About Us
Our Story:
Golden Heartland 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.
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 job as an Assistant City
Administrator creating fun crocheted toys and warm blankets as well as raising her 10
year old son, Anthony. 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, didn’t take up much room 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.
Since then we have added 12 alpacas, 1 llama,3 great pyrenees, 2 collies, 3 cats,1
puppy and countless rabbits to our new home!
This adventure has been the most rewarding and exciting event of our lives. We
would love to share it with you!
Golden Heartland 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.
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 job as an Assistant City
Administrator creating fun crocheted toys and warm blankets as well as raising her 10
year old son, Anthony. 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, didn’t take up much room 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.
Since then we have added 12 alpacas, 1 llama,3 great pyrenees, 2 collies, 3 cats,1
puppy and countless rabbits to our new home!
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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- We raise only male alpacas
- We do not breed alpacas on our
farm
- We do not show our alpacas
- We are committed to maintaining
a natural, stress reduced
environment for our alpacas