Alva Review-Courier -

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — For those who want farm-raised meat, it can be a challenge to get unless they happen to own enough property for a pasture or barn. However, some local farmers offer a middle ground between raising animals in the backyard and buying meat off the shelf.

Every spring for the past three years, Sam Jones with the Soldotna Equestrian Association has ridden the ferry with a number of Highlander-cross steers from Kodiak back to the Kenai Peninsula. All summer, the cattle live in a paddock near the rodeo grounds in Soldotna, participating in five rodeos.

In the fall, they go to the...