<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Autumn Sun Alpacas</title><link>https://farms.alpacabreeders.org</link><description>Integrity & Quality - Keys to Our Success!</description><item><title>Vertical Response Easy Ad tips</title><link>https://farms.alpacabreeders.org/article-list/612</link><description>(as shown originally on <a href="http://www.verticalresponse.com/blog/copywriting-cheat-sheet-how-to-write-for-email-social-media-and-web/" target=blank>VR blog posting</a> and embedded here using their code)

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I find the great in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,-but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.   <b><i>Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-T...</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:28:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Build a Hay Feeder at Home!</title><link>https://farms.alpacabreeders.org/article-list/288</link><description><a style="margin: 12px auto 6px; display: block; font: 14px helvetica,arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;" title="View HayFeeder_040710 on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/29633923/HayFeeder-040710">HayFeeder_040710</a><object width="100%" height="400" keyboardshortcutup="function () {
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1.	Choose something you love to do. It's hard work under the best of circumstances. If you are doing it just for the money, it's unlikely the energy, creativity, and satisfaction necessary for success will be present. 

2.	Create a high quality product. Quality is the single most important element that will differentiate your product from mass produced alternatives. More and more consumers want fresher, better tasting, healthier products than those available ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:23:32 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Links to Some EPD articles!</title><link>https://farms.alpacabreeders.org/article-list/115</link><description><b><font size = +1>
<u>Here are some sites you may want to peruse about EPD information:</u>

a) ARI's daughter site, Alpaca Academy, has posted info at 
<a href="http://www.alpacaacademy.com/articles/EPD">http://www.alpacaacademy.com/articles/EPD</a>

b) Northwest Alpacas library gives an overview at 
<a href="http://www.alpacas.com/AlpacaLibrary/EPDs.aspx">http://www.alpacas.com/AlpacaLibrary/EPDs.aspx</a>

c) Alpacaficionado has a longer article by Northwest Alpacas at 
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