyment. Our shearing process is an undeniable factor in the quality of our finished products. We practice a very particular series of steps in the harvest of the alpaca’s fibre which is batched into six different grades based on the animal’s micron count (fineness). Meticulous time is...

Meadowview Alpaca Farm was pleased to participate in Season 5 of the hit show Amazing Race Canada, hosted by Jon Montgomery. Our team worked tirelessly in collaboration with Tourism Sault Ste Marie and the producers of the Amazing Race, bringing everything together. We've beeen presented with many wonderful opportunities over the years, but this opportunity was truly AMAZING! Catherine, the producer of “The Amazing Race Canada,” contacted Meadowview Alpaca Farm in 2017 for an extremely amazing and unique opportunity. While working closely with the Economic Development Corporation of Sault...

The act of naming the alpacas is a unique feature of Meadowview Alpaca Farm. In trying to use the alpaca’s birth mother’s name in the naming process, we are better able to remember who the mother is without constantly having to refer to the detailed breeding records. It is also a good way to communicate with the alpacas who genuinely seem to respond to their names. The focus of Meadowview Alpaca Farm is quality fibre so breeding practices are strictly controlled to take into account genetics and fibre information. In doing so, we are able to enhance the overall micron count (fibre...

An alpaca gift - yes, alpacas give all the time. They give when they perceive a child or an adult is in need of a special moment. I have many stories of alpacas giving. I believe all animals can give, we just have to open to it. Sometimes we are just too busy to be receptive - too many video games, smart phones, smart TV’s distracting us so that, sometimes, we just don’t listen. A little boy, extremely challenged, diagnosed with all the acronyms: ADD, ADHA, anxiety issues, abused in so many ways; life had not been kind to him. He had come to the farm for a visit. We gave the kids their...

I started working at Meadowview Alpaca Farm in July of last year. There were two babies that had already arrived, and right from the start of the summer I really wanted to see a baby on the day it was born. But every time a new baby was born last year, it was on a day when I wasn’t working. I really hoped that my luck would change this year, and that I would be able to see a baby on the day it was born, or even the day after. So, you can imagine how exciting it was to hear that Stardust was in labour and I could go down to the field to not only see a baby on the day it was born, but to...

Naked as the day they were born. It is that time of year when alpacas are liberated from their winter coats. If you ask an alpaca if he is happy to be relieved of his coat, he might say “NO”. When I ask Georgie, he tells me he likes his coast as he has grown attached to it. As a farmer, the alpaca coat is actually our harvest, our way of making a few dollars. To an alpaca, removing the winter coat is a way of keeping cool during the summer. So actually, it works for both of us. If an animal is not shorn, he could actually dies of heat stress. We call shearing day “a day at the spa”. We...