An PeischelBorn and raised on a livestock (beef, cattle, hogs) and crop (barley, hay, rye, buckwheat) farm, An Peischel lived in Uruguay on a sheepand beef cattle ranch. She received a MS degree in animal sciencefrom Universidad Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grane do Sol, Brazil, and a PhD in range livestock nutrition from Kansas State University.She managed a beef cattle research center in Homer, Alaska, for theUniversity of Alaska-Fairbanks, and taught at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and the University of California-Chico. She served as the goatand sheep extension specialist at Tennessee State University and theUniversity of Tennessee. An has traveled extensively throughout Southand Central America and Africa.She started land enhancement with goats in 1985 and brought the firstKikos into the United States in 1990. Goats Unlimited is still in the landenhancement business thirty-six years later. Read More Read Less