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NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. If you raise/breed/own camelids, this organization impacts your herd.

NSAC is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. If you raise/breed/own camelids, this organization impacts your herd.

The ability to transport goods is a key attribute of mobile pastoralism in both contemporary settings and in the past. In mountainous environments, groups of cargo‐bearing animals being led along trail systems was often the principal means of moving food and other goods between communities. An excellent excerpt of a book that explores the ancient and modern implications of mountain trade routes for transporting salt via llama caravans. If you love llama treks, this article/book is worth investigating.