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 (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have seen changes in the Amish community, particularly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They said the Amish are diversifying their occupations, moving west to find more farmland and ...

Amos and Elizabeth Lapp, an older Amish couple looking to move off the farm, eyed a cozy, two-bedroom house for sale. It was in the middle of a quiet street of little houses close to New Holland. “We ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - 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 ...