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With a Halal Slaughter Facility, a Vermont Farmer Becomes an Unlikely Cultural Ambassador

Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/Seven Days
By Suzanne Podhaizer
Seven Days | June 13, 2008
Halal meat isn't easy to come by in the Green Mountains. "These people have a right to participate in their religious convictions," Arthur Meade suggests. "And there's no place in the state to do it. I allow people to practice their beliefs in clean, safe conditions. They bless the animals. It's a little bit of home."
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Tags: religion, Vermont, Muslims, butchers, halal

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