Lacking the infrastructure of traditional suppliers, many local farms that want to connect to restaurants, schools and other big buyers are using the Internet to reach customers. Groups of farms are ...

Amish communities employ a distinctive approach to farming that emphasises low-input, diversified systems rooted in traditional ecological knowledge. Fields are managed using horse-drawn implements, ...

An aerial view shows the scope of the effort to relocate a nearly 150-year-old barn from a Douglas County farm to the Illinois Amish Heritage Center campus in the heart of Amish country, between ...

Ohio’s Amish Country makes June feel wonderfully unhurried with quiet stops, scenic drives, and simple places worth lingering ...

BLANCHARD, Mich. -- It's not like Glen Mast to be confrontational or to draw attention to himself. He is Old Order Amish and is happy to tend his 35-acre farm, build furniture for his children and ...

CLARK — A typical work day for a Belgian draft horse on an Amish farm is to plow the fields until lunchtime, eat a bucket of oats, then head back out to plow until dinner. So when a draft horse named ...

Bread baking, home gardening, and family dinners have become staples of #quarantinelife. To some, it feels like a return to “simpler” times. But to many communities, these activities have been a way ...

Daughter Lovina, 19, is making supper as I get caught up with some odd and end jobs. The menu includes fried eggs, fried potatoes, bacon, cheese, tomatoes, toast, butter, and fresh strawberry jam. A ...