Image Credits: Bob Pool / Shutterstock. Farming has always been the foundation of human survival, but the methods used to cultivate the land have changed dramatically over time. Modern technology has ...
Three Amish men, sitting in a small office at the Gordonville Fire Company, hold separate conversations with three Plain Sect farmers. Sheets and sheets of white paper -- each covered with names and ...
Some Amish farmers in Ohio and Pennsylvania have switched from grain and livestock to raising vegetables, such as tomatoes, onions, peppers and sweet corn. This move has helped them receive a steady ...
GAP, Pa. -- Amish farmer Daniel Dienner Jr. is planning to grow genetically engineered tobacco this year, and while his conservative religious sect shuns most modern technology, he sees no conflict ...
LITITZ, Pa. -- The straw-hatted farmer and a helper deftly cut away stalks of the light-green tobacco so they fell neatly in a row, ready to be speared onto drying racks. "Without tobacco, I wouldn't ...