About Fireweed

Justagigalo Blue Ribbon Fireweed Farm Alpacas is a small breeding operation with Big Ideas! Although we only own a relatively small number of our own alpacas, we have searched out other breeders with proven breeding programs and unquestionable integrity. Acting as the broker for these other small breeders, we typically have a standing herd of between forty-five to seventy-five Pedigreed and Imported Alpacas at any one time. And, if we do not have exactly the alpaca you’re looking for at our Ranch, we probably can find it in the herds of our growing list of past customers. And, by helping our clients sell the production of their own breeding programs, we can help ensure the success of those wonderful people that got started in the alpaca industry through us.

Aragorn Blue Ribbon The Fireweed Farm has been at the forefront of the alpaca industry. We have exceptional, award-winning herdsires and offer an outstanding array of breedings to our clients. In addition, Fireweed first led the way in the Rocky Mountain region and now in North Carolina by offering beginning and continuing education on all aspects of the Alpaca Industry, with classes like the highly successful “ABC – Alpaca Buyers’ Clinic”© , hands-on fiber education, TTeam Training© clinics, and neonatal labs and herd management seminars hosted by Dr. LaRue Johnson of Colorado State University. With such continuing education, as well as pre- and post-sale consultative services, we are committed to our customers’ success.

About Teri Phipps

Teri Phipps is the full-time General Manager of the Ranch. With an undergraduate degree in Recreation and her Masters in Gerontology, Teri has always specialized in conference and special events planning. Teri was the Conference Chair for the AOBA 1996 National Conference and has helped stage and organize the 1995 Denver Symposium on Importation, the 1996 National Fiber Co-op Forum, and the 1997 Mid-Winter Conference.

While in Colorado, Teri trained as a Small Acreage Management Consultant and an Teri Phipps Advisory Board Member for the Weld County Cooperative Extension. Teri organizes or attends dozens of local and regional marketing and community events each year, and, together with her husband David, has had the privilege of being the featured speaker on various industry topics at seminars in California, Wyoming, Colorado, North Carolina, as well as at the September 1997 Canadian AlpacaFest in Red Deer, Canada. The couple has also written a very popular book that is the companion manual for their “Alpaca Buyer’s Clinic: Getting Started with the Building Blocks of the Alpaca Industry. They have hosted a number of other classes at Fireweed Ranch, ranging from an introduction to basic reproductive and herd management to shearing, fecal and parasite clinics. In 2009 they debuted the fiber & shearing festival “Lets Get Naked”© and “Toes to Clothes”©.

About David Schieferstein

David David Schieferstein (a lawyer by day) began working as legal counsel with the Alpaca Registry to help regulate the importation of alpacas coming into this country. David has been involved in pro bono litigation to preserve llama packing in the National Parks and served on the Alpaca Registry Screening Committee Advisory Committee, which developed the import screening and surcharge program in 1995. From 1995 through 1997, he also served as General Counsel for the Alpaca Registry, Inc., where he was an integral part of setting up and administering the Registry’s very successful import screening program, negotiating complete independence of the Registry from the International Lama Registry, and establishing the free-standing non-profit Alpaca Research Foundation to support research into alpaca genetics, fiber and husbandry.

He has also been a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences on industry sales contracts, financial issues and marketing. Although an earlier, and largely unprofitable, career as a professional musician in the Seventies was abandoned due to a severe allergic reaction to disco and polyester, David dreams of reinventing and reviving his musical career as a Jazz player and founder of the fledgling Fireweed Studios. Currently, David is a legal counsel for Altria Corporation and is exploring his musical roots on weekends with a country rock band, Southern Bent.


MENU Pages Home About Alpacas History Farm for Sale Alpacas For Sale Herdsires Breed Contract About Us Southern Bent Vacation Rental Newsletter Fireweed Ads Farm Store Video Links Associations Resources Contact Us Events Admin Login	About Fireweed Fireweed Farm Alpacas is a small breeding operation with Big Ideas! Although we only own a relatively small number of our own alpacas, we have searched out other breeders with proven breeding programs and unquestionable integrity. Acting as the broker for these other small breeders, we typically have a standing herd of between forty-five to seventy-five Pedigreed and Imported Alpacas at any one time. And, if we do not have exactly the alpaca you’re looking for at our Ranch, we probably can find it in the herds of our growing list of past customers. And, by helping our clients sell the production of their own breeding programs, we can help ensure the success of those wonderful people that got started in the alpaca industry through us. The Fireweed Farm has been at the forefront of the alpaca industry. We have exceptional, award-winning herdsires and offer an outstanding array of breedings to our clients. In addition, Fireweed first led the way in the Rocky Mountain region and now in North Carolina by offering beginning and continuing education on all aspects of the Alpaca Industry, with classes like the highly successful “ABC – Alpaca Buyers’ Clinic”© , hands-on fiber education, TTeam Training© clinics, and neonatal labs and herd management seminars hosted by Dr. LaRue Johnson of Colorado State University. With such continuing education, as well as pre- and post-sale consultative services, we are committed to our customers’ success. About Teri Phipps Teri Phipps is the full-time General Manager of the Ranch. With an undergraduate degree in Recreation and her Masters in Gerontology, Teri has always specialized in conference and special events planning. Teri was the Conference Chair for the AOBA 1996 National Conference and has helped stage and organize the 1995 Denver Symposium on Importation, the 1996 National Fiber Co-op Forum, and the 1997 Mid-Winter Conference. While in Colorado, Teri trained as a Small Acreage Management Consultant and an Advisory Board Member for the Weld County Cooperative Extension. Teri organizes or attends dozens of local and regional marketing and community events each year, and, together with her husband David, has had the privilege of being the featured speaker on various industry topics at seminars in California, Wyoming, Colorado, North Carolina, as well as at the September 1997 Canadian AlpacaFest in Red Deer, Canada. The couple has also written a very popular book that is the companion manual for their “Alpaca Buyer’s Clinic: Getting Started with the Building Blocks of the Alpaca Industry. They have hosted a number of other classes at Fireweed Ranch, ranging from an introduction to basic reproductive and herd management to shearing, fecal and parasite clinics. In 2009 they debuted the fiber & shearing festival “Lets Get Naked”© and “Toes to Clothes”©. About David Schieferstein David Schieferstein (a lawyer by day) began working as legal counsel with the Alpaca Registry to help regulate the importation of alpacas coming into this country. David has been involved in pro bono litigation to preserve llama packing in the National Parks and served on the Alpaca Registry Screening Committee Advisory Committee, which developed the import screening and surcharge program in 1995. From 1995 through 1997, he also served as General Counsel for the Alpaca Registry, Inc., where he was an integral part of setting up and administering the Registry’s very successful import screening program, negotiating complete independence of the Registry from the International Lama Registry, and establishing the free-standing non-profit Alpaca Research Foundation to support research into alpaca genetics, fiber and husbandry. He has also been a frequent speaker at regional and national conferences on industry sales contracts, financial issues and marketing. Although an earlier, and largely unprofitable, career as a professional musician in the Seventies was abandoned due to a severe allergic reaction to disco and polyester, David dreams of reinventing and reviving his musical career as a Jazz player and founder of the fledgling Fireweed Studios. Currently, David is a legal counsel for Altria Corporation and is exploring his musical roots on weekends with a country rock band, Southern Bent.
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