| Golden Heartland is first and foremost, a family. It is the result of a dream to “get back to the country” for a farmer boy and hillbilly girl. Bob, grew up in the heartland, on a farm in King City, Missouri. The son of a farmer and oldest of 7 children, he learned all about how to respect the land and animals and care for them. Bob combined his love of people and music to forge a successful 25+ year career as a high school band director. He still conducts community bands, judges competitions and provides clinician services for school bands. In 2007, he joined the staff of a small rural school district as part time band director. He is the resident "farm hand" and CFO for the farm. He's even learning to shear alpacas! Tina, grew up in the Adriondack mountains of New York State. She spent her first 2 years of college in Paul Smith's New York 45 minutes from Lake Placid before heading to New Jersey and the big city! In 1994, she packed up the 2 cats and headed out to a new life in the heartland. Calling the Kansas City metro home was a welcome change. However, she always longed to return to her hillbilly roots without feet of snow and unending winters. She now is busy with her "city job", creating fun crocheted toys, baby clothes, warm blankets and raising 10 year old son, Anthony. Her recent weight loss has led to a second career as a weight loss coach! The farm is her sanctuary at the end of a busy day. How we got here: After more than 20 years in the city, we purchased our little piece of heaven in 2006. A 5+ acre farm in Adrian, Missouri. Of course once we had the land, the animals were quick to follow! It didn't take long before we "moved on up" to a 25 acre place in 2008 but we stayed in our new home town of Adrian. After much research, it was clear that Alpacas were the perfect livestock for us. They were cute and soft, quiet, and best of all… they all poop in the same place! We had heard they were very expensive and only for the rich but we had to see them in person anyway. Once we met our first alpaca there was no question! But how would we afford a $100,000 herd? Was it possible to start our alpaca farm without spending our entire life savings? The answer for us was a resounding YES! We founded an exclusive alpaca boy’s club and Golden Heartland was born. This adventure has been the most rewarding and exciting event of our lives. We would love to share it with you! |
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