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SDOP AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN VIRGINIA - Afghan refugees in Prince William County, Virginia, had two major needs: job opportunities and Halal food. There was experience in the community with farming and cattle-raising in the northern Virginia county’s Afghan community. Some refugees had pooled their resources to purchase cattle and secure land.
In March 2021, the Afghan Cattle Cooperative formed, and in October, the farm management group was organized and registered as Afghan Farm Associates LLC. The goal is to help meet the growing demand for Halal food, which is food permissible, cultivated and prepared according to Islamic law, for the local Afghan and Muslim community.
While the group has been able to start the Afghan Cattle Cooperative, it needed funding to manage the ACC in order to make it successful. A member of the Refugee Resettlement Ministry at Greenwich Presbyterian Church in Nokesville, Virginia, recommended that the group apply for funding from the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People ...
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