Eco Halal

Posted under environment, what we eat by rahma

From NPR:

Recent allegations of employee abuse at an Iowa kosher meat plant have shaken the religious meat industry. For the millions who buy ritually-slaughtered meat, the raid fueled questions over where it really comes from. Some Muslims in Chicago aimed to find an answer. They began one of the nation’s first sustainably-raised “halal” meat cooperatives, bringing together two groups that don’t usually interact — rural midwestern farmers and urban Muslims.

Taqwa Eco Halal Co-op in Illinois

Mission

To return worship back into the entire process of food production so as to ensure a lawful and wholesome product that will secure the blessings of God Most High in the lives and communities of people. To serve four communities - consumers, food production workers, animals, and the earth; and to make that food production affordable in middle to lower income brackets through special programs.

Coincidentally, I was just talking to the husband about this issue.  I’d like to contact some local organic/humane farmers in the Twin Cities area and see if they’d be willing to do some halal slaughtering for us.  Granted, I think this may have to wait until we have a house and a huge freezer so we can buy in bulk, but it’s definately something on the to do list.