Alpaca Wool Offers a Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Fibers

February 19, 2018

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Tierra Prometida, an alpaca ranch 15 miles west of San Marcos, is home to dozens of alpacas. Alpaca wool is more eco-friendly than synthetic fibers and even other woolly livestock.

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Tierra Prometida Ranch is located 15 miles outside of San Marcos on the Devil’s Backbone, a winding, scenic stretch of rolling hills full of desert plants and juniper trees characteristic of the Texas Hill Country.

 

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Read the complete project here or here by Jiayi Sun, Jennifer Murphy and Julianne Hodges. This project was produced for J362F: Journalism Portfolio during the spring of 2018.
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