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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SuriPaco Farm is delighted to announce it has sold the textile and yarn production aspect of its business to the Saco River Dyehouse, a medium sized skein dyeing and textile operation located in Biddeford, Maine. Approved under the Global Organic Textile Standards, the Dyehouse is currently the only organically certified U.S. yarn dyeing operation. Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saco River Dyehouse/Paternayan and TNNA Long Beach, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my prior blog I stated the dye house was up and running in 2013 but meant 2012&#8211;thanks to you that picked up the error. Claudia, Donna Joseph and I just returned from the 3 day TNNA show in Long Beach where we displayed 21 colors of Paternayan yarn we produced. We felt the yarn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paternayan Yarn Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, 2013, we completed set-up of Saco River Dyehouse in building 17 of the Pepperell Mill Complex in Biddeford, ME. We have been dyeing skeins of yarn for the past 4 weeks under the supervision of Mr. Don Morton, the dye master from JCA. Working closely with Mr. Morton during a 4 month period [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpaca Fiber and the Building of a Textile Hub!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, July 5, 2012 &#8211; SuriPaco&#8217;s Dyehouse Report! The SacoRiver Dyehouse So the natural fiber story in Maine continues. We hope you will keep following the &#8220;drama&#8221; of relocating a mid-size dyehouse from Massachusetts to Biddeford, Maine. Just to give you a sense of what this feels like &#8211; see today&#8217;s picture! We met last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rebirth of a Mid-size Dyeing Operation &#8211; Saco River Dyehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SuriPaco LLC along with Pam Allen of Quince and Co. and Nick Burnett have teamed up to form Maine Textiles International, LLC. Maine Textiles Int.recently completed the purchase of the JCA dye house in Pepperell, MA. The JCA dye house had been in operation for the past 30 years, specializing in skein dyeing of natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suri Paco visits North Carolina Production Facilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 1, 2012 Last Tuesday, Claudia and Ken left for Atlanta where, on Wednesday, Claudia (an AOBA Board Member) participated in a combined AOBA/ARI board discussion re strategic direction. Stay tuned as the two organizations continue to work on industry planning. Thursday, following the AOBA/ARI meeting, we drove up to Weaverville, NC to visit Echo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The story of a USDA grant &#8211; Phase 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning to the Alpaca World Suri Paco is now moving fast and furious to master the art of managing a USDA Value Added Grant. Last month we were thrilled to receive the notice that the funding was available to start working on a collaboration model for Maine farms to produce alpaca end products. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A sunset note on ITMA 2011 and Alpaca United</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As ITMA wraps up and we move on to other fiber discussions,  here is a concluding discussion from one of Alpaca United&#8217;s representatives.  My sense is that the AU team &#8211; Nick, Liz and Robyn &#8211; (along with our new friend Brian from North Carolina State, College of Textiles) &#8211; moved the discussion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpaca United and ITMA, 2011 &#8211; CEO Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; CEO Musings, Monday September 26th ITMA &#8211; 2011 &#8211; Barcelona  Another excellent day, dozens of visitors with at least 9 qualified leads (inquiries) for U.S. fiber and/or yarn. The &#8220;team&#8221; attended the North Carolina State, College of Textiles Reception this evening, certainly a key place to be if you are a US Company! We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpaca United &#8211; A Progress Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpaca United , September 2011,  a message from Claudia Remember November 19, 2010, Nashville and Build A Tent? Today &#8211; less than 10 months later BAT is Alpaca United!  So where are we? With more than 600 investors from across the country; a CEO, and an engaged Board of Directors, AU is making it&#8217;s mark!  [...]]]></description>
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