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Alpacas Then, she recalled a conversation with a woman who had an alpaca farm in the community. “Why not raise alpacas?” she asked her husband. He agreed! It took the couple a few years to BY CHERYL DENNISON PHOTOS PROVIDED BY REBECCA FOWLER Sweet, Gentle & Curious

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E ver since she was a little girl, Rebecca Fowler wanted to own a farm. In 2011, her wish came true. She and her husband, Derek Fowler, bought a foreclosed farm on ten acres located on S. Duck Lake Road in Highland, MI. Since the property included a stable, Fowler knew she could raise animals on the farm. She thought about raising horses, which is a lot of work and the business of boarding them was quite a process. OASIS ACRES ALPACAS OF HIGHLAND

get the property in order and after purchasing some top-quality alpaca bloodlines, Oasis Acres Alpaca Farm became a reality.They started out with three alpacas, “and then, a baby popped out!” Fowler exclaims. The baby, named Conopa, is now nine years old and still lives on the farm. “She has produced some of my most beautiful alpacas,” the farm owner shares. In August 2019, Oasis Acres ex panded by adding a farm store. “Derek

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