At Home in Vermont

White Mountain Llamas participated in a Farm to School Day today at the Poultney Elementary School. Ethan Allen and Dust Bunny, two of our angoras went to the school and we brought llama wool, two sets of carders, and home-made drop spindles to show the students how to spin! It was a very successful day with each class spending 15 minutes going to whatever station they chose. Many new children know how to spin today as a result! There were farm animals, food comparisons and tasting, butter making, and much more!

The llamas are residing with Erika near Green Mountain College currently and are having lots of fun in their newest residence hanging out with cows! The llamas are very vocal around the cows and are a riot to watch interacting with these strange new creatures!

As a strong advocate of food security and learning White Mountain Llamas c0-owner, Erika, has been learning and teaching about local, historical food preservation at Green Mountain College. So far workshops that have been done are apple sauce and sauerkraut, milk preservation, meat processing, and animal husbandry.

"Food is the vessel of Life.
Because Life is another name for God,
Food could be called "the vessel of God.
If you truly respect and revere the Spirit
Then shouldn’t the first thing you do
Be to build a shrine within your own body?"

Eiwan IshidaGenmai, (Tokyo: Japan Pub. 1989)
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