Lancaster, Pa., is changing as only about a third of the fast-growing religious group there still farm. Most Amish heads of household work in... As Amish Leave Farming For Other Work, Some Leave Their ...

We English, we outsiders, observe the Amish at work and we may think, I sure don’t want to live like the Amish live. Too much back-breaking work with few creature ...

Image Credit: Pandora Pictures at Shutterstock. Farming has always been the foundation of human survival, but the methods used to cultivate the land have changed dramatically over time. Modern ...

AKRON -- At the spot where the past meets the present in the trend to eat locally grown and organically produced food, Ohio's Amish have parked their buggies. More than 110 Amish farmers, many from ...

A long line of 18-wheelers idle at a big ethanol plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Scott Cole, who’s in his 20s, hops into the cab of his truck after checking in at the plant. He farms 600 acres of corn ...

Amish families go down a road in Lancaster, Pa., one on foot and the other by horse-drawn carriage. The high cost of farmland is driving some Amish people to move to where land is more affordable.

Over the past couple of years, Strasburg Township's zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish people to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in ...