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# I am a Musk Ox Farmer
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/indie-alaska-i-am-musk-ox-farmer/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:25:27.000Z
- Description: Musk Ox Farm Director Mark Austin is responsible for a modern domestication experiment.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 1, Episode 8, #ZZZ_Episode_d23e7dbd-e2d4-444f-9c42-b26323816395, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

Musk Ox Farm Director Mark Austin is responsible for the largest (and possibly only), modern domestication experiment. For a number of years, he has been raising musk ox in Alaska's Mat-Su Valley. Austin first came to Alaska in college and quickly fell in love with the opportunities and lifestyle provided by living on, what he calls, "the fringe of society."