Rose Crest Alpacas in the News!
We are very excited about our alpacas and we are excited to share them with you too! Sometimes we have the opportunity to let people know more about these great animals....
Here are a few examples...
Featured along with All Yarns Shop in Aug 2009 issue of Lonsdale News and Review newspaper.
Cover 2-page story for Bluff Country Reader Newspaper distributed throughout Southeastern Minnesota, August 3rd, 2009 edition.
Featured article in the Spring Valley Tribune newspaper in Jan, 2009.
Interviewed by a local radio station regarding the upcoming Alpacas Farm Tour and Open House weekends.
Our 17-yr-old daughter Victoria was honored to be the spokesperson for the Alpacas of MN & National Farm Tour segment on "Showcase Minnesota" in September of 2008. Here is a link to the segment she did:
http://www.showcaseminnesota.com/show/client_article.aspx?storyid=525142
Rose Crest is pleased to be the Alpacas of MN Featured Farm for the months of July & August, 2008.
Sedona Red's photo is in the 2008 Summer National Alpaca Magazine on page 27.
Interviewed by a local radio station regarding an upcoming chamber of commerce business event that Rose Crest participated in - March 2008.
The Winter 2008 Alpacas Magazine has a photo of some of Rose Crest's Alpacas on Page 79. The photo was taken by David Perez during a Photographer's Club tour to our farm last summer.
Raphael's photo and a brief article about our Fall Open Houses for 2007 appeared in a September copy of the Northfield News. We estimate that about 350 people attend our 2 weekends of open houses this year, in spite of the torrential rainfall we received during our September open house weekend. Thanks to all of you for making this another great event!
We are very excited to say that the ad above was designed by our 16 yr old daughter Victoria. It will be displayed in the 2008 American Livestock Directory.
Rose Crest has enjoyed a number of tour groups in 2007 including: Mom's in Touch, New Horizons, Senior groups, and even the MN Valley Photography club! (Check out http://www.dperezphoto.com/rosecrest/index.htm for photos from one of the photographers on his visit to our farm.)
We gave alpaca presentations to two groups of Seniors in 2007.
Interviewed by a local radio station about our farm in February, 2007.
"Life as a Cria" poem, written by our daughter Victoria, published in American Livestock Magazine's Spring 2007 edition.
"Life on a Hobby Farm" article, written by our daughter Victoria, published in American Livestock Magazine's Winter, 2006 edition.
Alpaca photo of Nutmeg, taken by Kathy, wins first place at the Topeka Mid-America Alpaca Show in October, 2006.
Front page cover article on Rose Crest with color photos in Lonsdale News in October, 2006
Alpaca photo taken by Kathy published in the Summer 2006 Alpacas Magazine.