LANCASTER, Pa. (RNS) — Drive through the farmlands of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, or Holmes County, Ohio, avoiding the frequent horse-drawn buggies, and you may get the impression that the Amish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 when his pupils began relaying orders ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from ...

KALONA, Iowa — This small town has become a landmark in the organic-farm movement, and it has nothing to do with foodies or hippies. Instead it has been Amish farmers who, in their suspenders and wide ...

As Maryland pays out millions to discourage tobacco farming, Jacob Swarey and his brethren say they may grow more than ever. Being Amish, Swarey faces many restrictions: no electricity, no cars, no ...

The Amish friend is related to the two Amish petitioners. (All of the Amish wish to remain anonymous. To avoid confusion, let's call the two petitioners Abe and Joe.) Joe said Eberly and his Amish ...

A group of Amish dairy farmers have lost their milk buyer, putting their livelihood and way of life at risk, as a crisis deepens in America’s dairyland. Farmers across the nation are headed into their ...

Andrew Troyer's Rope Company, which began as a school project, now supplies major retailers like Tractor Supply. Many Amish businesses, such as Chupp's Country Cupboard, thrive on word-of-mouth and a ...

Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 when his pupils began relaying orders for rope. Troyer had brought his handmade, hand-twisting machine to ...