"And eat of the things which Allah has provided for you, lawful (Halal) and good (Tayyib), and fear Allah in Whom you believe."
- (Qur'an 5:88)

"You, as a food buyer, have the distinct privilege of proactively participating in shaping the world your children will inherit."
​- Joel Salatin (An American farmer, lecturer, and author)

BismiAllahi Ar-Rahmani Ar-Raheem,
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I would like to thank you for spending some time on our web site and invite you to contact us if you have any questions about our meat shares system, our process or our farmers. First as a reminder, mainly to myself but also to any of you who would appreciate being reminded, I’m writing about beautiful, intelligent, feeling animals. It is with great respect and thanks to Allah (SWT); our creator; that we take the lives of these animals for our nourishment and health. With that foundation of our genuine heartfelt thanks to Allah (SWT), I’ll go on to explain what makes us unique.
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In recent years, grass-fed beef has become the "trendy" grocery option for many people. The fact that you’re reading this tells me you care about the quality and healthiness of what you feed your family and I congratulate you for not just for caring and seeking out Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares, but for being able to really think about your food.
 
Consumers across the country are becoming more aware and concerned about what they are eating and how the animals they consume are being raised and treated. This demand for wholesome food had led to an increase of organic/grass-fed meat options available in the supermarket for customers. However, Muslim consumers have not seen the same trend at their local Halal meat markets. My journey to provide my family with high quality Halal meat had led me to make connections with local farmers whom I trust for their high commitment to sustainable agriculture. So; Alhamdulillah in 2015; I was able to slaughter a grass-fed Black Angus cow for my family. From there, I started sharing this experience with friends and neighbors providing them wholesome meet just like I do for my family.

With the encouragement of my wife and friends to fill the raising need of providing Halal grass-fed meat for our Muslim community, Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares became a reality in 2019 with the aims to become Georgia's largest source of Halal, local, grass-fed, pasture-raised fresh meat directly from our farms to customers' table.

At Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares, we believe that the food you feed your family should not be a mystery; you deserve the best in both flavor and health. You deserve to consume Halal and Tayyib food exactly the way Allah (SWT) intended for us. At Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares, we believe that there is a better way – a higher calling if you will – that we truly are or will become what we eat because when meat is raised right, it not only tastes better, it’s also naturally healthier for you! So we have made it our mission to provide you wholesome food that we feel good about feeding to ourselves, and our children – food that is grown according to Allah's brilliant design in his earth. We are guided by our Islamic values on Halal and Tayyib from how the animals are raised and treated to how they are slaughtered and processed. We give you direct access into where and how your meat was raised ― because when it's raised right, it tastes better than anything you’ve ever had. 

Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares founder, Rachid Chafyaay, partnered with local farmers who know how to raise animals the way nature intended, and they have been doing it their entire lives. At Halal-N-tayyib, we go beyond Halal and strive to abide but what Allah SWT has intended for us to enjoy; that which is Tayyib (wholesome); as obedient vicegerents (khala’ifa) on his earth. Through our farmers' careful breeding program, strict nutritional standards, and humane farming practices, we intend to bring you the best meet we possibly can. We did this with a dream of providing premium grade, healthy and happy pastured poultry, grass-fed beef, grass-fed lamb, and pastured goat raised locally, sustainably, and responsibly by healthy farmers for healthy families. 

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“And it is He (God) who has made you successors (khala’ifa) upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.” (Qur’an 6:165).
 ​“…And do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.” Qur’an, 2:60​​

Too often people eat what they eat, buy what they buy, and have an “out of sight, out of mind” attitude about what goes into their food. Muslims are not an exception to this!  After years of eating meats laden with antibiotics in its feed, raised in an artificial environment, and raised to a standard foreign from that of a healthy animal, people then wonder with surprise why they develop the diseases that afflict so many Americans. We offer an ethical and healthy alternative to factory farming. What Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares offers consumers is not rocket science, but there is a real science that goes into sustainable agriculture and raising animals that produce meat that is healthy to eat and tastes great.

First, it’s important to us, and should be to you, that our farmers run small farms where they don’t lose track of what they’re doing, how their animals are being treated and how their land is being managed. Our partners farmers run their farmer as a “family farm.” Specifically, we run Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares with the full time dedication of me, Rachid Chafyaay, and my wife, Jalila Krichi. 

While we have indeed grown, and consistently could sell far more meat; especially Black Angus beef; than our farmers grow, we are committed to growing cautiously so that we never lose touch with our guiding values and the way our partnering farmers raise their their wholesome meat. Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares has grown from roughly 7 cows and 130 chicken shares to what it is today almost entirely on word of mouth. Friends refer friends to us – for which we are very grateful! But this is also a testament to the quality product we deliver and the value people know they are getting when they buy from us. ​

It is important to us, and I’m guessing to you too, that we employ sustainable agriculture practices. We want to raise a great product for you today and make a fair living for ourselves doing something we enjoy, but we also want to make sure that we leave the land and the environment 10 or 20 years from now, better than we found it. Toward that end we would like to list a few practices and steps we have committed to in regard to sustainable agriculture:
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• Along with our partnering farmers, we have made a commitment to not use any chemical fertilizers on our farms. Why? Well it’s a matter of short term gain and long term damage. Chemical fertilizers will indeed make the grass grow quickly, but that grass will have less of the natural nutrients in it.  It will be missing or low on some of the key nutrients we want our beef to grow on.  Worse yet, that same chemical fertilizer ends up killing many of the microscopic organisms that should be abundant in healthy soil.

 

• We’re the closest you can get to getting beef direct off the land. Our beef isn’t bounced from hand to hand, dealer to dealer along the complex traditional beef supply chain. What you see when you visit us is what will make its way very directly to your table.

 

• Our animals and birds are raised on grass. None of our animals and birds will ever be mistreated or physically abused. They will never be given growth hormones, antibiotics or harmful feeds. Following a natural way of life for the animal or the bird allows us to produce quality and healthy meats. Our farmers do not use petroleum based fertilizers, antibiotics, cheap GMO feeds, large feed lot fattening pens, or factory line slaughter plants. ​

 

• ​We are committed to growing you the best tasting meat you can find anywhere, and in doing so, delivering to you a product you can trust, believe in and be enthusiastic about. Again, we invite you to explore Halal-N-Tayyib Meat Shares thoroughly. Please call!

Jazakum Allahu Khayran,

​Rachid Chafyaay