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 ...

When Amos Stoltzfoos moved his family to Littlestown in 2020, he said they were one of just 11 Amish families in the area.

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 ...

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 ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a recent boomlet in new Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown ...

It was late 2010 when a chipper agent for Kenoil, Inc., a drilling company in Eastern Ohio, drove to the nearby hamlet of Millersburg to visit Lloyd Miller. His car slithered down the hill overlooking ...

Lyndonville, according to Floyd Yoder, is what the Amish call a "horse-and-buggy town." It's perfect, many say, for a population of folks who actually drive around in them. "It's a small town, not too ...

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.

Amish preacher Roy Yoder normally marks Thanksgiving the traditional way in his Montana home. But this year, he celebrated Hanukkah instead — in Israel. Instead of tucking in to a turkey meal, he ...

Rolling pastures dotted with grazing cows, fields of corn and classic buggies driven by Amish in hats and bonnets — these are the images that attract visitors to Lancaster County, home to more than 30 ...