Me ka ʻōnaehana meaʻai ʻoihana maʻamau i ka mahiʻai ʻana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, mai ke ʻano o ka holo ʻana o nā hale pepehi kanaka a hiki i nā pesticides i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā mahi kanu, ʻike ʻo Samer Saleh e pili ana i kahi meaʻai e pili ana i nā alakaʻi Islam hiki ʻole. ʻO kāna hoʻonā? Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna mahiʻai ponoʻī i hiki iā ia a me kona ʻohana ke mālama i nā kānāwai meaʻai o Islam a hiki iā ia ke kaʻana like i nā meaʻai kūlohelohe a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Photoʻana o Mahiai Halal
I ka makahiki 2013, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Samer, no Alexandria, Egypt, i ka Halal Pastures, kāna mahiʻai ma Rock Tavern, New York, 60 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Manhattan. Ma laila ʻo ia a me kona ʻohana e hānai a kūʻai aku ai i ka pipi ʻai ʻai mauʻu, ka moa, ka pipi a me ke keiki hipa, nā hua hānai hānai, a me nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
Ma ke kānāwai Islam, maona, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻae ʻia a me ke kānāwai, wehewehe i ka mea a ka Muslim e ʻai ai a inu ʻole ai. ʻAʻole pono ka ʻiʻo o nā holoholona i pāpā loa ʻia a pono e hānai ʻia a pepehi ʻia e like me nā lula pololei. No nā mea inu he halal pono e hana ʻia i loko o nā kūlana maʻemaʻe a ʻaʻole pono e komo i nā mea i pāpā ʻia e like me ka waiʻona. ʻO Halal kekahi mau mea like me kashrut, nā lula i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o ka hoʻomana Iudaio e kūpono i nā meaʻai e like me kekeke. ʻO nā kānāwai Kashrut a me nā kānāwai halal e pāpā i ka ʻai ʻana i ka puaʻa, no ka laʻana.
"Ma kā mākou hoʻomana, hānai maoli ka meaʻai i kou kino," wahi a Samer. "ʻO ka mea a mākou e hoʻokomo ai i kā mākou meaʻai, a i ʻole ko mākou kino, ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e puka ai. A ina he maikai ka ai a kakou e hookomo ai i loko o ko kakou kino, he hala, he maemae, ke manao nei oe ua lilo ia i mau hana maikai.
I Iune 2022, e hoʻomaka ka Halal Pastures i kahi CSA (Mahiai Kākoʻo Kaiapuni) ka papahana, ka ʻohi ʻana i nā pahu maʻamau o nā hua no ka poʻe kūʻai kūʻai kūloko e ʻohi ma ka mahiʻai i ka wā ulu.
ʻO nā mea hana e kākoʻo ana iā "ka pono meaʻai” hana e hoʻokomo i nā kūlana pili i ka kaiaola i nā mahiʻai e hana ana i nā meaʻai halal a me kashrut. ʻOiai lākou e hana nei a hiki i ka hopena o kahi kaiapuni i mālama ʻia no ka wā e hiki mai ana, pili kēia me nā kuleana nui o ka halal. "ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake e hoʻohaumia i ka ʻāina i hāʻawi ʻia iā ʻoe," wahi a Samer. “Pono ʻoe e mālama pono i kēlā ʻāina…
