Gold Star Alpacas

Gabriella Gold at Orangeville, 2008

About Gold Star Alpacas
Our interest began in 2003, with a visit to a Brantford alpaca farm where we were welcomed to look at everything alpaca farming, had to offer. Skeptical is mild, describing the feeling that Rick had. Because of his Engineering background and a firm upbringing in “show-me” mentality, he had always believed ‘anything that looks too good to be true, probably is’, and he would find it. With question after question being answered and the farm owners polite demeanor and enthusiastic energy, his fears were slowly disappearing. Jerra’s interest, on the other hand, was ‘let’s do it’, from the beginning. She had left the managerial world of retail sales and decided that self-employment was a preferred direction with ‘no boss’ or punch clock to dictate her life-choices.

That first farm visit led to another visit where an energetic farm Manager gave us the Royal tour of a well-established leader in the Ontario organization. Rick’s resistance was weakening to the point of seeing the alpaca business as one worth considering. Jerra’s encouragement for more participation in the organization was ‘bearing fruit’. The visits led to attendance at the 2005 spring show in Orangeville and we’ve never looked back from that point.

This is a viable opportunity for retirement income while doing something that we love.

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!!