The horse is as important to the Amish as more-prevalent forms of transportation are for the rest of the modern world.

The Amish exodus from farming is "consistent, and it's consistent across the nation," said Donald B. Kraybill, a sociologist at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Pa.

The OSU study suggested one of the main differences between Amish and modern farming is horsepower. A conventional farmer can expect to spend $94,200 on a 160-horsepower tractor and another ...

Tourists curious about the Amish flock to their communities to see them and the Amish may not like the attention, but they ...

Amish women used new brooms to sweep the farmhouse and its porches. When brooms began to turn a bit ragged, men, women and children used them to sweep the barn and outbuildings.

The country’s largest Amish community, estimated at more than 92,000, settled in Lancaster County, attracted to the rich farmland and William Penn’s promise of religious freedom in the ...

Three members of an Amish family died in a farming accident Wednesday morning. Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers said Andrew Beiler, 47, and his two sons ages 14 and 19 died from asphyxiation ...

In an experiment, 100 adults in an Amish farming community in southern Ontario wore pedometers and logged their physical activity for a week. Not surprisingly, the Amish, who favor a 19th century ...

Amish teen killed in Centre County farming accident, coroner says. by WJAC Staff. Tue, March 29th 2022 at 11:30 AM. Updated Tue, March 29th 2022 at 6:40 PM. 4. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

QUARRYVILLE, Pa. — An 18-year-old Amish man has died following a farming accident, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office said. According to the coroner, Aaron Stoltzfus passed away at the ...

AKRON, Ohio – The 110-member Green Field Farms cooperative in central Ohio is an old and new idea. The horse-and-buggy users offer the outside world locally produced organic cheese, eggs, ...

From Broadway to 'Witness' Amish tourism has its roots in the early 20 century. In the 1900s and 1910s, people would travel from urban centers to rural Lancaster County to see what the Amish were ...