Les Foshay, Alpaca and Breeders Association Certified Judge
Les lives in Vermont  handling the day to day farm work with the help of his best friend and wife of 17 years, Jenny.  He in turn, helps Jenny run a seasonal Farmstay on their two farm set up. The Foshays have  raised alpaca full time on their over 200 acres for  a decade with the help of  daughters Grace, 15 and Oliva, 11.  When you don’t find him in the show ring Judging Alpacas or showing his own alpacas, you can find him in the rink, where Les formerly coached at the youth level  and the girls play.
 
Les has always viewed life a little differently than the crowd, so when the opportunity came to leave the security of 17 years at a coal fired power plant on the Navajo Reservation, he welcomed it. A conservative entrepreneur at heart, he investigated the opportunity to become an alpaca rancher. When alpaca board equaled his paycheck, after a year or so in the business, the Foshays  moved 30 alpacas back to their roots  to New England  to the current sites of  Champlain Valley Alpacas.  Les is an AOBA certified judge. His animals and 4Hers  have consistently placed at the top in the performance arena and he helped initiate one of the first Alpaca 4-H groups in New England.