Sources for fresh goat in the Washington area:

Arlington Grocery & Halal Meat, 2524 Columbia Pike, Arlington, 703-521-1120. (Meat-cutting machine shuts down at 7:30 p.m.) 

Bridgestone Manor Farms, 400 Bridgestone Dr., Eldersburg, Md., 410-549-2539. Whole goats butchered for delivery.

Caribbean Crescent, 1280 Fifth St. NE, 202-547-3101.

Caribbean Market, International Mall Shopping Center, 7505 New Hampshire Ave. , Takoma Park, 301-439-5288.

Columbia Halal Meat, 6520 Old Waterloo Rd., Elkridge, 410-799-1910.

Country Vittles from Critter Hill Farm in Biglerville, Pa., 717-677-9311. Sells at the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace, 14th Street and Park Road NW; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Halalco Supermarket, 155 Hillwood Ave., Falls Church, 703-532-3202.

Harvey’s Market, Union Market, 1309 5th St. NE, 202-544-0400. Call ahead to check availability.

EcoFriendly Foods in Moneta, Va., 540-297-9582. Sells at Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market, 20th Street NW between Massachusetts Avenue and Hillyer Place, 202-362-8889; Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. January through March). Also at Arlington Farmers Market, North Courthouse Road and North 14th Street, 703-228-7872; Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon (9 a.m. to noon January through April). Call to ask about availability.

Lebanese Butcher, 2922 Annandale Rd., Falls Church, 703-533-2903.

Let’s Meat on the Avenue, 2403 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, 703-836-6328. At least four days’ notice required.

Madina Super Halal Market, 18538 Woodfield Rd., Gaithersburg, 301-977-5700.

Many Rocks Farm in Washington County, Md., 301-432-7296. Sells at FreshFarm Market at Silver Spring, Ellsworth Drive between Fenton Street and Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, 202-362-8889; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. January through March).

Organic Butcher of McLean, 6712 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, 703-790-8300.

Painted Hand Farm in Cumberland County, Pa., 717-860-9385. Sells at Bethesda Central Farm Market, 7600 Arlington Rd., 301-775-6402; Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (10 a.m. to 2 p.m. January through March).

Union Meat, Eastern Market, 225 Seventh St. SE, 202-547-2626.

Sugarloaf’s Breezy Valley Farm, 1215 Buckeystown Pike, Adamstown, Md., 301-874-0958. Whole goats raised and brought to the processing plant, butchered based on your requests.

A list of farmers can be found at the Maryland-Pennsylvania-West Virginia Meat Goat Association online at www.goatmeat.biz, as well as at the Southern Virginia Meat Goat Association’s Web site: svmga.wordpress.com/farms.

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