This episode of the Farm Walks Podcast is the first part of the WA Meat Up Double Feature.

In this episode we talk with Imad Ahmad of Olive Branch Ranch. Imad is a diversified livestock farmer in South Puget Sound, providing custom-exempt, halal meats for his local community. We get to dig into all the meaty details with Imad about his operation and raising and harvesting halal livestock.  Olive Branch Ranch was recently awarded a Local Meat Processing Capacity Grant from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA).

Later in the episode, we talk with Alyssa Jumars, from the WSDA Regional Markets Meat & Poultry Assistance Program, about all of the great resources available for producers and meat processors in Washington State.