The remarkable growth is almost entirely due to the Amish birth rate -- many Amish families have five or more children. Kraybill said the Amish retain about 85 percent of the young adults who have to ...

The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario — and has even led parties to scout recently for ...

The search by the booming North American population of Amish for affordable, fertile farmland has produced settlements in 28 states and Ontario - and has even led parties to scout recently for ...

Members of the Lancaster Old Order Amish settlement have long been prolific land buyers, according to a trend first identified in 1995 by Elizabethtown College associate professor of sociology Dr.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – and has even led parties to scout recently for suitable properties in Alaska and Mexico. A new study estimates the number of Amish has increased nearly 10 percent in the past two ...

Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a boomlet of Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown College researchers. The ...

SHREVE, Ohio -- When Raymond J. and Mary Yoder show up in the aisles of northeastern Ohio supermarkets, they know they have some explaining to do about their Amish food products and their way of life.