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THE AMISH COOK’S EDITOR’S ADVENTURES
Enjoy this series of mini-documentaries from The Amish Cook's Editor, Kevin Williams, as he visits Amish and Mennonite settlements across the USA and Canada.
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Troyer’s in Pinecraft Changes Hands…
Pin itRight now, Pinecraft, Florida is bustling with activity. I’ve written before about this unique Amish enclave (I’ll post more in the coming weeks since it is the busy season there) which serves as a winter refuge of sorts for … Continue reading
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Sap Time In Unity
Pin it This photo is by David Leaming of the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine. The photo depicts Edward Kulp holding onto buckets filled with maple sap as he and his horse, Truzy, descend a steep hill with their wagon … Continue reading
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Raw Milk, What Do You Think?
Pin it An Amish farmer’s raw milk sales operation has been shut-down by the FDA and court order this past week. The FDA had been waging a two year battle against Daniel Allgyer’s farm which sold raw milk to customers … Continue reading
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Kentucky Senate Approves Reflective Tape Law
Pin itA bill continues to work its way through the Kentucky governmental establishment that would decriminalize the actions of Amish who refuse to display the orange safety triangle on the back of their buggies. The new law, if passed – … Continue reading
Amish Stores And Keim Market Video
Pin itThe Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (hmmmm, I could tell some stories about this paper…but that’s a post for another day:) ran a fun story that I’ll talk about in a second. But while I am on the topic of the … Continue reading
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Iowa Supreme Court Sides With Mennonites
Pin itWe’ve been talking about this case for years and I guess we’ll continue to talk about it. That’s because Mitchell County, Iowa authorities have vowed to continue the silliness. If you’re new to this site here it is in … Continue reading
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Amish?
Pin itPHOTO: JoAnna Miller with one of her teenage daughters (photo credited to Lewiston Tribune) There is a story making the rounds on the Associated Press wire today about an “Amish family” in Idaho (my fellow Amish-researcher colleague Erik Wesner … Continue reading
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Interesting Hutterite Video
Pin itThe Hutterites represent one of the three branches of Anabaptism, the other are the Amish and Mennonites. The Hutterites are generally lesser-known than their plain brethren. Theologically the Hutterites share many similarities to the Amish, coming from the same … Continue reading
DEVELOPING STORY: Mullet Agrees To Electricity…..
Pin itSam Mullet, the leader of the breakaway Bergholz, Ohio “Amish” clan who is behind bars in Youngstown for orchestrating the “beard cutting” attacks in 2011, has apparently offered to install electricity in his home to accommodate an electronic monitoring … Continue reading
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Old German Baptist Conference Scheduled…
Pin itThe title of this entry sounds like all the German Baptists are old. But, no, there are German Baptists of all ages that will attend the conference:) The title refers to the “Old German Baptist Brethren” a plain religious … Continue reading
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