In the Aug. 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers showed that substances in the house dust from Amish, but not Hutterite, homes were able to engage and shape the innate ...

Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new ...

So far this year, LNP-LancasterOnline and other media have reported three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were children or teenagers, and all were buried in Amish cemeteries: Do reports like ...

People in Amish country prepare a horse team to work on a farm in Pulaski, Pa., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. In 2023, LNP | LancasterOnline reported on three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were ...

LANCASTER, Pa.-- With simplicity as their credo, Amish farmers consume so little that some might consider them model environmental citizens. "We are supposed to be stewards of the land," said Matthew ...

LANCASTER (AP) – After years of resistance, a growing number of Amish families are putting their farms into land-preservation programs. Amish farmers traditionally spurn government programs. But ...

My mobile phone has a photo of pretty flowers on the lock screen but I usually rush past it in order to check my messages or scroll. I do waste a lot of time using it - spending some 97 minutes on it ...

When Amos Stoltzfoos moved his family to Littlestown in 2020, he said they were one of just 11 Amish families in the area.

Aaron M. King is busy. The Amish farmer/business owner is meeting with a customer. King sells truckloads of forage seed, including organic varieties, to farmers from New England to Virginia. King's ...