In a room where farmers in camouflage baseball caps and John Deere jackets mix with women in head scarves, Larry Gardner is scolding himself for forgetting Ramadan last year.
 
After 30 years raising lambs, the Waverly farmer is learning something new about the business. There’s a growing demand in West Virginia for sheep and goats from Muslim residents tired of traveling hundreds of miles for meats prepared in accordance with their faith’s dietary requirements.
About 60 people — farmers, grocery store owners, an imam and a rabbi — met recently for a seminar on getting West Virginia meat onto the tables of Muslims, which included a crash course on halal.
 
Meaning “lawful” or “permitted,” halal encompasses far more than food. But in dietary matters, it establishes which animals can be eaten and how they must be slaughtered — conscious, upright, the throat cut and the blood drained. Read More

An interesting story on Muslims in West Virginia, I’m sure there is a few people out there that can fill us in on whats going on in that part of the country. Look like there is money to be made in raising sheep and goats for food there! Nothing wrong that I can see, just interesting!