If you were contemplating making a lifetime commitment to joining an Amish community, wouldn’t you at least take a few minutes to look up the subject on the internet to learn more? That’s the step six ...

In this April 9, 2013 photo, an Amish girl chases a cow from the outfield during a baseball game in Bergholz, Ohio. A study published Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2015 explored reasons why asthma is so uncommon ...

A world away from trendy farm-to-table meals are the dairy farms in Ohio Amish country. Written by the county agricultural agent for the Geauga Amish Settlement, this book chronicles the efforts of a ...

We carried our fresh from the cow milk in a little gallon pail that looked like a miniature ten-gallon milk can. How I would love to get one of those! Way back in the day, when I was probably a ‘tween ...

This week, a story in The New York Times points up an unlikely target for the Environmental Protection Agency: the Amish farmers of Pennsylvania's Lancaster County. Though you'd think these technology ...

Daughter Verena and I just came in from milking our new cow, Bessie, and doing the outside chores. Son, Joseph, usually takes care of feeding the horses. I left the school children sleep later this ...

Golden sunlight stretches wide over the Iowa hayfields in early September. At the Yoder farm near Bloomfield, a girl waves a hearty hello. This is Regina, age 15. Besides household chores, she and her ...