Hello.
We are Steve and Sandy Clemons of Double S Alpaca Farm. We love the Farm Direct Minnesota page and are thankful for its creation. We appreciate that we can do a search and find our needs and support our local farmers and community partners. We have been able to meet fantastic people to do you pick at their farm, and we were contacted almost immediately after joining this page by a farming family that had recently bought a farm near us! It turns out they bought a former alpaca farm and there were alpaca supplies there that we could use!!
We began raising alpaca in 2014 with our initial herd of 13. Neither of us had livestock farming experience at that time but we are both animal lovers. We were lucky to have gone to an alpaca show in Minnesota in 2013 and met wonderful alpaca owners that invited us to their farms to learn how to care for the animals prior to making the decision to own alpacas. When we purchased our first herd we did not even live on a farm! We were blessed by finding the farm of our dreams in October of 2014. We finished our first pasture fence line in the first snowfall that year and brought our initial herd home.
We have continued to improve the quality of our herd through the years. We buy, sell, breed, raise and show our alpacas. We have a wall of show ribbons which includes many blue ribbons and championship ribbons and trophies. We have genetic lines in our herd from across the United States and Canada.
We have a farm store, The Alpaca Shacka, right on our property. We sell raw fiber, yarn, socks, hats, mittens, scarves, dryer balls, and many other alpaca fiber products and alpaca related items. Our store can be open with advance notice for your shopping and gift giving needs. We are involved in vending events throughout many areas of Minnesota in the fall and winter months. Alpaca fiber has many benefits including no irritability to sensitive skin, it is hypo allergenic, it wears like iron, it wicks wetness from your skin, it has a high insulating factor without the bulk.
We have also met a large number of people that were interested in buying our laying hens. This Farm Direct page is so dynamic In getting people in touch with others for their specific need. We were very successful in getting people laying hens for their protein needs! It is a wonderful feeling to help people feed their families!
We lease alpacas to 4H youth and teach them herdsman ship, showmanship and obstacle course for entry into the Isanti County Fair. We are currently in charge of the LAMA project for Isanti County 4H and run the LAMA program at the county fair.
We provide an ongoing mentor program to new alpaca owners to provide them with the knowledge and confidence to be successful on their farms.
We have an open farm policy that, in short, means we allow visitors to come and visit with prior notice. We love showing these beautiful animals to people and educating people on all the benefits of these eco friendly animals and their highly sustainable fiber. We love having people to the farm and invite all for a visit! We only ask that you arrange ahead of time so we can remain socially responsible with visitor numbers in accordance with Covid 19 guidelines.
Feel free to view everything going on at the farm from events to new births at: https://facebook.com/DoubleSAlpaca
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