764: Halal Pastures Is Your Favorite NYC Chef’s Favorite Farm

764: Halal Pastures Is Your Favorite NYC Chef’s Favorite Farm

From This Is TASTE by Aliza Abarbanel & Matt Rodbard

April 22, 2026 · 1h 8m

About this episode

Samer and Diane Saleh discuss their journey in building Halal Pastures, an organic and halal farm in New York, and share insights on the food industry.

Samer Saleh and Diane Aboushi Saleh are the married farmers behind Halal Pastures, a 100% organic and halal farm in Rock Tavern, New York. They first started growing food for their family on half an acre of land without any previous farming experience in 2015. Today they’re one of the busiest stands at the Union Square Greenmarket, with specialty produce that lures in chefs from top restaurants and home cooks alike. In this episode, Samer and Diane share how they’ve grown the farm and what they’re looking forward to as the bountiful spring and summer season unfolds. And it’s the return of Three Things. Aliza and Matt discuss what’s interesting in the food world, including visits to Dean’s, Kabawa, and Bar Ferdinando in New York, Caity Weaver writing colorfully about the best free bread in America, Zab’s x Taco Bell have collaborated on a nationwide menu item (wow), and the results of a competitive chocolate chip cookie competition. Subscribe to This Is TASTE: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Aliza, Matt

Guests: Samer Saleh, Diane Aboushi Saleh

Topics covered

  • farming
  • organic food
  • halal food
  • New York City
  • food market

Keywords

  • Union Square Greenmarket
  • specialty produce
  • food world
  • chocolate chip cookie competition

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Halal Pastures

Books & works: Three Things, This Is TASTE

Places: NYC, Rock Tavern, New York, America

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