High Country Wool
Caretaker Trail
Springtime for Colorado shepherds is a busy, busy time! Shearing and health checks must be accomplished before the start of lambing. And once lambing starts, round-the-clock attention is required until the very last ewe bears the very last lamb. The exhaustion gives way to joy as life...
What are Heritage Breed Sheep?
Heritage Breeds are traditional livestock animals that span many species. When you consider the animals our grandparents and great-grandparents raised, they were likely heritage breeds. They were disease resistant, perfectly suited to their environment, and thrived under their local...
Aniroonz Sheep Company
Sitting across the table from Nancy Irlbeck one December at our ANIROONZ Sheep Company corporate Christmas party (which meant the 2 of us in a restaurant eating fresh, hot food, actually sitting, not wearing Carhartts or covered in sheep manure), I asked her the question...
What is a Fibershed?
A Fibershed is geographically-specific territory from which one chooses to source raw textile materials. This growing movement is experiencing traction around the globe as it empowers producers and consumers to challenge textile production patterns...
Swallow Fork Ranch & Caretaker Trail
I first met Angelo and Karen Theos at a Colorado Wool Growers meeting. Their generous manner and inclusive spirit made me feel instantly at home in a crowd of strangers. The next day I met their son, Anthony, and learned about their family business, Theos Swallow Fork Ranch...