Many people are fascinated by the Amish community. The reason it appears that Amish people are stuck in the past is not that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Amish farmer mows a field in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Heike Schmidt-Windhoff/dpa My mobile phone has a photo of pretty ...

The Amish don’t rely on gadgets or apps, but their everyday hacks get the job done—often better. Some of them include off-grid cooling, clever home organization, and old-school efficiency that still ...

To the outsider, the Amish way of life is intriguing and sometimes puzzling. Amish customs can seem contradictory. Although the Amish chief mode of transportation is horse and buggy, sometimes they ...

In October 2006, I had planned to spend four or five days revisiting Amish country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to photograph this unique corner of American culture. I had visited Lancaster ...

LANCASTER — Forty years sounds like a lifetime. It also can fly past in the blink of an eye. Just ask the Rev. Sam Smucker. In 1977, Smucker and 30 other people gathered for worship in a room at the ...

ROCHESTER — Eddie Swartzentruber of Rochester was 17 when he slipped a note under his pillow, quietly crept to the farmhouse door and fled. It was a terribly cold January night, and his flimsy Amish ...

Amish recipes focus on simplicity using fresh in season ingredients and cooking methods that do not rely on modern appliances ...