Ann Arbor Alpacas is both a business and a lifestyle choice for us. As such, our driving principles are a committment to sustainability, transparency, and quality.

A sustainable business is one based on trust, integrity, and the ability to provide real value-- through both our animals and our support and training. Buying alpacas is a big investment in money and life energy and we want our customers to be armed with full knowledge about all aspects of the alpaca business in general and about our animals and their reproductive potential specifically. That's why there's so much information about both on this Web site. In addition, we understand that we at Ann Arbor Alpacas can only succeed if our customers succeed and we're committed to creating co-marketing opportunities with and for our fellow small breeders and customers.

A sustainable breeding program means constant improvement and introduction of new superior bloodlines. We're breeding for the high-quality, richly-colored, luxury fiber from well conformed animals. Each generation must show improvement over previous generations or we won't breed those animals.

Sustainable farming means that we and our family live on this land with our alpacas and we actively seek ways to allow the land to replenish itself naturally, without the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Our selection of complementary crops also allows us to productively use all of the by-products of our alpaca farming.

We truly love owning alpacas and the rich life that we've been able to launch because of it, and that's well worth sustaining and sharing.