Watch us grow... Mark and Debbie Emery began considering the alpaca business towards the end of 2005 and actually started visiting local ranches in February 2006. The plan was to bring the Brookfarm name back to reality ~ the farm name that Mark's grandparents used for the original 33 acres when the thriving egg farm was active and Grand Father raised a few beef and many other animals. We had taken our 11 acres and put it to use over the years for casual farming with Nubian dairy goats, New Zealand Red rabbits, some geese, ducks, chickens; even a “Shoshone the pony”, and Vic a beautiful rhone horse. For years, the chickens remained along with assorted dogs and cats; Lance being the most recent Yellow Lab resident. With Mark's retirement from the fire service, we decided to bring Brookfarm back to a working farm, beginning with Alpacas, and possibly venturing into other products, or fiber animals. After researching AlpacaNation and Calpaca for local ranches, Debbie, daughter Sarah and her friend Tiffany, paid a visit to see an alpaca farm. 3.5 hrs later, the girls headed back home to Oakland, and Debbie back to Glen Ellen, with "the wheels turning". Much research, and several farm visits and a few Alpaca shows later, we started negotiating a contract for our first bred female alpaca and to tell a few family and friends about our new venture. Fencing was minimal on the ranch, and what did exist was in disrepair. So, the monumental task of Ranch set up began. We hope you will enjoy following along to see how things progressed on the Brookfarm Blog. You can see how everything comes together and our first Alpacas arrive in December 2006, as well as our new Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD) Maremma puppy, Contessa di Brookfarm ~ Tessa. Our first crias born in 2006 surprised us with herdsire quality Brookfarm’s P. Rock of Gibraltar, who has gone on to be a Reserve Champion and multiple-award winner. Rocky even began his herdsire career Fall of 2008 and has his several cria on the ground, all stunning and stamped with his same gorgeous fine dense fleece and high frequency crimp. And more new crias arrive throughout each year. We’ve since added two more adult Maremmas, Nicco, who just happens to be Tessa’s littermate, and Maurio, who is the father of Tessa’s 2010 litter of pups. And the 2011 cria crop is just arriving; 2 girls and 2 boys so far; all from our herdsires Rocky, Black Jack, Memento and Legolas -- and more expected throughout the year. Be sure to mark your calendar for the last weekend in September each year to join us for our annual Open House National Alpaca Farm Day, which we improve on each year, is a lot of fun, and enjoyed by many. We now offer yarn and alpaca products directly from the farm, and Schacht Spindle Company spinning wheels, spindles, and looms, from the farm store and from our own online Etsy store and at nearby yarn stores, such as Sonoma Yarn. We expect another litter of Maremma pups this Fall. As you can see, we continue to grow and improve our alpaca offerings. Many thanks.... To all the alpaca breeders who have mentored us along the way, to family and friends for their support, and to you our loyal customers. We look forward to working with you.

Watch us grow...

Mark and Debbie Emery began considering the alpaca business towards the end of 2005 and actually started visiting local ranches in February 2006. The plan was to bring the Brookfarm name back to reality ~ the farm name that Mark's grandparents used for the original 33 acres when the thriving egg farm was active and Grand Father raised a few beef and many other animals.

We had taken our 11 acres and put it to use over the years for casual farming with Nubian dairy goats, New Zealand Red rabbits, some geese, ducks, chickens; even a “Shoshone the pony”, and Vic a beautiful rhone horse. For years, the chickens remained along with assorted dogs and cats; Lance being the most recent Yellow Lab resident.

With Mark's retirement from the fire service, we decided to bring Brookfarm back to a working farm, beginning with Alpacas, and possibly venturing into other products, or fiber animals.

After researching AlpacaNation and Calpaca for local ranches, Debbie, daughter Sarah and her friend Tiffany, paid a visit to see an alpaca farm. 3.5 hrs later, the girls headed back home to Oakland, and Debbie back to Glen Ellen, with "the wheels turning". Much research, and several farm visits and a few Alpaca shows later, we started negotiating a contract for our first bred female alpaca and to tell a few family and friends about our new venture.

Fencing was minimal on the ranch, and what did exist was in disrepair. So, the monumental task of Ranch set up began. We hope you will enjoy following along to see how things progressed on the Brookfarm Blog. You can see how everything comes together and our first Alpacas arrive in December 2006, as well as our new Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD) Maremma puppy, Contessa di Brookfarm ~ Tessa. Our first crias born in 2006 surprised us with herdsire quality Brookfarm’s P. Rock of Gibraltar, who has gone on to be a Reserve Champion and multiple-award winner. Rocky even began his herdsire career Fall of 2008 and has his several cria on the ground, all stunning and stamped with his same gorgeous fine dense fleece and high frequency crimp. And more new crias arrive throughout each year.

We’ve since added two more adult Maremmas, Nicco, who just happens to be Tessa’s littermate, and Maurio, who is the father of Tessa’s 2010 litter of pups. And the 2011 cria crop is just arriving; 2 girls and 2 boys so far; all from our herdsires Rocky, Black Jack, Memento and Legolas -- and more expected throughout the year. Be sure to mark your calendar for the last weekend in September each year to join us for our annual Open House National Alpaca Farm Day, which we improve on each year, is a lot of fun, and enjoyed by many.

We now offer yarn and alpaca products directly from the farm, and Schacht Spindle Company spinning wheels, spindles, and looms, from the farm store and from our own online Etsy store and at nearby yarn stores, such as Sonoma Yarn. We expect another litter of Maremma pups this Fall. As you can see, we continue to grow and improve our alpaca offerings.

Many thanks....

To all the alpaca breeders who have mentored us along the way, to family and friends for their support, and to you our loyal customers.

We look forward to working with you.